﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  151 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  flat, 
  declivous 
  towards 
  front 
  angles, 
  moderately 
  eniar- 
  

   ginate 
  in 
  front, 
  truncate 
  behind, 
  widest 
  befoi'e 
  middle, 
  sides 
  narrowly 
  

   bordered 
  and 
  gently 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  setiferous 
  pore 
  at 
  one- 
  

   third 
  from 
  apex, 
  front 
  angles 
  a 
  little, 
  hind 
  angles 
  strongly 
  rounded, 
  

   though 
  still 
  quite 
  evident; 
  surface 
  smooth, 
  rather 
  silky 
  in 
  appear- 
  

   ance, 
  transverse 
  impressions 
  faint, 
  median 
  line 
  fine, 
  reaching 
  

   extremities, 
  a 
  large 
  flat 
  round 
  finely-punctate 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  base, 
  the 
  puncturation 
  extending 
  vaguely 
  along 
  margin 
  towards 
  

   front 
  angles. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  square 
  at 
  shoulders, 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  sinuate 
  before 
  apex, 
  

   striae 
  sharply 
  incised, 
  finely 
  crenulate, 
  a 
  scutellary 
  striole 
  between 
  

   1 
  and 
  2, 
  intervals 
  only 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  smooth, 
  but 
  finely 
  punctate 
  

   close 
  to 
  apex, 
  3, 
  5, 
  and 
  7 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  punctures, 
  third 
  with 
  7 
  or 
  

   8 
  punctures 
  all 
  adjoining 
  stria 
  2, 
  fifth 
  with 
  about 
  6 
  adjoining 
  stria 
  

   5 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  4 
  near 
  apex, 
  seventh 
  with 
  about 
  6 
  adjoining 
  stria 
  7 
  

   and 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  ninth 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large 
  

   umbilical 
  e 
  pores, 
  setiferous 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  apex. 
  

  

  Underside 
  shiny, 
  smooth, 
  prostcrnal 
  process 
  not 
  bordered, 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  bristles 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  metepistema 
  bordered 
  at 
  sides, 
  much 
  longer 
  

   than 
  wide; 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  setae 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  a 
  

   little 
  distance 
  from 
  margin 
  ($), 
  with 
  one 
  seta 
  only 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   actually 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  {^). 
  

  

  Tarsi 
  pubescent 
  on 
  upper 
  surface, 
  and 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  hairs 
  

   underneath; 
  dilated 
  joints 
  of 
  front 
  tarsi 
  in 
  cJ 
  wide, 
  contracted 
  at 
  

   base, 
  joint 
  1 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  triangular 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  joint 
  2 
  

   largest 
  ; 
  joint 
  5 
  with 
  setae 
  beneath. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  actitipennis 
  Bates 
  

   (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Gen. 
  1892, 
  328) 
  from 
  India 
  and 
  Burma. 
  

   Hind 
  angles 
  of 
  thorax 
  more 
  evident, 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  pores 
  on 
  

   intervals 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  (in 
  G. 
  acutipennis 
  there 
  are 
  

   no 
  pores 
  on 
  7), 
  and 
  the 
  sinuation 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  less 
  

   deep. 
  A 
  point 
  which 
  Bates 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  is 
  that, 
  

   whereas 
  in 
  (?'. 
  acutipennis 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  marginal 
  pores 
  

   on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  one 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  apex, 
  the 
  other 
  

   at 
  a 
  fourth 
  from 
  base, 
  G. 
  punctilabris 
  has 
  only 
  the 
  

   front 
  one. 
  

  

  20. 
  Platymetopus 
  (Harpalus) 
  punctulatus. 
  Macleay 
  left 
  

   this 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Harpalus 
  because 
  it 
  was 
  such 
  a 
  

   poor 
  specimen 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  determine 
  the 
  generic 
  

   characters 
  satisfactorily. 
  The 
  description 
  being 
  very 
  

   inadequate, 
  I 
  give 
  some 
  further 
  particulars. 
  

  

  Platymetopus 
  punctulatus, 
  J. 
  Length 
  8 
  mill. 
  Width 
  

   3-5 
  mill. 
  

  

  