446 THE INSECTS OP KING's SOUND AND ITS VICINITY, 



densely and rather coarsely punctate. Under surface brilliant 

 blue, legs and abdomen gi'een, sparingly pilose. 



Length, 3 lines. 



This and the following species, both very minute insects, were 

 taken upwards of 100 miles inland from King's Sound, in the 

 neighbourhood of the Barrier Range. 



9. CiCINDELA TENUICOLLIS, n.sp. 



Bright golden red, rather coarsely punctate. Head concave 

 and rather narrow between the eyes, labrum rather broader 

 than long, the apex white, rounded and toothed. Thorax as in 

 C. oblongicollis, but more rounded on the sides. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax and about three times the length, rounded at the 

 apex with a minute sxitural spine, a minute spot near each lateral 

 margin a little behind the middle and the posterior angles, white. 

 Under surface brilliant bluish-green, legs a little purplish, very 

 slightly pilose. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Family CARABID^. 



Sub- Family ODACANTHIDES. 

 10. Casnonia angusticollis, n.sp. 



Of elongate form, black, nitid. Head long, widest at the eyes, 

 triangularly prolonged behind into a long narrow neck, the fore- 

 head bisulcate and corrugated, the occiput very smooth and 

 slightly convex, the third joint of the antenna; as long as the first, 

 and much longer than the others. Thorax more than twice as 

 long as broad, narrowed at the apex, slightly rounded at the sides, 

 widened a little behind the middle, moderately convex, punctate and 

 grooved on the sides, smooth and lightly canaliculate on the back, 

 and transversely striate at the base. Elytra elongate, but much 

 wider than the thorax, deeply punctate-striate on the basal half, 

 very sparingly punctate on the apical portion, with an oval yellow 

 or reddish spot near the apex of each elytron, and a narrow lateral 



