BY THOMAS G. SLOANB. 359 



* s. Discoidal puncture of elytra 



placed a little before middle 



nearer suture than margin. 



t. Elytra depressed, sides 



parallel; prothorax piceous 



black T. uniformis, Blkb. 



tt Elytra lightly convex, sides 

 rounded ; prothorax tes- 

 taceous. 

 u. Elytra with strongly im- 

 pressed punctulate striae 

 on disc, base testaceous 

 (a wide black fascia across 



middle of elytra) T. atricep-i, Macl. 



uu. Elytra with faintly im- 

 pressed striae on disc, 

 middle of base piceous... T. lindi, Blkb. 

 ss. Discoidal puncture of elytra 

 placed about anterior third, 



nearer margin than suture... T. transverslcollis, Macl. 

 rr. Elytra Itevigate, nonstriate, 

 recurved striole of apex 

 obsolete T. madtayi, SI. 



Tachys brunnipennis, Macleay. 



T. (Bembidiuin) brunnipennis, Macl., presents the characteristic 

 features of Tachys, \iz., the anterior tibiae obHque above apex on 

 external side, and the elytra with the sutural stria recurved at 

 apex; the recurved apical striole is very near the margin, and is 

 divided from the submarginal stria by a narrow subcarinate 

 interstice. 



Hab. : Queensland — Cairns (Froggatt), Port Denison and 

 Gayndah (Masters). 



Tachys ectromioides, n.sp. 



Oval, subdepressed. ■ Prothorax transverse, much wider at base 

 than apex, posterior angles rectangular : elytra oval, lightly 



* T. similis, Blkb., (a specimen of which was received from Mr. Blackburn too late to be 

 worked into the table) comes into section " s." It resembles T, uniformis, Blkb., in facics, 

 but differs in colour. 



