﻿Tyjpes 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae. 
  189 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  succeeding 
  page. 
  These 
  are 
  identical, 
  and 
  the 
  

   species 
  was 
  redescribed 
  by 
  Bates 
  (p. 
  144) 
  as 
  Abacetus 
  

   carinifrons. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  Abacetus 
  placidulus 
  

   Walk. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  records 
  from 
  Ceylon 
  only, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  solitary 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Collection 
  labelled 
  " 
  Pon- 
  

   dichery." 
  

  

  15. 
  Mochtherus 
  (Panagaeus) 
  retractus 
  = 
  M. 
  tetraspilotus 
  

   Macl. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  already 
  given 
  some 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  under 
  Macleay. 
  

  

  16. 
  Orthogonius 
  (Maraga) 
  planigerus. 
  Walker's 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  his 
  genus 
  is 
  quite 
  inaccurate. 
  Bates 
  does 
  not 
  deal 
  

   with 
  either 
  the 
  genus 
  or 
  species. 
  Chaudoir 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Essai 
  

   monographique 
  sur 
  les 
  Orthogoniens 
  " 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Belg. 
  xiv, 
  1871, 
  121) 
  discusses 
  both, 
  but 
  naturally 
  could 
  

   make 
  little 
  of 
  them. 
  C. 
  0. 
  Waterhouse 
  (Ent. 
  Month. 
  Mag. 
  

   X, 
  1873, 
  17) 
  pointed 
  out 
  some 
  of 
  Walker's 
  errors, 
  and 
  

   also 
  redescribed 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  type. 
  It 
  is 
  evidently 
  

   very 
  near 
  0. 
  parvus 
  Chaud. 
  (Mon. 
  112) 
  from 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  

   Hills, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  consider 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  identical. 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  other 
  example. 
  

  

  17. 
  Anchomenus 
  (Argutor) 
  degener 
  = 
  A. 
  illocatus 
  Walk, 
  

   and 
  Bates, 
  as 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  18. 
  Abacetus 
  (Argutor) 
  relinquens 
  = 
  A. 
  (Argutor) 
  anti- 
  

   quus 
  Dej. 
  (Spec. 
  Gen. 
  iii, 
  1828, 
  246). 
  Chaudoir 
  in 
  his 
  

   " 
  Essai 
  monographique 
  sur 
  le 
  genre 
  Abacetus 
  " 
  (Bull. 
  

   Mosc. 
  1869, 
  ii, 
  400) 
  merely 
  mentions 
  the 
  species, 
  but 
  Bates 
  

   (p. 
  144) 
  identifies 
  it 
  not 
  only 
  with 
  A. 
  antiquus, 
  but 
  also 
  

   with 
  A. 
  (Distrigus) 
  submetallicus 
  Nietn. 
  (Ann. 
  and 
  Mag. 
  of 
  

   Nat. 
  Hist. 
  3, 
  ii, 
  1858, 
  177). 
  Chaudoir 
  (Mon. 
  391) 
  had 
  

   already 
  identified 
  Dejean's 
  and 
  Nietner's 
  species. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Central 
  and 
  Southern 
  India, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  specimens 
  from 
  N. 
  

   India. 
  Chaudoir 
  gives 
  Burma 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  locality. 
  

  

  19. 
  Stenolophus 
  (Harpalus) 
  stolidus 
  = 
  S. 
  (Carabus) 
  smarag- 
  

   dulus 
  Fab. 
  (Suppl. 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  1798, 
  60). 
  Bates 
  (p. 
  80) 
  

   could 
  only 
  suggest 
  a 
  " 
  bluer 
  colour 
  and 
  somewhat 
  more 
  

   robust 
  form 
  " 
  to 
  differentiate 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  S. 
  

   5-pustulatus 
  Wied. 
  (Zool. 
  Mag. 
  ii, 
  1, 
  1823, 
  58). 
  See 
  also 
  

   remarks 
  under 
  S. 
  trechoides 
  Hope. 
  

  

  20. 
  Siopelus 
  (Curtonotus) 
  compositus 
  = 
  S. 
  ferreus 
  Bates 
  

   (p. 
  76). 
  Bates 
  evidently 
  suspected 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   species 
  (p. 
  211), 
  and 
  I 
  feel 
  no 
  doubt 
  about 
  it. 
  The 
  species 
  

   should 
  therefore 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  Siopelus 
  compositus 
  Walk. 
  

  

  