﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  157 
  

  

  Pitch 
  black, 
  slightly 
  iridescent; 
  antennae 
  (except 
  1st 
  joint) 
  brown; 
  

   margins 
  of 
  labrum 
  and 
  clypeus, 
  joint 
  1 
  of 
  antennae, 
  palpi, 
  maxillae, 
  

   mandibles 
  (except 
  apex), 
  apex 
  of 
  elytra 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  legs 
  

   reddish-yellow, 
  femora 
  rather 
  lighter. 
  

  

  Head 
  smooth, 
  rather 
  small, 
  labrum 
  trmicate, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  

   scattered 
  pmictures, 
  clypeus 
  truncate, 
  bisetose, 
  suture 
  very 
  fine, 
  

   frontal 
  foveae 
  deep, 
  continued 
  as 
  a 
  fine 
  hne 
  towards 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   moderately 
  convex, 
  not 
  reaching 
  buccal 
  fissure 
  ; 
  antennae 
  pubescent 
  

   from 
  middle 
  of 
  joint 
  3, 
  joint 
  2 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  3, 
  joint 
  3=1, 
  

   the 
  others 
  a 
  little 
  shorter. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  transverse, 
  widest 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  middle, 
  emarginate 
  

   in 
  front, 
  truncate 
  behind, 
  finely 
  bordered 
  throughout 
  except 
  in 
  

   middle 
  of 
  front 
  margin; 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  more 
  contracted 
  in 
  front 
  

   than 
  behind, 
  narrowly 
  but 
  fairly 
  strongly 
  reflexed 
  in 
  front, 
  more 
  

   widely 
  behind, 
  a 
  setiferous 
  pore 
  rather 
  before 
  middle, 
  none 
  at 
  basal 
  

   angle; 
  front 
  angles 
  roimded, 
  hind 
  angles 
  a 
  little 
  obtuse, 
  with 
  a 
  

   minute 
  sharp 
  tooth 
  at 
  apex; 
  disk 
  smooth, 
  convex, 
  and 
  highly 
  

   polished, 
  transverse" 
  impressions 
  and 
  basal 
  foveae 
  shallow, 
  a 
  fine 
  

   median 
  line 
  hardly 
  reaching 
  base 
  or 
  apex, 
  whole 
  basal 
  area 
  densely 
  

   punctate, 
  middle 
  of 
  front 
  margin 
  finely 
  punctate. 
  Elytra 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  glabrous, 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   prothorax, 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  the 
  border 
  angled 
  at 
  shoulder 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   sinuate 
  near 
  apex; 
  striae 
  well" 
  marked, 
  impunctate, 
  a 
  scutellary 
  

   striole 
  between 
  1 
  and 
  2; 
  intervals 
  flat, 
  more 
  convex 
  towards 
  apex, 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  small 
  pores 
  on 
  third 
  interval, 
  adjoining 
  stria 
  2. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  smooth, 
  prosternal 
  process 
  not 
  bordered, 
  metepisterna 
  

   not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  smooth, 
  bordered; 
  ventral 
  segments 
  

   with 
  a 
  shallow 
  basal 
  impression 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  margin, 
  a 
  seta 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  median 
  line, 
  the 
  two 
  setae 
  rather 
  close 
  together 
  on 
  

   last 
  segment 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  removed 
  from 
  margin. 
  Tarsi 
  smooth 
  on 
  

   upper 
  surface, 
  joint 
  1 
  of 
  front 
  tarsi 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  2 
  + 
  3 
  + 
  4, 
  

   hind 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  long, 
  1 
  = 
  2 
  + 
  3. 
  

  

  In 
  Hope's 
  figure 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  too 
  big 
  and 
  too 
  wide, 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  are 
  too 
  prominent, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  too 
  much 
  rounded 
  

   both 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  behind, 
  the 
  reflexed 
  margin 
  — 
  which 
  

   should 
  be 
  specially 
  indicated 
  at 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  — 
  is 
  hardly 
  

   noticeable 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  too 
  much 
  

   rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  

   dull 
  red 
  tint. 
  Actually 
  the 
  extreme 
  hind 
  margin 
  is 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  red, 
  the 
  colour 
  extending 
  back^^ards 
  some 
  little 
  way 
  

   along 
  striae 
  7 
  and 
  (especially) 
  8. 
  

  

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  insect 
  to 
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