﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
  137 
  

  

  before 
  hind 
  angle, 
  side 
  margins 
  narrowly 
  bordered, 
  flattened 
  out 
  a 
  

   little 
  behind 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  angles 
  obtuse 
  but 
  not 
  rounded 
  ; 
  surface 
  shiny, 
  

   fairly 
  strongly 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  more 
  sparsely 
  on 
  disk, 
  

   though 
  more 
  closely 
  along 
  median 
  line, 
  the 
  last 
  named 
  fine 
  and 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  the 
  transverse 
  impressions, 
  which 
  are 
  faint, 
  basal 
  foveae 
  

   small 
  but 
  fairly 
  deep, 
  near 
  hind 
  angles. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  ovate, 
  

   widest 
  a 
  little 
  behind 
  middle, 
  shoulders 
  strongly 
  rounded, 
  as 
  also 
  is 
  

   the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  side 
  margins, 
  the 
  latter 
  sinuate 
  towards 
  

   apex; 
  striae 
  deep, 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  intervals 
  convex, 
  

   shiny, 
  rather 
  finely 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  pubescence 
  abraded 
  

   except 
  at 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  spot 
  covers 
  intervals 
  4-8, 
  transverse, 
  a 
  little 
  

   oblique 
  (outwards 
  and 
  backwards), 
  the 
  colour 
  on 
  interval 
  6 
  projecting 
  

   a 
  little 
  towards 
  apex. 
  

  

  Underside 
  shiny, 
  prostemal 
  process 
  bordered, 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   sterna 
  and 
  epistema 
  (except 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  pro-epistema, 
  and 
  lower 
  

   half 
  of 
  meso-episterna) 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  

   first 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  ventral 
  segments 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  at 
  sides, 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  finely 
  and 
  remotely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  metepistema 
  

   much 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  sulcate 
  along 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  margin 
  of 
  last 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  emarginate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  a 
  deep 
  setiferous 
  puncture 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  emargination, 
  but 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  margin. 
  

   Front 
  femora 
  ( 
  cJ 
  ) 
  toothed 
  at 
  base. 
  

  

  No 
  doubt 
  C. 
  ruffemoratus 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  mediogut- 
  

   tatus 
  Chaud., 
  and 
  C. 
  orbicollis 
  Chaud., 
  but 
  until 
  the 
  types 
  

   of 
  these 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  available 
  I 
  cannot 
  attempt 
  any 
  

   comparison. 
  

  

  3. 
  Chlaenius 
  cinctus. 
  Macleay 
  identifies 
  his 
  species 
  with 
  

   C. 
  cinctus 
  Fab. 
  (see 
  above) 
  and 
  C. 
  xcmthacms 
  Wied. 
  (Zool. 
  

   Mag. 
  ii, 
  1, 
  1823, 
  51), 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  little 
  relationship 
  with 
  

   either 
  — 
  indeed 
  Wiedemann's 
  species, 
  which 
  was 
  redescribed 
  

   by 
  Redtenbacher 
  (Reis. 
  Novar. 
  ii, 
  Col. 
  1867, 
  9) 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Chlaenius 
  hiigeli, 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  Chlaenius 
  at 
  all. 
  

   Macleay's 
  C. 
  cinctus 
  — 
  C.javanus 
  Chaud. 
  (Bull. 
  Mosc. 
  1856, 
  

   iii, 
  229; 
  Mon. 
  115), 
  and 
  I 
  strongly 
  suspect 
  that 
  this 
  will 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  C. 
  circumdatus 
  Brulle 
  (Silb. 
  Rev. 
  

   Ent. 
  iii, 
  1835, 
  283). 
  If 
  so, 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  range, 
  

   extending 
  from 
  India 
  and 
  Ceylon 
  to 
  Indo-China, 
  and 
  south- 
  

   wards 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  Malay 
  islands. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  records, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  from 
  China 
  or 
  Japan. 
  

  

  4. 
  Chlaenius 
  apicalis. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  Wiedemann's 
  C. 
  

   apicalis 
  (Zool. 
  Mag. 
  i, 
  3, 
  1819, 
  166) 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Macleay's 
  

  

  