218 : | March, 
Testaceous, with the elytra paler. Antennz with the basal joint elongate, 
about as long as the four or five following together, second and third joints 
cylindric, the second longer than the third, this longer than broad, 4—8 differing | 
little from one another, each about as long as broad, the last of them a little stouter 
than the others, 8—11 considerably broader and longer than the preceding joints. 
Head with a projection on each side over the insertion of the antenna, coarsely 
and irregularly punctured. Thorax shining, sub-cordate, not quite so long as broad, 
the sides rounded in front, the posterior angles rather obtuse, coarsely and irregu- 
larly punctured. Elytra longer than the thorax, not shining, with a common broad, 
pitchy, angulated mark, sometimes entirely wanting ; coarsely but irregularly, and 
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towards the apex obsoletely, punctured ; the apex furnished with long, closely set 
cilie, The hind body sparingly punctured. 
: SA li aay : | 
I have received this insect from Mr. Edwards: it inhabits South 
Australia; and from its appearance I suppose it lives in sandy places 
on the coast. \ 
Thornhill, Dumfries, 
February, 1871. 
NOTES ON CARABID#, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES (No. 1); | 
BY H. W. BATES, F.Z.S. 
Genus Aparts, Dejean. 
This genus, compared, as regards facies, with Pogonus by Dejean, 
is placed in Gemminger and y. Harold’s Catalogue near Platynus. I 
think its true place is near Drimostoma and Abacetus, among the 
restricted Feroniing. The tooth of the mentum, described by Dejean 
as “simple et presque obtuse,” approaches in reality the bifid form 
assumed in Feronia, its surface at the tip being indented, and the broad 
tip, in consequence of this indentation, being sub-emarginated. The 
Species composing the genus are of small size, not unlike Bradytus in 
shape, but with more slender legs and with prominent eyes. The 
surface of their body is polished and glabrous, free from punctuation, 
and of coppery or brassy colour. The antenne vary in length and 
robustness, but their fine pubescence begins only with the tip of the 
4th joint, and the apex of the basal joint bears a large setigerous 
puncture. The mandibles are prolonged, acute, and curved at the 
point, without teeth. The head has two setigerous punctures on the 
inner margin of the eye, but the hind one is sometimes wanting, and 
there is always a similar puncture on each side of the epistoma. The 
elytral striz are all sharply marked, the lateral ones sometimes deeper 
and converging before the tip, giving the insects a close resemblance 
to the genus Notiobia of the Anisodactyline group, with which they 
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