480 Mr. H. E. Andrewes oji Orieyital Carabidre. 



Legs pilose, front tibia3 with a spine at apex and another 

 at base of eniargination. 



Tlie front tarsi in the ^ with tliree squarely dilated joints, 

 each with a pad of hairs beneath; joint 4 emarginate and 

 furnished at apex with a tuft of very long hairs. (Jiaws 

 simple, long, and very thin. 



The name is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning 

 " hairy." 



There is only one known species, which has already been 

 twice described, viz, : — 



ChJcenius xanthacrus, Wied. Zool. Mag. ii. 1, 1823, p. 51 = 

 ChlcBnius hiigeli, Redt. E-eis. Novar. ii. Col. 1867, p. 9. 



Chaudoir thouglit that this species, on account of its 

 pubescent palpi, belonged to the Lachnophorini. I accept 

 this view provisionally, as the group, which has few repre- 

 sentatives in Asia, is not at present well known to me. 



Galeritini. 



Galerita hi'rnianica, Bates, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1892, }). 385 

 = G. ptrec/nna, Dohrn. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1880, p. 291. 



Planetes pxincticeps, sp. n. 



rianetes bimaculatus (Macl.), Bates, Traus. Eiit. Soc. Lond. 1873, 

 p. 304; Putz. Compt. rend. Soc, Eut. Belg. 1875, p. 62; Ileyd. 

 Deutsch, Ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 329. 



Length 12'0-14"5 mm. 



Piceous ; base of palpi, joint 1 of antennse, femora, tibiae, 

 and a spot on each elytron testaceous ; rest of palpi, joints 2 

 and 3 of antennae, labrum, and tarsi reddish brown. Tiie 

 whole surface (except where impunctate) covered with a fine 

 short yellowish pubescence. 



Head (2*0-2'5 mm. wide) moderately convex and shiny, 

 fiontal foveas wide and shallow, surface densely and finely 

 punctate (smoother in middle of front), a number of large 

 punctures mingled with the small ones, especially at back 

 and sides ; neck moderately constricted. 



Proihoi'ax (2*75-3'50 mm. wide) moderately shiny, slightly 

 transverse, widest at a third from apex, a little emarginate in 

 front, base bisinuate, with sides advancing to meet hind 

 angles, sides rounded more sharply in front than behind, a 

 Beta at a third from apex, another at hind angle, extremities 

 equally contracted, front angles rounded, hind angles nearly 



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