468 NEW SPECIES OP CARABIDiE, 



may at once be known by its small size, robust form ; by its 

 comparatively narrow prothorax being a little constricted behind ; 

 by its closely and distinctly striated elytra ; and by the colour of 

 its antennae and legs. 



I am by no means satisfied with the position assigned by Count 

 de Castelnau to his genus Lacordairia. It appears to me that 

 notwithstanding the great development of the palpi its affinities 

 are more with the later tribes of the Geodephaga, such as the 

 Anchomeninse, than with the Pamboridse from which it is widely 

 sepai'ated by having the intermediate coxal cavities enclosed by 

 the sterna and the epimeron not reaching the coxa. The head is 

 furnished with two supra-orbital punctures. I am not able to 

 come to any definite conclusion as to the position of the genus as 

 I have no specimens available for dissection. I hope, however, to 

 enter more fully into the subject hereafter. 



Xanthoph^a pallida, sp. n. 



Elongate, pale testaceous, shining ; head rather long, con- 

 siderably narrowed behind the eyes ; prothorax moderately 

 strongly constricted behind ; elytra not very strongly punctate- 

 striate. 



Head impunctate ; eyes black, very pi-ominent. Antennae 

 moderately long, the basal joint thickened, the second very short, 

 the third about as long as the first, the following joints pubescent 

 and of nearly equal lengths. Prothorax very slightly longer than 

 broad, narrowed and moderately constricted behind, with narrow 

 reflexed lateral margins ; the anterior angles obtuse ; the median 

 line distinct. Elytra about twice as long as the head and 

 prothorax together, narrower in front than behind, moderately 

 strongly and closely punctate-striate, the interstices rather broad, 

 slightly raised, and sparingly and not very distinctly punctured ; 

 humeral angles not prominent. Underside and legs coloured as 

 above ; tips of the mandibles and claws pitchy. I^ength, 1 1 mm. ; 

 greatest width, 4^ mm. 



