214 ON THE CAREyiDES (FAM CARABlDJi), 



inflexed margin narrow behind first ventral segment;* anterior 

 tibia3 bidentate; posterior trochanters pyriform, produced at apex 

 to a short acuminate point. Green, disc of prothorax and most 

 of upper surface of head black ; antenna?, legs and middle t>f 

 under surface black. 



Head very large (43x6 mm.), narrowed behind eyes, trans- 

 versely impressed across occiput, convex, declivous to anterior 

 margin; frontal sulci very deep, diverging strongly backwards, 

 tui'ning out anteriorly in a lightly marked course; space between 

 sulci filling all the interval between their posterior extremities; 

 median part of clypeus truncate, intermediate angles' short, 

 obtuse ; preocular sulcus distinct, linear, extending backwards 

 above eyes ; preocular process wide, strongly declivous and 

 rounded externally, two supraorbital punctures on each side. 

 Mandibles very strong. Labrum roundly advanced in middle. 

 Mentum and palpi as in C. qiiadripunctatiim, Macl. Antennse 

 subfiliform, stout, compressed; apical joint elongate-oval. Pro- 

 thorax convex, hardly broader than long (6 x 6"6 mm.), subparallel 

 on sides, rounded at posterior angles, lightly angustate behind 

 ) 'osterior angles ; base wide, rounded ; sides lightly rounded to 

 anterior angles, shortly sinuate on each side of base ; anterior 

 margin truncate, with angles widely and very lightly advanced; 

 basal angles roundly obtuse; border narrow, lightly reflexed, of 

 even width on sides, thicker on base; marginal channel narrow; 

 median line strongly impressed; two marginal punctures on each 

 side; basal area of prothorax defined by a transverse impression; 

 a wide obliqvxe impression on each side of basal declivity. Elytra 

 oval (13x7 mm.), lightly depressed on disc; base vertical above 

 peduncle; margin narrow; border lightly folded over at humeral 

 angles; four ocellate punctures in a cluster near each humeral 



* The specimen before me is imperfect, the apical part of the elytra 

 being broken off, but not in such a manner as to prevent a recognisable 

 description of the species being made; tliere is a discoidal puncture on 

 each elytron near the shoulder as in C. quadriimuctatum, Macl., and I 

 should expect the elytra to be quadripnnctate as in that species. 



