V. Lutshnik (Kiev). 



Two new forms of the genus Platysma (Bon.) Tshitsh. 



(Coleoptera, Carabidae). 



В. Лучникъ (Юевъ). 

 Дв -fe новыхъ формы рода Platysma (В on.) Tshitsh. (Coleoptera 



Carabidae). 



Platysma (Poecilus) cupreum hoeltzerae, subsp. n. 



Above clearness green. Head thickly punctured, having a fovea 

 on each side, antennae black, with two joints at the base red. Thorax 

 narrowed in front, transverse, sides moderately rounded, broadly mar- 

 gined, posterior angles not quite complete right angles, disk convex in 

 front, depressed on the sides and at the base, the latter punctured, ha- 

 ving also two longitudinal profound foveae on each side, the outer one 

 shortest and close to the angle. Elytra oblong-ovate, slightly narro- 

 wed in front, sides a little rounded, deeply striated, the striae punctu- 

 red, the interstices convex, the third with three distinct impressed 

 punctures behind; underside greenish, legs black. 



Legth 13,5—16 mm. 



Holotype and three paratypes in my collection. 



Hab. : Syria. 



Platysma oblongopunctatum satuninianum, subsp. n. 



Platysmatis (Bothriopteri) oblongopunctati f. typ. simile, sed 

 antennis palpisque nigris. 



Winged, obscure brassy black. Head smooth and shining, with 

 a faintly impressed fovea on each side in front connected by a trans- 

 verse stria, apex of the palpi red. Thorax quadrate, the length being 

 fully equal to the breadth in front, the anterior margin curved inwards 

 in the middle considerably, so that the anterior angles are very promi- 

 nent, sides rounded from the angles to behind the middle, then much 

 contracted till just before the posterior angles, before which they be- 

 come produced, so as to form, with the base, a little acute angle, the 



Русск. Энтом. Обозр. XVI. 1916. № 1—2. 



