358 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGY, XV., 



Tribe CUNEIPECTINI, n.trib. 



Head not narrowed behind eyes, one supraorbital seta on each 

 side; eyes round, distant from buccal fissure, not inclosed at base. 

 Antennae with three basal joints glabrous. Mentum deeply 

 emarginate, toothed. Prothorax widely margined; posterior 

 marginal seta on explanate border just before basal angle. 

 Elytra not bordered on base, strongly punctate-striate, dorsal 

 interstices without setigerous punctures ; margin decidedly 

 interrupted posteriorly and with a strong internal plica. Pro- 

 sternum with intercoxal part shortly prolonged backwards in a 

 wedge-shaped process. Mesosternuui wide and deeply excavate 

 between intermediate coxse; epimera not attaining coxse. Meta- 

 sternum and first ventral segment meeting and rather widely 

 dividing posterior coxae; episterna short, wide. Ventral segments 

 4-6 with a strongly defined and wide raised margin or '* collar " 

 along anterior margin. Legs stout; tibiae wide at apex, anterior 

 emarginate on inner side towards apex, inner spur above emargin- 

 ation; posterior coxae 3-setose. 



I would place the tribe Cuneipectini at the beginning of the 

 Trigonotomid series of the subfamily Harpalinae. 



CuNEiPECTUS, n.gen. 



Head stout, convex, not narrowed behind eyes; one supra- 

 orbital seta opposite middle of eye on each side. Antennce 

 setaceous, short, reaching to base of prothorax; three basal joints 

 glabrous, first stout, not long (Imm.j, second shortest (0"65mm.), 

 third longest (1-4 mm.). Lahrum large, subquadrate; a longi- 

 tudinal median line from base to near apex; anterior margin 

 lightly emarginate in middle and rounded on each side. Clyi^eus 

 large; anterior margin widely subemarginate, a strong puncture 

 near each anterior angle. Mandibles stout, not long, without a 

 seta in outer scrobe. Mentum deeply excavate, with broad pro- 

 minent median tooth; sinus with sides parallel. Palpi stout : 

 labial with penultimate joint a little longer than apical, 2-setose 

 in front; apical joint club-shaped, shortly and roundly angustate- 

 truncate : maxillary long; second joint longest (1 mm.); two 



