10 Mr. H. E. Andrewes on Oriental Carabidae. 



punctate, prothorax equally contracted at extremities, flatter, 

 surface more finely punctate, elytra rather similar, but the 

 punctures on each side of the striae are smaller, closer together, 

 and more distinct. 



Nilgiri Hills, 3000', Nov. 1910 {H. L. Andrewes), 2 ex., 

 $ ? ; Coimbatore, 4. ii. 1913 (T. B. Fletcher), 1 ex., Agric. 

 Coll. and Research Inst., Coimbatore. 



The type is in my collection. 



Chlcmius JletcJieri, <J ? . 



Length 13 # 5-16'0 mm. ; width S'O-S'TS mm. 



Black; head and prothorax metallic green, latter darker 

 at margins ; femora and joint 1 of antennae red, rest of legs 

 and antennae dark red, palpi brown. 



Head (3'0 mm. wide) convex, moderately shiny, finely 

 punctate (a few larger punctures mingled with the small 

 ones) and subrugose, frontal foveae reduced to two small 

 round punctures, eyes rather flat, joint 3 of antennae nearly 

 glabrous, quite half as long again as 4, palpi slender, labium 

 truncate. 



Prothorax as long as wide (4*0 mm.), shiny, rather flat, 

 widest at middle, equally contracted at extremities, which 

 are very slightly einarginate, sides finely bordered and a 

 little reflexed, moderately and quite uniformly rounded from 

 base to apex, hind angles obtuse and rounded ; median line 

 fine, not reaching extremities, basal foveae moderately deep, 

 elongate, curving outwards at both extremities, produced and 

 very shallow in front, surface moderately and fairly uniformly 

 punctate throughout. 



Elytra (9*5 mm. long) elongate-ovate, narrower and less 

 dilated behind in <$ than in ? , basebisinuate, border sharply 

 angled at shoulder, faintly sinuate before apex, punctulate- 

 striate, a row of well-maiked setiferous punctures along each 

 side of the striae, a few irregular additional punctures here 

 and there, especially on intervals 1 and 2, more closely punc- 

 tate at sides, intervals convex and moderately shiny in $ , 

 flat and dull in ? . 



Underside shiny, faintly iridescent, indistinctly pubescent, 

 prosternal process bordered, pilose at apex, metepisterna half 

 as long again as wide, coarsely punctate, ventral surface 

 sparsely punctate at sides. Tarsi glabrous on upper surface, 

 dilated joints (^ ) a little longer than wide. 



Very close to C. nilgiricus, but the elytra are black. Pro- 

 thorax more strongly rounded at sides, which are more or less 

 reflexed, surface much more coarsely punctate, intervals of 



