BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 645 



Labium short, bisetose, lightly emarginate in front. 

 Mentum deeply emarginate, with a short bifid median pro- 

 jection ; lobes rounded externally, oblique on inner side. 



Palpi short, thick, cylindrical ; labial having last joint equal in 

 length to penultimate, obtuse at apex, penultimate joint bisetose 

 in front and with a short seta at the apex externally ; maxillary 

 having penultimate joint short, triangular, last joint with the apex 

 a little narrowed and obtuse. 



Antennce short, moniliform, incrassate, 3 basal joints cylindrical, 

 others flattened and ciliate on each edge, 1st joint thick, 2nd 

 shortest, 3rd longer, about equalling 1st in length, others equal. 



Prothorax about as wide as long, sides rounded and plurisetose 

 in front, sinuate behind, disc canaliculate, a single strong lateral 

 impression on each side behind, posterior marginal seta at the 

 basal angle. 



Elytra oval, convex, punctato-striate, without a basal border. 

 Prostermhm setigero-punctate, particularly towards the front. 

 Mesosternal episterna punctate, the epimera not reaching the 

 coxse. 



Metasternum strongly punctate on each side, the episterna 

 narrow, elongate. 



Ventral segments with transverse rows of strong punctures on 

 each side, these more thickly placed on the basal segments. 



Legs : anterior femora short, thick, lightly channelled below on 

 apical half ; anterior tibiae straight, narrow, lightly excavate 

 below, apical portion hirsute on lower side ; tarsi short, narrow, 

 last joint longest, (much longer in posterior tarsi), other joints 

 quadrate, 3 basal joints in male slightly dilatate and clothed with 

 spongiose tissue below. 



Body pedunculate, winged. 

 Scutelluvi small, placed on the peduncle. 



The position of this genus among the Australian Carabidce 

 appears doubtful ; in most characters it approaches the Morionini, 

 and but for the scrobe of the mandibles having a setigerous punc- 

 ture I should place it in that subfamily. Probably its nearest 



