384 ON THE CAREXIDES (FAM. CARABID^), No. IV., 



nenst . Cast., are synonyms of E. tinctillatum. I have not 

 examined Sir William Macleay's types carefully, but have great 

 doubt whether his species from Eastern New South Wales, viz., E. 

 glaberrimum, E. mastersi, E. subrugosulum, E. substriatulum and 

 E. nndulatum are different from E. tinctillatum. 



EUTOMA LEVISSIME, 11. 



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Elongate, subdepressed, hevigate; head wide across eyes, 

 decidedly narrowed behind eyes; prothorax a little broader than 

 Jong, widely lobate at base; elytra truncate-oval, bipunctate, base 

 with three punctures in a depression near each angle, marginal 

 row of punctures wide apart in middle of sides (only three or 

 four). Polished black, prothorax narrowly margined with purple, 

 elytra becoming purple on lateral declivities. 



Head wide (2*8 x 3*5 mm.), transversely impressed behind 

 vertex, frontal sulci deep, diverging posteriorly; space between 

 sulci convex, with an oblique foveiform impression on each side 

 at narrowest part; spaces between sulci and eyes convex, roundly 

 prominent and convex before eyes; preocular sulcus obsolete; eyes 

 convex, more prominent than supra-antennal plates, deeply 

 enclosed in orbits at base; postocular processes sloping gently to 

 head ; two supraorbital punctures on each side. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long (3 "3 x 3 -5 mm.), subdepressed, lightly 

 declivous to base; sides subparallel in middle, lightly rounded to 

 anterior angles, widely rounded at posterior angles, strongly 

 narrowed behind with a decided sinuosity on each side of basal 

 lobe; apex truncate, anterior angles not marked; border reflexed, 

 thicker on basal lobe; median line strongly impressed; two 

 marginal punctures on each side. Elytra oval (6- 8 x 3 5 mm.), 

 depressed on disc, widest about middle, a little narrowed to base; 

 border narrow, forming a thick bead along sides, a little folded 

 back (not dentiform) at humeral angles, reaching peduncle on 

 base ; suture strongly impressed. Anterior tibiae bidentate. 

 Length 13, breadth 3*5 mm. 



Hab. — North Australia (Coll. French). 



