G. Sloane, New Carabidae from German New Guinea. 181 
punctate on each side before coxae; intercoxal part very narrow 
in middle of posterior declivity. Met-episterna elongate. 
Length 13, breadth 5 mm. 
Hab.: Kaiser Wilhelm Land, Simbang. (One!) specimen.) 
Loxocara violacea, n. sp. 
Nitid; head and prothorax chalybeus, elytra metallic- 
violaceous; undersurface chalybeus; femora dark purple, tibiae 
piceous; four anterior trochanters, apices of tibiae and tarsi 
brownish-testaceous; antennae and palpi testaceous. Head moderate 
(1.85 mm across eyes), convex, glabrous, impunctate ; front bi- 
impressed. Prothorax longer than broad (2 > 1.65 mm), widest 
before middle, punetate posteriorly; base (1.35 mm) wider than 
apex (1.15 mm); sides rounded on anterior two thirds, sinuate 
posteriorly and meeting base at right angles; apex truncate; 
anterior angles not marked, closely applied to head; base truncate, 
angles marked but obtuse; lateral border narrow, not reflexed, 
except very slightly near posterior angles; lateral channel 
punctate, bearing a single seta at widest part of prothorax; 
anterior transverse impression deep, arcuate; median line strongly 
impressed. Elytra wide (6 x 3.6 mm); base declivous; shoulders 
rounded ; striae formed by rows of closely placed punctures; 
interstices depressed, 7’ and 8": tumid a little before apex; 
9% interstice and apical spines as in Z. quadrispinosa. Pro- 
sternal episterna convex, punctate posteriorly; met - episterna 
elongate. 
Length 11, breadth 3.6 mm. 
Hab.: Kaiser Wilhelm Land, Sattelberg (One specimen). 
Differs conspicuously from L. quadrispinosa by colour; nar- 
rower shape; prothorax narrower, longer, punctate; pro-episterna 
punctate. In this species too, the palpi are more slender, and 
the maxillary have the 2 apical joints of equal length; in Z. 
quadrispinosa the penultimate is hardly more than half the length 
of the apical one. I have not been able to detect the small 
seta at each outer angle of the ligula, but otherwise the labium 
seems the same as in the type species. The types of L. quadri- 
spinosa and ZL. habilis have the apex of the abdomen 4-setose, 
and are I believe both females. 
!) Soeben hat Hr. von Bennigsen 1 & dieser interessanten Art von 
den Salomons-Inseln erhalten (Dr. W. Horn). 
