﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
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  F. 
  Walker. 
  

  

  All 
  Walker's 
  Ceylonese 
  types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Collection, 
  and 
  the 
  descriptions 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  3rd 
  

   Series, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1858, 
  pp. 
  202-204, 
  and 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  1859, 
  pp. 
  

   51-52. 
  It 
  would 
  serve 
  no 
  useful 
  purpose 
  to 
  pretend 
  that 
  

   Walker's 
  descriptions 
  have 
  any 
  scientific 
  value, 
  and 
  the 
  

   genera 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  attributes 
  his 
  species 
  are 
  almost 
  in- 
  

   variably 
  wide 
  of 
  the 
  mark. 
  When 
  Bates 
  — 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

   Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  (5, 
  xvii, 
  1886) 
  — 
  reviewed 
  the 
  

   Carabidae 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  Lewis 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  he 
  had 
  to 
  

   recognise 
  Walker's 
  work; 
  this 
  evidently 
  went 
  against 
  the 
  

   grain, 
  and 
  the 
  observations 
  which 
  he 
  lets 
  fall 
  about 
  it 
  here 
  

   and 
  there 
  cannot 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  flattering. 
  However, 
  the 
  

   types 
  are 
  there, 
  and 
  it 
  only 
  remains 
  to 
  identify 
  or 
  re- 
  

   describe 
  them. 
  Bates 
  has 
  already 
  done 
  this 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  

   extent; 
  but 
  he 
  frequently 
  introduces 
  his 
  own 
  names 
  to 
  take 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  Walker's 
  ; 
  this, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  inadmissible, 
  and 
  I 
  

   shall 
  indicate 
  wherever 
  changes 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  made. 
  As 
  I 
  shall 
  

   have 
  to 
  quote 
  rather 
  frequently 
  from 
  Bates' 
  paper 
  in 
  the 
  

   Annals 
  and 
  Magazine, 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  do 
  more 
  than 
  give 
  the 
  

   page 
  ; 
  any 
  other 
  quotation 
  from 
  his 
  works 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  fuller 
  

   reference. 
  I 
  shall 
  take 
  Walker's 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  

   which 
  he 
  mentions 
  them, 
  dealing 
  as 
  briefly 
  as 
  possible 
  with 
  

   those 
  already 
  elucidated 
  by 
  Bates. 
  

  

  1. 
  Miscelus 
  (Cymindis) 
  rufiventris 
  = 
  M. 
  ceylonicus 
  Chaud. 
  

   (Berl. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  1861, 
  125). 
  Chaudoir's 
  description 
  is 
  no 
  

   better 
  than 
  Walker's, 
  and 
  is 
  later. 
  Bates 
  merely 
  records 
  

   the 
  synonymy 
  (p. 
  202). 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  

   M.javaniis 
  Klug 
  (Jahrb. 
  1834, 
  82, 
  t. 
  1, 
  f. 
  9) 
  is 
  a 
  red-spotted 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  surprised 
  

   to 
  find 
  that 
  M. 
  unicolor 
  Putz. 
  (Mem. 
  Liege, 
  ii, 
  1845, 
  375) 
  

   was 
  the 
  same 
  thing. 
  I 
  hope 
  I 
  may 
  later 
  on 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  

   the 
  types, 
  and 
  settle 
  the 
  question. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  numerous 
  examples 
  from 
  Ceylon 
  (Colombo), 
  

   Madras 
  (Nilgiri 
  Hills), 
  and 
  Bombay 
  (Kanara) 
  ; 
  also 
  solitary 
  

   specimens 
  labelled 
  Kashmir, 
  and 
  Hong-Kong. 
  Bates 
  

   (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1889, 
  283) 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Indo-China. 
  

  

  The 
  existing 
  descriptions 
  are 
  so 
  very 
  slender 
  that 
  I 
  give 
  

   a 
  more 
  detailed 
  one. 
  

  

  Miscelus 
  rufiventris. 
  Length 
  8'5 
  mill. 
  Width 
  3 
  mill. 
  

  

  Pitch 
  black, 
  labrum, 
  palpi, 
  joint 
  1 
  of 
  antennae, 
  legs, 
  sterna, 
  and 
  

  

  