60 ON THE SCARITID.^ OF NEW HOLLAND, 



and C. devastator belong to the group in my list of Scaritidse, page 

 196, loc. cit., which begins with G. quadripunctatum. C. Bris- 

 ianense, ebeniniim, and Westiooodii belong to the C Bonellii group ; 

 C. carhonarium and Scliomhurghii to the 0. marginatum group ; 

 C. splendens and Odewahnii to the C. coruscum group ; and 

 0. multnmpressum to the 0. Spencii group. The other two 

 species, C. superhum and amahile, both very remarkable insects 

 from the Lachlan, are referred by the Baron de Chandoir, to a 

 new genus which he has named Gonopterum, from the peculiar 

 shape of the elytra. 



The genus Neocarenum has been established by Count 

 Castelnau, on two species, singulare and Kreusleri, one of which 

 is certainly my Garenum elongatum, and the other is probably 

 only a variety. It occupies an intermediate position between the 

 genera Garenum and Eutoma. 



Of the last named genus, which will include the six species in 

 the G. tinctillatum group of my list of Scaritidee alluded to above, 

 and the first three species of the G. violaceum group. Count 

 Castelnau has re-described carefully Newman's original species, 

 (titictiUatum') and described six new species, viz., episcopale, New- 

 mani, filiforme, purpuratum, Iceve, and Loddonense. He has also 

 added six species to the genus Scarites, viz. : substriatus, plicatulus, 

 Miichelln, Bostoclcii, rujicornis, and hipundatus . 



M. le Baron de Chandoir's " note on the genus Caremtm,,^' 

 above referred to, is deserving of special attention, inasmuch as it 

 is the production of one who is a very high authority upon the 

 Carabidse generally, and who, has evidently paid great attention 

 to the study of this particular sub-family. 



He suggests in the first instance, a sub-division of the genus, 

 founded upon more constant and reliable characters than those 

 adopted by me in my list of the Australian Scaritidse. 



It is evident, however, that the Baron, though having a most 

 thorough Entomological knowledge of his subject, has in his 

 possession but few of the many species of the genus, and that 

 therefore he is not in the best position to judge of the simplest 

 way to render the species recognizable, which is in fact the real 

 intent and meaning of these numerous sub-divisions. 



The Baron's sub-divisions are, however, perfectly unexcep- 



