130 THE CARABIDAE OF TASMANIA^ 



l;asal joint long, scapiform; three basal joints glabrous. Labriiin emargiiiate, 

 4-setose. Mentum toothed. Palpi elongate; apical joints setose, ot labial .securi- 

 form. Prothorax suboval; basal angles obtuse; two marginal punctures on each 

 side, anterior at apical, posterior at basal third. Elytra convex, oval, striate; 

 disc impunctate; scutellar striole very short, nt base of first in'^erstice; margiL 

 not interrupted posteriorly by an inner plica. Anterior eoxal cavities with a 

 single opening inwards. Mes-epimera not reaching eoxal cavities; inet-episterna 

 iiuadrate, not divided from epimera. Legs long: anterior tibiae emarginate be- 

 neath; upper spine at inner side of emargination. d'. — Anterior tarsi with four 

 joints dilatate and biseriately squamosa beneath; fourth joint of anterior and in- 

 termediate tarsi emarginate; posterior tarsi long, narrow, fourth joint triangular, 

 simple. 



A G O N I c A, gen. ncv. 



Head narrow ; front depressed, smooth, lightly bi-impressed ; one seta above 

 middle of eye on each side; eyes prominent, hemispherical, not inclosed at base, 

 distant from buccal fissure beneath. Labrum wide, short, emarginate, 4-setose. 

 Clypeus not divided from front by a visible suture, bisetose. Mandibles long, 

 acute, decussate, without a seta in scrobe of outer side. Mentum with a pro- 

 minent triangular median tooth. Palpi elongate: labial with penultimate joint 

 long, slender, bisetose; apical joint widely securiform, setulose: maxUlary long, 

 slender; two apical joints setose; terminal joint fusiform, stouter and a little 

 longer than penultimate, compressed, blunt at apex. Antennae sttaceous, rising 

 at apex of a marginal ridge; basal condyle visible; basal joint long, nearly as 

 long as three succeeding joints together; three basal joints glabrous; second 

 and fourth joints much shorter than third. Pi-othorax oval, depressed; basal 

 angles rounded; two marginal setae on each side, anterior at apical third, pos- 

 terior at basal third. Elytra oval, convex, not bordered across base, lightly 

 striate ; striae well marked on disc, faint towards sides ; margin not interrupted 

 posteriorly by an internal plica. Body shortly pedunculate; seutellum on 

 jjeduncle. Prosternum with eoxal cavities closed behind ; mes-epimera not reach- 

 ing coxae; met-episterna quadrate, no visible suture between eiiisternum and 

 epimeron. Anterior eoxal cavities with one opening inwards. Ventral segments 

 without transverse sulci; apical segment in c? with two marginal setae on each 

 side. Legs long: femora — anterior a little con.pressed, swollen: interme<lia;e 

 roundly swollen on lower side about anterior thiid; posterior lightly swollen on 

 lower side; tibiae — anterior emarginate beneath, a sharp spur above emargin:;tion, 

 apical spur short, stout; posterior slender, spurs short, c?. — Anterior tarsi with 

 i'our basal joints dilatate, biseriately squamulosc beneath; fourth joint of four 

 anterior tarsi short, emarginate, of posterior tarsi triangular, simple: ujiper sur- 

 face of tarsi sparsely setose. 



AnoNiCA .SIM.SONI, sp. nov. 



Elliptical, convex; mandibles promiuenK decussate; liibrum s-hort, emargin- 

 ate, 4-s('tose; antennae with basal joint elongate (hmger than two succc((ling 

 joints together); front strongly l)i-im]iressed ; eyes convex, distant I'roui Imccal 

 fissure beneath. Black. 



Head narrow (1.3 mm. across eyes); frontal impressions wide; hittial setae 

 of clypcus at anterior extremity of frontal impressions; clyjical suture obsolete. 

 Prothorax hardly broader than long (2 X 2.1 mm.), not declivous to base in 



