1964] 
Darlington — Carabid bettles 
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1. 10 and 1 .13 ; disc with middle line distinct, transverse impressions 
vague, baso-lateral impressions slight and poorly defined ; 2 pair 
lateral setae present. Elytra c. ^2 wider than prothorax (E/P 1.50 
and 1.53) ; submarginal channel behind puncture-triangle wide, flat- 
bottomed; discal striae impressed, irregularly subpunctate; intervals 
not or not much punctulate, 3rd 3-punctate as in dorsata. Inner wings 
fully developed. Lower surface , legs, and secondary sexual characters 
normal; cf front tarsi scarcely dilated, 3 segments inconspicuously 
biseriately squamulose. Measurements : length 2. 8-3.2; width 1. 3-1.4 
mm. 
Holotype c? (M. C. Z. No. 30, 525) and 14 paratypes from 
Longlands Gap, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, c. 3000 ft., 
Feb. 1958, taken by myself by washing piles of dead leaves from under 
the heads of felled trees in rain forest. Five additional paratypes from 
Atherton, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Dec. 1957-Feb. 
1958, taken by myself. And 2, not types, from Kuranda, near Cairns, 
c. 1000 ft., taken by myself. 
This species is immediately distinguished from nigriceps and dorsata, 
above, by its broader form, more rounded prothorax, and narrower 
head with relatively smaller eyes, as well as by the usually sharply 
marked color pattern. The pattern is less well defined in the Kuranda 
specimens, which nevertheless show the structural characters of the 
species. 
