416 CARABID.E FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA^ 



apex truncate, two long setae in middle, wide apart, and two 

 setules— one at each angle; paraglossse cartilaginous, narrow, 

 free, triangular, extending greatly beyond ligula, not incurved. 

 Palpi slender: apical joint elongate, obtuse, of maxillary longei- 

 than penultimate joint. Maxillae slender, hooked. Prothorax 

 not longer than broad, punctate: sides of prosternum rounded, 

 visible from above; a short, thick seta at each anterior angle of 

 pronotum. Elytra strongly punctate- striate; third, fifth, and 

 seventh interstices with a single row of punctures along each — 

 varying in number from six on third interstice to nine on seventh. 

 Apical ventral segment in $ emarginate-truncate, unisetose on 

 each side, in 9 roundly truncate, bisetose on each side. Tarsi : 

 anterior in ^ lightl}' dilatate; three basal joints with two rows 

 of rather sparsely set squamae on under side; posterior with fifth 

 joint not as long as basal joint, nor as two preceding joints 

 together; ungues long and slender. Type, P. punctata, n.sp. 



The position of this genus in the tribe Odacanthini is near 

 Eudalia^ but it is quite distinct; the form of the head not nar- 

 rowed behind the eyes is sufficient to distinguish P. punctata 

 from all other Australian allied species. 



POUOCARA PUNCTATA, U.Sp. 



Brown; legs, antennae, and palpi testaceous: each elytron with 

 a large humeral and apical area, connected on sides, more lightly 

 coloured. 



Head nut narrowed behind eyes (2 mm. across eyes). Pro- 

 thorax hardly broader than long (2 x 2'1 mm.); lateral borders 

 converging lightly backwards from just behind apex to basal 

 sixth, then a little out-turned to base. Elytra oval (5 x 3*7 mm. >, 

 convex, strongly crenulate-striate: interstices strongly convex, 

 shagreened, third, tifth, and seventh uniseriate-punctate: apex 

 not truncate, apical curve short, lightly sinuate on each side. 

 Undersurface of head, sterna, and basal ventral segments punc 

 late; fourth ventral segment sometimes punctate in middle, two 

 apical segments glabrous. Length, 9*5; breadth, 3-7 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Laura (Cooktown railway); .Sloane, ^luly, 

 1916. 



