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4. — Carenum politum, Westw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. 84.) 



" Nigrum, nitidam ; pronoto lato, dorso longitudinaliter canali- 

 culato basique bi-impres.so lateribus rotundatis et cum 

 elytris marginatis, margine late cteruleo ; horum disco 

 impunctato." — Westvvood. 



Long. 7f lin., lat. 3 lin. 



Hab. Van Dieman's Land. 



5. — Carenum viridipenne, Westw. (Trans. Ent. Soc. 5, p. 202.) 



" C. prothorace subquadrato, angulis posticis rotundatis ; 

 nigrum, Igeve, nitidum, prothoracis lateribus viridi tenue 

 marginatis ; elytris viridibus, punctis duobus prope basin 

 alterisque duobus ante apicem notatis ; tibiis anticis extus 

 bidentatis." — Westwood. 



Long. lin. 8. 



Hab. Mundarra River. 



6. — Carenum scaritioides, Westw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. 192.) 



" Nigrum nitidum subangustum, elytris violaceo tenuissime 

 marginatis, punctis du.obus humeralibus alterisque duobus 

 subapicalibus, pronoto linea tenni centrali impresso, tibiis 

 anticis externe bidentatis." — Westwood. 

 Long. 9| lin., lat. 3 lin. 



Hab. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and King- 

 George's Sound . 

 This insect is found all over the Southern Interior ; as its name 

 impHes, it has a strong resemblance to a true Scai-ites. 



7. — Carenum gemmatdm, Westw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. 85.) 



"Viride, elytris cupreo-tinctis, punctis magnis distantibus 

 triplice serie in singulo elytro ordinatis, tibiis anticis dentibus 

 duobus magnis alteroque minuto externis." — Westwood. 



Long. 4| lin., lat. 1| lin. 



Hab. Port Essington 



I have never seen this species, but I suspect from the descrip- 

 tion that it should go \^^th my division of Carenum, having three 

 teeth on the fore tibiae, indeed Mr. Westwood says that it appears 



