﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  169 
  

  

  P. 
  fuscicollis, 
  though 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  then 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  priority. 
  

  

  Very 
  common 
  in 
  India, 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  Burma, 
  this 
  species 
  

   extends 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula 
  to 
  Java 
  and 
  Borneo, 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  examples 
  from 
  Siam 
  or 
  Indo-China. 
  

  

  Macleay 
  discusses 
  the 
  genera 
  Ajptirms 
  and 
  Brachynus, 
  

   but 
  Pheropsophus 
  , 
  to 
  which 
  his 
  species 
  belongs, 
  was 
  not 
  

   described 
  till 
  eight 
  vears 
  later 
  by 
  Solier 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Fr. 
  1833, 
  461). 
  

  

  42. 
  Planetes 
  bimaculatus. 
  Macleay 
  placed 
  his 
  genus 
  

   between 
  Tarus 
  Clairv. 
  (= 
  Cymindis 
  Latr.) 
  and 
  Helluo 
  

   Bon., 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  either 
  genus, 
  and 
  

   Bates 
  I 
  think 
  is 
  right 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1873, 
  304) 
  in 
  putting 
  

   it 
  near 
  Galerita. 
  Nietner 
  redescribed 
  it 
  (Journ. 
  As. 
  Soc. 
  

   Beng. 
  1857, 
  ii, 
  141) 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Heteroglossa, 
  but 
  

   his 
  H. 
  himaculata 
  (I.e. 
  144) 
  is 
  another 
  species, 
  identical 
  

   with 
  P. 
  rvficeps 
  Schaum 
  (Berl. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  1863, 
  81). 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  from 
  Java, 
  Sumatra, 
  Burma, 
  Siam, 
  

   and 
  Indo-China. 
  

  

  Bates 
  (I.e.) 
  identifies 
  Japanese 
  specimens 
  with 
  this 
  

   species, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  cases 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  tells 
  us 
  

   he 
  has 
  consulted 
  Macleay 
  's 
  types. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  agree 
  

   with 
  his 
  identification, 
  or 
  with 
  Putzeys' 
  (Compt. 
  rend. 
  Soc. 
  

   Ent. 
  Belg. 
  1875, 
  52) 
  or 
  Heyden's 
  (Deutsch. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  1879, 
  

   329), 
  and 
  have 
  recently 
  described 
  the 
  Japanese 
  and 
  Chinese 
  

   species, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  examples, 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  P. 
  puncticeps 
  (Ann. 
  and 
  Mag. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  9, 
  

   iii, 
  1919, 
  480). 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  " 
  Observation 
  " 
  Macleay 
  refers 
  to 
  several 
  other 
  

   species, 
  which 
  he 
  supposes 
  to 
  be 
  allied 
  to 
  his. 
  Carabus 
  

   stigma 
  Fab. 
  (Syst.Eleuth, 
  i, 
  1801, 
  192) 
  is 
  a 
  Strigia, 
  and 
  Helluo 
  

   distactus 
  Wied. 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  Creagris 
  ; 
  neither 
  of 
  these 
  

   comes 
  very 
  near 
  Planetes. 
  

  

  Hope. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae 
  described 
  by 
  Hope 
  and 
  

   preserved 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  

   three 
  groups, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  first 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important. 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Miscellany 
  1831, 
  p. 
  21, 
  Hope 
  

   published 
  a 
  " 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Nepaul 
  

   Insects 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Major-General 
  Hardwicke." 
  

   This 
  synopsis 
  was 
  never 
  amplified, 
  and 
  the 
  descriptions 
  

   are 
  extremely 
  meagre, 
  seldom 
  exceeding 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  lines. 
  

  

  