﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
  159 
  

  

  Elytra 
  short, 
  shoulders 
  very 
  square, 
  base 
  exactly 
  equalling 
  base 
  

   of 
  prothorax, 
  obliquely 
  truncate, 
  almost 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  the 
  trun- 
  

   cature 
  (of 
  each 
  elytron) 
  almost 
  straight 
  ; 
  striae 
  obsolete, 
  but 
  visible 
  

   on 
  the 
  coloured 
  spots, 
  where 
  traces 
  of 
  punctures 
  can 
  be 
  seen, 
  sutural 
  

   stria 
  more 
  evident 
  towards 
  apex, 
  close 
  to 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  setiferous 
  

   umbilicate 
  pore, 
  while 
  just 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  this 
  stria 
  8 
  is 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   strongly 
  impressed, 
  interval 
  9 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large 
  umbilicate 
  pores, 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  middle, 
  no 
  doubt 
  setiferous, 
  though 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  

   setae 
  have 
  vanished 
  ; 
  surface 
  very 
  smooth 
  and 
  silky. 
  Front 
  spot 
  

   larger 
  than 
  hind 
  one, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  blimt 
  spearhead, 
  directed 
  

   towards, 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  a 
  

   little 
  less 
  than 
  one-third 
  from 
  base, 
  hind 
  margin 
  tridentate, 
  not 
  

   reaching 
  either 
  side 
  margin 
  or 
  suture 
  ; 
  hind 
  spot 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  front 
  one, 
  transverse, 
  extending 
  over 
  intervals 
  4-8, 
  widest 
  

   externally, 
  projecting 
  furthest 
  forward 
  on 
  6 
  and 
  8, 
  and 
  emarginate 
  

   behind. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  detect 
  any 
  pores 
  on 
  interval 
  3. 
  

  

  Underside 
  smooth, 
  prosternal 
  process 
  bordered 
  between 
  coxae, 
  

   but 
  only 
  faintly 
  at 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  

   a 
  seta 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  close 
  to 
  margin. 
  Front 
  tarsi 
  with 
  joint 
  1=2 
  

   + 
  3 
  + 
  4, 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  with 
  1 
  shorter 
  than 
  2 
  + 
  3 
  + 
  4, 
  hind 
  

   tarsi 
  wanting 
  ; 
  front 
  tibiae 
  with 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  stout 
  spines 
  on 
  outer 
  

   margin, 
  intermediate 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  bristles 
  on 
  

   outer 
  margin. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  deal 
  narrower 
  than^./ascia^?/s,Schm.-Goeb. 
  (Faun. 
  

   Col. 
  Birm. 
  1846, 
  89). 
  Head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  very 
  similar, 
  

   but 
  in 
  A.fasciatus 
  the 
  short 
  sulci 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  broader 
  and 
  shallower; 
  further 
  there 
  

   are 
  only 
  two 
  setae 
  along 
  the 
  border, 
  one 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  

   apex 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  border 
  at 
  basal 
  angle. 
  In 
  A. 
  fas- 
  

   ciatus, 
  too, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  wider, 
  and 
  the 
  striation 
  is 
  more 
  

   evident, 
  while 
  the 
  yellow 
  markings, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  spots, 
  cover 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  and 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  28. 
  Aephnidius 
  adelioides. 
  Figured 
  on 
  the 
  plate 
  

   (t. 
  1, 
  f. 
  7). 
  For 
  further 
  information 
  consult 
  Schaum 
  (Berl. 
  

   Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  1863, 
  76) 
  and 
  Chaudoir 
  (Bull. 
  Mosc. 
  1876, 
  iii, 
  

   11 
  and 
  15). 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  one 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range; 
  it 
  was 
  redescribed 
  from 
  Queensland 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  G. 
  

   Sloane 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Masoreus 
  australis 
  (Proc. 
  Linn. 
  

   Soc. 
  N.S.W. 
  1904, 
  535). 
  I 
  have 
  records 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  East, 
  from 
  India 
  through 
  S. 
  China 
  to 
  Japan, 
  and 
  south- 
  

   wards 
  through 
  Indo-China 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  

   Austraha. 
  

  

  