﻿Tyjjes 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  175 
  

  

  not 
  bordered; 
  metepistema 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  joint 
  5 
  of 
  

   tarsi 
  with 
  setae 
  beneath. 
  (Both 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  wanting.) 
  

  

  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  other 
  species 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  can 
  usefully 
  

   compare 
  this 
  one. 
  The 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  

   only 
  obtuse 
  and 
  not 
  rounded, 
  or 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  put 
  it 
  into 
  

   the 
  Steropus 
  group. 
  

  

  12. 
  Pristonychus 
  (Sphodrus) 
  brunneus, 
  $. 
  Length 
  15 
  

   mill. 
  Width 
  5 
  '5 
  mill. 
  

  

  The 
  simple 
  claws 
  and 
  immarginate 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  put 
  this 
  species 
  into 
  the 
  Antisphodrus 
  group, 
  which 
  

   in 
  Europe 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  caves 
  and 
  grottoes. 
  

   The 
  type 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  example 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  Dull 
  red, 
  head 
  (except 
  labrum) 
  dark 
  brown, 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  light 
  red. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  moderately 
  shiny, 
  

   elytra 
  opaque. 
  

  

  Head 
  nearly 
  smooth, 
  frontal 
  foveae 
  shallow; 
  only 
  two 
  supra- 
  

   orbital 
  setae 
  on 
  each 
  side; 
  eyes 
  small 
  and 
  flat; 
  antennae 
  (up 
  to 
  

   joint 
  5 
  — 
  remainder 
  wanting) 
  stout, 
  joint 
  3 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  1. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  a 
  third 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  head, 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  a 
  

   little 
  emarginate 
  in 
  front, 
  tnmcate 
  behind; 
  sides 
  fairly 
  widely 
  

   reflexed 
  — 
  especially 
  at 
  hind 
  angles, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  puncture 
  at 
  the 
  hind 
  

   angle 
  and 
  several 
  along 
  the 
  marginal 
  channel 
  but 
  no 
  setae 
  are 
  

   visible; 
  front 
  angles 
  rounded 
  but 
  fairly 
  sharp, 
  hind 
  angles 
  right; 
  

   disk 
  a 
  little 
  convex, 
  front 
  transverse 
  impression 
  more 
  marked 
  than 
  

   hind 
  one, 
  median 
  line 
  fine 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  impression 
  to 
  

   the 
  base, 
  a 
  large 
  shallow 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  

   very 
  faintly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  finely 
  

   shagreened, 
  oval, 
  basal 
  margin 
  bisinuate 
  forming 
  at 
  shoulder 
  a 
  

   sharp 
  angle 
  with 
  side 
  margin, 
  which 
  is 
  reflexed, 
  sinuate 
  behind 
  

   shoulder 
  but 
  not 
  near 
  apex 
  ; 
  surface 
  rather 
  flat 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  explanate 
  

   at 
  sides; 
  striae 
  fairly 
  deep, 
  closely 
  and 
  minutely 
  punctured; 
  in- 
  

   tervals 
  flat, 
  smooth. 
  Underside 
  smooth 
  and 
  shiny; 
  metepisterna 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  prostemal 
  process 
  bordered. 
  

  

  .Broader 
  than 
  A. 
  schreibersi 
  Kiist., 
  head 
  relatively 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  wider, 
  eyes 
  larger, 
  prothorax 
  wider, 
  both 
  

   front 
  and 
  hind 
  angles 
  less 
  prominent, 
  surface 
  less 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shiny. 
  

  

  (2) 
  In 
  the 
  Coleopterist's 
  Manual, 
  Part 
  II, 
  published 
  in 
  

   1838, 
  a 
  few 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae 
  are 
  de- 
  

   scribed. 
  The 
  types 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  are 
  at 
  Oxford, 
  

  

  