14 Mr. IT. E. Andrewes on Oriental Carabidas. 



backwards towards hind angles, surface shiny, finely punctate, 

 sparsely on disk, more closely over basal area, where some 

 large punctures are mingled with the small ones, faintly 

 pubescent. 



Elytra (10 mm. long) subopaque, flat, elongate, sides 

 nearly parallel, border at shoulder forming a very obtuse 

 angle, rounded at apex without appreciable sinuation, punctu- 

 late-striate, stria 1 arising from an umbilicate pore, intervals 

 flat, the whole surface finely but not very closely aeiculate- 

 pimctate, a few larger punctures mingled quite irregularly 

 with the smaller ones, covered with a short but not dense 

 yellowish pubescence. 



Underside shiny, prosternal process unbordered, metepi- 

 sterna a little longer than broad, without external groove, 

 metasternum, its episterna, and sides of ventral surface mode- 

 rately punctate and pubescent, much more finely and sparsely 

 over the median area ; tarsi pilose on upper surface. 



The species seems to belong to the little American group 

 in Chaudoir's Monograph, of which C. cordicollis, Kirby, is 

 typical. The shape of the prothorax is unlike that of any 

 Eastern species known to me, though it is very similar to 

 that of C. aeratus, Quens., from N. Africa. It is possible, 

 though unlikely, that this is the unidentified C. viridanus, 

 Motsch. (Bull. Mosc. 1864, iv. p. 339). 



Burma, Rangoon (G. Q. Corbett), 1 ex., ? . 



The type is in my collection. 



Chlcenius laotinus, <$ ? . 



Length 11-12 mm. ; width 4*50-4*75 mm. 



Black ; head and prothorax dark metallic green (bluish 

 when viewed sideways), elytra dark aeneous on disk, green at 

 base and sides, border of both prothorax and elytra dark red ; 

 legs, first three joints of antennae (rest darker), palpi, apex 

 of elytra (widely) and of ventral surface (narrowly) 

 testaceous. 



Head (2*0 mm. wide) convex, shiny, smooth, a few small 

 punctures near eyes, frontal foveas deep, rounded, subrugose, 

 eyes moderately prominent, antenna? slender, joint 3 sparsely 

 pilose, hardly longer than 4, palpi slender, labium slightly 

 emarginate. 



Prothorax transverse (3*0x2*5 mm.), shiny, subconvex, 

 widest just before middle, truncate at extremities, sides 

 bordered and strongly rounded, sinuate just before hind angles, 

 which are about right, sharp, projecting a little laterally, 

 front angles rounded ; median line rather deeply impressed, 



