Die Damaster-Coptolabrus-Gruppe der Gattung Carabus. 183 



Coptolahrus monilifer Tatum. 



1 T TatüM, Description of two new species of Carabus from Asia, 

 " in- Ann. Mag. nat. Hi&t., Vol. 20, London 1847. 



2. Chaudoir, in: Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou, 1861, ibid. P;^503. 



3. J. B. Gehin, Catalogue syn. et syst, des Coleopteres de la iribu des 



Carabides, 1885. n, . . iqqa 



4. A. MOKAWITZ, Zur Kenntnis der Adephagen Coleopteren, 18»b, 



1 ft 



5 A SemenoW, Symbolae ad cognit. etc, in : Hör. Soc. entomol. B,oss., 



Vol. 31, 1897, p. 333 u. 402. 

 6. Dr. H. KOESCHKE, Carabolog. Notizen V., in: Entomol. Nachr., 

 Vol. 26, 1900, p. 62. 

 Die Beschreibung Tatum's lautet: 

 Carabus monilifer Tat. somewhat resembles the preceding species 

 (lithariophorus) 1) size, form and sculpture of the elytra. The he ad 

 is smaller and studded with minute punctures. Thorax much smaller, 

 its anterior and posterior margins slightly concave; sides less sinuous, 

 and posterior angles less produced; margins slightly elevated; the 

 surface like the head finely punctured, convex; median furrow obsolete, 

 and on either side of thise line, and near to posterior margin, a 

 slightly elevated tubercle. Form of elytra as in the preceding species 

 (oval, convex, tapering towards the base as well as the extremity): 

 the t'hree rows of tubercles smaller, flatter, and more regulär in size 

 and form between each row, and also near the suture and external 

 margin, a Single row of smaller tubercles, also more regulär than 

 in the 'former insect, and the entire Spaces between the tubercles 

 studded with punctures, giving a fine granulated appearance to those 

 parts. The colour is a less decided black than C. lithartophortis, 

 with slight tints of bronze both on the thorax and on the margins 

 of the elytra. Length 1 inch S'/a lines. . xr tvt 



It was found by A. Adam's. Esq., during the voyage of H. M. 

 S. Samarang in the Eastern Seas, in the Corean Archipelago. In 



coli. of. Brit. Mus." — u- ^ u 



CHAUDom (2), welcher Gelegenheit hatte das einzige bisher be- 

 kannt gewordene Exemplar des monüifer nachzuprüfen, äußerte sich 

 über diesen wie folgt: 



1) Cambus lithariophorus (= kashmirensis Kollak) ist wie folgt 

 geschildert: „antennae long and tapering, the general aspect ot this 

 Carabus is like a Frocrustes , the sculpture of the elytra^resembles that 

 of the Car. lafossei thorace broad, rather flat and smooth. 



