G. Sloane, New Carabidae from German New Guinea. 179 
of the species known to Chaudoir as belonging to the said group. 
From (©. Bennigseni it differs by smaller size; prothorax with sides 
much more widely margined and subsinuate posteriorly, basal 
angles marked; elytra with 8® interstice depressed at apex, 9% 
chalybeus like the rest of the elytra, not narrow, convex, and 
interrupted by its seriate punctures. 
The following is a tabular list of the five species of Colpodes 
known to me as Inlkelostehun, New Guinea: 
Elytra mucronate at apex. (Elytra at least metallic.) 
Prothorax transverse, much wider at base than apex, 
posterior angles rectangular. Colour (ineluding head 
and prothorax) violaceus. Length 9—-10 mm. 
©. violaceus, Chaud. 
Prothorax cordate not (or very little) wider at base than 
apex, posterior angles not rectangular. Elytra chalybeus, 
head and prothorax black. 
9% interstice chalybeus, depressed, not interrupted. Length 
las mme ©. habilis,- Sl. 
HU interstice black, narrow, interrupted by the seriate 
punctures. Length 18.5 mm. ©. Bennigseni, S1. 
Elytra with apex unarmed. 
Black, legs and antennae pitchy black. Length 9 mm. 
O. papuensis, Sl. 
Reddish piceous, prothorax and elytra with reddish margin, 
legs and antennae testaceous. Length 7 mm. 
©. Albertisi, Maind. !) 
Tribe Odacanthini. 
Lozocara 2% ngoren» 
Head wider than prothorax, obliquely narrowed behind to 
a wide neck; two supra-orbital setae on each side, posterior seta 
distant from inner basal corner of eye. Mentum with sides of 
sinus oblique; epilobes projecting a little at apex; median tooth 
broad, triangular, prominent. Ligula wide at apex, 4-setose (two 
widely placed intermediate long setae and a smaller one at each 
angle): paraglossae narrow, extending beyond ligula. Maxillae 
spinose on inner side. Palpi: labial long; penultimate joint 
narrow, 2-setose; apical joint almost as long as penultimate, 
!) Unknown to me in nature. 
2) From 40$0s, obliquus, z«o«, caput. 
