180 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1907. 
fusiform, obtuse at apex; maxillary long; apical joint long, fusi 
form. Antennae long, slender; 1° joint as long as 2"4 and 3.4 
together, 2” very short, 3” and 4% long, equal; 3 basal joints 
glabrous, 4" setose on anterior half. Labrum convex, truncate, 
6-setose. Prothorax narrow; lateral border narrow; prosternal 
episterna visible from above. Elytra wide, not bordered at base, 
4-spinose at apex, punctate-striate; interstices impunctate, 
glabrous; striole at base of 1“ interstice long, formed of small 
punctures; 3" interstice with 3 fine setigerous punctures, posterior 
seta near apex. Tarsi stout: anterior with 1° joint not as 
long as 2 succeeding joints together; joints 2—4 short, 4% 
deeply bilobed; intermediate longer than anterior, joints 1—4 
successively shorter, 4'% deeply bilobed ; posterior long, 1* joint 
as long as 2 succeeding joints together, 4" small, deeply emar- 
ginate; upper surface of tarsi bearing a few setae, under surface 
of joints 1—4 beset with ferruginous hair with long setae towards 
sides, 5'® joint setulose beneath; ungues simple. Type S. quadri- 
spinosa, Sl. 
This genus is closely allied to the Australian genus Kudalia, 
but differs by the elytra truncate and 4-spinose at apex; meta- 
sternum with episterna impunctate, &c. 
Loxocara quadrispinosa,n. Sp. 
Black, nitid. Head wide (2.6 mm across eyes), convex, 
glabrous, laevigate; front lightly and widely biimpressed between 
bases of antennae. Prothorax as long as broad (2.2 x 2.2 mm), 
widest before middle; base and apex of equal width (1.7 mm); 
disc nitid, convex, glabrous, impunctate; sides liehtly rounded 
on anterior two thirds, sinuate posteriorly, meeting base at right 
angles; apex truncate, angles sharply marked, a little prominent 
and not closely applied to the head; base truncate, angles rect- 
angular, not acute at summit; lateral border narrow, reflexed ; 
lateral channel subrugose, wide, narrow near apex, bearing a 
single seta at widest part of prothorax; a wide depressed space 
across base finely punctate near each basal angle; median line 
lishtly impressed. Elytra wide (7.3 x 5 mm), convex; base 
declivous, shoulders rounded; striae hardly impressed except 
towards apex, finely and closely punctate; 9% interstice narrower 
than 8%, with a few closely placed punctures behind humeral 
angle and about 6 separate punctures near apex (opposite 3 apical 
ventral segments), 3 widely-placed fine punctures between those 
of base and apex; apical spines slender, acute, outer one (at 
external apical angle) of moderate length, inner one (at apex of 
1° interstice) one 3” longer than outer one. Prosternum feebly 
