﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
  135 
  

  

  offering 
  such 
  observations 
  and 
  additional 
  descriptions 
  as 
  I 
  

   think 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  use. 
  

  

  1. 
  Craspedophbrus 
  (Panagaeus) 
  cereus. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  

   imique. 
  No 
  mention 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  until 
  Chaudoir 
  (Rev. 
  et. 
  Mag. 
  Zool. 
  1869, 
  116) 
  believed 
  

   that 
  he 
  recognised 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  Javan 
  specimen 
  he 
  had 
  lately 
  pur- 
  

   chased. 
  Nine 
  years 
  later, 
  when 
  he 
  published 
  his 
  " 
  Essai 
  

   monographique 
  sur 
  les 
  Panageides 
  " 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Belg. 
  

   xxi, 
  1878) 
  all 
  doubt 
  had 
  been 
  resolved, 
  and 
  we 
  find 
  it 
  figuring 
  

   (I.e. 
  150) 
  without 
  query 
  as 
  " 
  Dischissiis 
  cereus 
  Macl." 
  The 
  

   fourth 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  of 
  Macleay's 
  insect, 
  however, 
  is 
  entire, 
  

   and 
  the 
  genus 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  belongs 
  is 
  Craspedophorus. 
  To 
  

   prevent 
  further 
  confusion 
  I 
  suggest 
  for 
  Chaudoir's 
  species 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  D. 
  chaudoiri. 
  

  

  Craspedophorus 
  cereus. 
  Length 
  12 
  mill. 
  Width 
  5 
  mill. 
  

  

  Black, 
  each 
  elytron 
  with 
  two 
  yellow 
  spots, 
  extreme 
  apex 
  of 
  palpi 
  

   yellowish. 
  Head 
  square, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  middle 
  of 
  front 
  and 
  

   neck 
  smooth, 
  frontal 
  foveae 
  fairly 
  deep 
  ; 
  antennae 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  

   joint 
  1 
  = 
  3, 
  2 
  = 
  about 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  1, 
  the 
  remainder 
  about 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  1 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  labials 
  shorter, 
  terminal 
  

   joint 
  (for 
  the 
  genus) 
  not 
  much 
  dilated. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  head, 
  truncate 
  at 
  extremities, 
  sides 
  

   sharply 
  rounded 
  a 
  little 
  behind 
  middle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  widest, 
  with 
  an 
  

   extremely 
  narrow 
  margin 
  — 
  not 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  front 
  angles 
  contiguous 
  

   to 
  neck, 
  hind 
  angles 
  obtuse 
  but 
  not 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  indenta- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  sides, 
  just 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  them, 
  forming 
  a 
  small 
  right-angled 
  

   tooth 
  ; 
  surface 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  flat 
  at 
  sides, 
  even 
  more 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  transverse 
  impressions 
  obsolete, 
  

   median 
  line 
  reaching 
  margins, 
  a 
  fairlj' 
  deep 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   base, 
  within 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  furrow 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  not 
  very 
  convex, 
  a 
  little 
  

   dilated 
  behind 
  middle, 
  margin 
  sinuate 
  near 
  apex 
  ; 
  striae 
  well 
  marked, 
  

   finely 
  punctured, 
  intervals 
  finely 
  and 
  moderately 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  

   though 
  leaving 
  the 
  surface 
  rather 
  shiny; 
  front 
  spot 
  extending 
  from 
  

   stria 
  4 
  to 
  margin 
  and 
  beyond 
  it 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  epipleura, 
  running 
  a 
  little 
  

   obliquely 
  towards 
  the 
  shoulder 
  on 
  intervals 
  8 
  and 
  9, 
  extending 
  

   furthest 
  towards 
  apex 
  on 
  6 
  and 
  8, 
  hind 
  spot 
  covering 
  intervals 
  5-8, 
  

   projecting 
  a 
  little 
  towards 
  base 
  on 
  5 
  and 
  6, 
  and 
  towards 
  apex 
  on 
  7 
  and 
  

   8. 
  Sterna 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  first 
  two 
  ventral 
  segments 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  

   ventral 
  surface 
  generally 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  metepistema 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  front 
  margin 
  of 
  ventral 
  segments 
  crenulate; 
  

   fourth 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  simple. 
  

  

  