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NOTES ON CICINDELTDM AND CARABIBM, AND DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF NEW SPECIES (No. 18). 



BY H. W. BATES, F.L.S., iic. 



Sub-family Siagokin^. 



COSCTXIA PICTTTLA, Sp. n. 



C.fascigercc (Cliaucl.) qffinis. Parva, setosa, ni/iflff,mffrfr,pnncfnta; 

 el i/tris fascia hasali maculaque siitui'ali-apicaU sanguineis ; p)"^2^is,Iah)'o 

 jycdibiisque fusco-fulvis ; antennis castaneis. Long. 2 lin. 



Of the flattened form of C. Semelederi, hut smaller, and tlie elytra 

 distinctly punctate-striato, with a row of punctures down each inter- 

 stice. In colour and size it approaches C. fuscigera, hut the red 

 colouring of the elytra consists of a broadish l)asal belt and an oval 

 spot over the suture near the apex ; a red sutural border sometimes 

 connects the two, and the apical spot is also liable to be enlarged so 

 as to extend to the margins. The head and thorax are covered with 

 large separate punctures, and the dorsal line of the latter is very 

 strongly impressed. 



Mesopotamia ; many examples. 



Apotomus xanthotelus, sp. n. 



A. rufo hrevior et convexior ; hand setosus ; atro-fuscus, suh-nifidus ; 



antennarum articulis duohus basal ibiis, pedibusque rirfo-castaneis, illarum 



articulis quatuor apicalibusjlavis; palpis fidvo-testaceis. 



Long. 1\ lin. 



Dull blackish-brown ; legs clear chestnut-red ; antenna) with the 

 two basal joints reddish and the four apical ones yellow. The elytra 

 are more convex than in A. rufus, and rather more strongly punctatc- 

 stx'iated, with narrower interstices. The body appears destitute of 

 erect hairs. 



Celebes (Wallace) ; two examples, in one of which the thorax is 

 pitchy-red. 



Sub-family ScARiTiNiE. 

 Carenum porphtreum, sp. n. 



G. smaragdulo (Wcstw.) affinc. Oblongo-ovatum, convc.vum ; ni- 

 grum, nitidum, ihorace latissimo, late viyidi-limbato ; elgtris hete vio- 

 laceis, viridi-marginatis, ovatis, IcBvibus, postice unijjunctatis ; tibiis 

 anticis tridentatis. Long. 10 lin. 



Of the same form as C. smaragdidum. Anterior tibia? with a well- 

 develo])e I third tootli, surmounted by two other denticulations. The 



