and on some Types of Oriental Carabidae. 159 
bur’s name should stand for the African species, and 
S. germana should in future be known as S. depressa F., the 
specimen at Kiel being regarded as its type. 
30. Pheropsophus (Carabus) hilaris, p. 56. (Lund- 
Daldorff.) Type at Copenhagen. 
The description of this species hardly leaves room for 
doubt that Fabricius had before him a specimen of the 
traditional P. lilaris (= P. sobrinus Dej., with a black band 
of varying width at the base and apex of the prothorax). 
Actually the type does not conform with the description, 
but agrees—as does a second specimen—with P. tripustu- 
latus F. (see No. 18). I cannot but think that there has 
been in the past some transposition of labels: if the type 
is accepted, the name of Ailarzs will fall into synonymy with 
tripustulatus, but if in the special circumstances the type 
is ignored and the description accepted, the species now 
known as P. hilaris will retain its name. I propose te 
accept the description and make no change. 
The species (as described) is well known and has been 
referred to by many authors: Chaudoir deals with it in 
his Mon. des Brachynides (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1876, 25). 
It occurs all over India and in Burma, but I have not 
seen specimens from Ceylon: there are examples from 
Baluchistan in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and in the 
Chevrolat collection (Oxford University Museum) is one 
labelled Java—probably in error, 
31. Diplochila (Carabus) impressa, p. 57. (Daldorff.) Type 
at Copenhagen. 
The species was redescribed by Dejean (Spec. Gen. 11, 
1826, 383), and has been mentioned by various other 
writers. Nearly all the specimens I have seen came from 
Bengal or Burma, but the range is probably a wider one : 
Redtenbacher (Reis. Novar. Zool. 1, Col. 1867, 10) men- 
tions the Philippine Is., examples in the Indian Museum 
? are labelled China, and in the Hope Dept. of the Oxford 
4 University Museum are others labelled Madras and Singa- 
pore. I think these indications should be viewed with 
caution. 
32. Chlaenius (Carabus) posticus, p. 57. (Daldorff.) Type 
at Copenhagen. 
This species is mentioned by Chaudoir in his Mon, des 
Chléniens (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1876, 55) as being probably 
allied to C. neelgheriensis Guér., but the identification, 
based on the comparison of an example from Zanzibar 
