﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
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  further 
  towards 
  apex, 
  but 
  overlapping 
  that 
  on 
  6. 
  (If 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  is 
  examined 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  botli 
  spots 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   variable. 
  ) 
  

  

  Underside 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  smooth, 
  head 
  finely 
  rugose 
  at 
  sides, 
  

   ventral 
  surface 
  finely 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  

   with 
  two 
  setae 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  emarginate 
  in 
  o 
  ; 
  prosternal 
  process 
  

   bordered 
  ; 
  metepistema 
  long 
  and 
  narrow. 
  Front 
  tarsi 
  <^ 
  with 
  first 
  

   three 
  joints 
  a 
  little 
  dilated, 
  biseriately 
  squamose 
  beneath. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  smaller 
  than 
  P. 
  tetmstigma 
  Chaud. 
  Apart 
  

   from 
  the 
  quite 
  different 
  colour, 
  P. 
  quadrimaculatus 
  has 
  

   the 
  head 
  more 
  strongly 
  striated, 
  prothorax 
  shorter, 
  elytra 
  

   shorter, 
  squarer 
  at 
  base, 
  more 
  widened 
  out 
  behind, 
  with 
  

   deeper 
  striae, 
  and 
  hind 
  spot 
  generally 
  much 
  larger. 
  

   • 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  examples 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  come, 
  like 
  the 
  type, 
  

   from 
  Java, 
  but 
  I 
  identify 
  with 
  the 
  species 
  examples 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  taken 
  by 
  Doherty 
  in 
  Perak 
  and 
  Siam 
  

   (Renong). 
  

  

  10. 
  Pericallus 
  cicindeloides. 
  Figured 
  on 
  the 
  plate 
  (t. 
  1, 
  

   f. 
  2). 
  Brulle 
  refers 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  Audouin 
  and 
  Brulle's 
  Histoire 
  

   Naturelle 
  (Ins. 
  iv, 
  1834, 
  230), 
  and 
  Commandant 
  Dupuis 
  

   (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Belg. 
  1913, 
  82) 
  gives 
  a 
  table 
  including 
  this 
  

   species 
  and 
  its 
  allies. 
  Macleay 
  thought 
  his 
  new 
  genus 
  was 
  

   allied 
  to 
  Sphodrus 
  Clairv., 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case. 
  There 
  

   is 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  (^) 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  also 
  from 
  

   Java. 
  As 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  detailed 
  description 
  

   extant, 
  I 
  give 
  one 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Pericallus 
  cicindeloides, 
  $. 
  Length 
  10 
  mill. 
  Width 
  

   4 
  mill. 
  

  

  Very 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  (above 
  and 
  below) 
  dark 
  

   blue, 
  shiny 
  (neck 
  a 
  little 
  brassy 
  in 
  the 
  type); 
  elytra 
  (including 
  

   epipleurae) 
  violet-blue, 
  opaque; 
  clypeus 
  black, 
  labrum 
  with 
  red 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  Head 
  broad, 
  smooth 
  on 
  neck, 
  vertex, 
  and 
  middle 
  of 
  front, 
  strongly 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  at 
  sides, 
  and 
  more 
  faintly 
  on 
  clypeus; 
  eyes 
  

   very 
  prominent; 
  Joint 
  2 
  of 
  antennae 
  short, 
  the 
  rest 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  

   length, 
  4 
  a 
  little 
  shorter. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  head, 
  very 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   wide, 
  strongly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front, 
  truncate 
  behind 
  ; 
  sides 
  rounded 
  

   in 
  front, 
  sinuate 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  hind 
  angles, 
  then 
  straight 
  

   to 
  base, 
  widely 
  but 
  not 
  strongly 
  reflexed, 
  a 
  (probably 
  setiferous) 
  

   puncture 
  at 
  one-third 
  from 
  apex 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  basal 
  angle 
  (but 
  

   all 
  the 
  setae 
  — 
  if 
  ever 
  present 
  — 
  have 
  disappeared 
  on 
  both 
  specimens); 
  

  

  