1961] 
Darlington — A ustralian Carabid Beetles 
I io 
kirrama n. sp. 
line deep, transverse impressions almost obsolete except for subbasal 
foveae each side midway between middle and sides, separated from 
margins by strong convexities ; disc and foveae not punctate. Elytra 
c. 1/5 wider than prothorax, usually slightly narrowed anteriorly; 
margin rectangular or almost acute at subdentate humeri ; elytra with 
striae well impressed and punctate; intervals slightly convex but not 
costate, 3, 5, and 7 slightly wider than others but not more elevated, 
except 7th slightly elevated at base; narrow 10th interval indicated 
posteriorly; dorsal punctures lacking. Mesosternum anteriorly and 
prosternal process setose. Male front tarsi slightly dilated, 3 segments 
squamulose; cT with 1, 9 2 setae each side last ventral segment. 
Length 20-23; width 6.5-7. 7 mm - 
Holotype cf (M.C. Z. Type No. 30,355) and 15 paratypes all 
from Mt. Bartle Frere, North Queensland, west slope 3000-5000 ft. 
(not found lower), Dec. 1957, collected by my wife, my son, and 
myself, in mountain rain forest. 
