﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  123 
  

  

  specimens 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  examination. 
  Olivier 
  evidently 
  

   had 
  two 
  species 
  , 
  before 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  C. 
  cinctus 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  

   Coromandel, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  other 
  example 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  Collection 
  labelled 
  " 
  E. 
  Indies." 
  In 
  the 
  Hope 
  

   Department 
  at 
  Oxford 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  examples, 
  one 
  labelled 
  

   " 
  Madras 
  " 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  " 
  sykesi 
  Hope, 
  Poonah 
  " 
  : 
  the 
  

   latter 
  label 
  is 
  in 
  Hope's 
  handwriting, 
  a 
  curious 
  circum- 
  

   stance, 
  as 
  cinctus 
  has 
  no 
  connection 
  whatever 
  with 
  sykesi, 
  

   the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Since 
  Fabricius 
  gave 
  his 
  brief 
  description 
  no 
  other 
  has 
  

   been 
  published 
  and 
  I 
  therefore 
  give 
  a 
  more 
  detailed 
  version, 
  

   amplified 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  by 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Chlaenius 
  cinctus 
  Fab., 
  ^. 
  Length 
  15 
  mill. 
  Width 
  

   6 
  mill. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  green. 
  Elytra 
  black 
  with 
  faint 
  green 
  

   reflection. 
  Labrum, 
  palpi, 
  antennae, 
  legs 
  (except 
  trochanters, 
  

   which 
  are 
  light 
  brown, 
  and 
  coxae, 
  which 
  are 
  dark 
  browTi), 
  margin 
  

   of 
  elytra 
  up 
  to 
  stria 
  8, 
  epipleurae 
  of 
  elytra, 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  margin 
  

   round 
  the 
  abdomen 
  dull 
  yellow. 
  Underside 
  black 
  to 
  very 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  iridescent, 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  lighter 
  

   brown. 
  Pubescence 
  greyish-yellow. 
  

  

  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  pimctate, 
  the 
  latter 
  more 
  strongly 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  behind; 
  eyes 
  moderately 
  prominent. 
  Prothorax 
  not 
  

   quite 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  head, 
  almost 
  quadrate, 
  slightly 
  trans- 
  

   verse, 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front, 
  almost 
  straight 
  behind, 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  

   sinuate 
  before 
  hind 
  angles, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  contracted 
  in 
  front 
  than 
  

   behind, 
  broadest 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  middle; 
  front 
  angles 
  not 
  much 
  

   rounded, 
  hind 
  angles 
  obtuse, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  because 
  the 
  basal 
  margin 
  

   makes 
  a 
  slight 
  bend 
  forward 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  when 
  near 
  the 
  angle; 
  

   surface 
  fairly 
  flat, 
  but 
  declivous 
  at 
  front 
  angles; 
  puncturation 
  

   strong 
  especially 
  over 
  the 
  basal 
  third, 
  not 
  close, 
  sparse 
  on 
  disk; 
  

   reflexed 
  border 
  very 
  narrow, 
  a 
  broad 
  short 
  shallow 
  furrow 
  near 
  

   hind 
  angles, 
  transverse 
  impressions 
  nearly 
  obsolete, 
  central 
  furrow 
  

   very 
  fine 
  not 
  reaching 
  margins. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  rather 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  nearly 
  

   parallel, 
  basal 
  margin 
  straight 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  fourth 
  stria, 
  then 
  bending 
  

   forwards 
  to 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  where 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  angle 
  with 
  

   the 
  side 
  margin, 
  border 
  narrow 
  and 
  only 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  near 
  apex 
  

   which 
  is 
  rounded; 
  striae 
  finely 
  punctate 
  -striate, 
  intervals 
  very 
  

   faintly 
  convex; 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  moderately 
  punctate, 
  the 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  laterally 
  confluent, 
  but 
  not 
  close 
  enough 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   an 
  opaque 
  appearance. 
  

  

  