﻿Types 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carahidae. 
  199 
  

  

  A 
  widely-spread 
  Eastern 
  species, 
  described 
  also 
  from 
  

   Hong-Kong 
  by 
  Schaum 
  as 
  T. 
  alhicornis 
  (Berl. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  

   1860, 
  199). 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  various 
  

   localities 
  in 
  India, 
  Burma, 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  Hong-Kong, 
  

   and 
  Celebes. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  labelled 
  

   " 
  N. 
  China," 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  probably 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood 
  of 
  Hong-Kong. 
  

  

  Tachys 
  politus 
  (I.e. 
  509). 
  1 
  ex. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  common 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  identical 
  

   both 
  with 
  Nietner's 
  T. 
  {Bemhidimn) 
  ebeninus 
  (Ann. 
  and 
  

   Mag. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  3, 
  ii, 
  1858, 
  424) 
  and 
  Putzeys' 
  T. 
  bioculatus 
  

   (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Gen. 
  1875, 
  743). 
  

  

  Tachys 
  sulcatus 
  (I.e. 
  509). 
  1 
  ex. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  examples 
  from 
  the 
  Jekel 
  Collection, 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  mounted 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  shiny 
  blackened 
  card- 
  

   board, 
  which 
  are 
  probably 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Motchulsky 
  

   Collection, 
  but 
  satisfactory 
  evidence 
  is 
  wanting, 
  

  

  II. 
  Types 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Oxford 
  University 
  

   Museuin. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Collection 
  proper, 
  

   or 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  recently 
  acquired 
  Chevrolat 
  Collection. 
  I 
  

   will 
  deal 
  with 
  these 
  separately, 
  

  

  (1) 
  Hope 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Hope, 
  

  

  Although 
  Hope 
  put 
  manuscript 
  names 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  

   he 
  actually 
  described 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  them. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   published 
  descriptions 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Coleopterist's 
  

   Manual, 
  vol, 
  ii, 
  regarding 
  which 
  I 
  give 
  some 
  notes 
  below. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society, 
  i, 
  1833, 
  

   pp. 
  91 
  -3, 
  Hope 
  also 
  published 
  " 
  Characters 
  and 
  Descrip- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Several 
  New 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Coleopterous 
  

   Insects." 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Carabidae 
  were 
  

   figured 
  and 
  the 
  figures 
  are 
  well 
  executed 
  ; 
  the 
  descriptions 
  

   too 
  are 
  fuller 
  and 
  better 
  than 
  those 
  referred 
  to 
  elsewhere. 
  

   These 
  insects 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Sykes 
  Collection, 
  which 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  have 
  disappeared 
  altogether 
  until 
  quite 
  recently 
  

  

  