482 Mr. II. E. Aiidrewes on Oriental Carabidse. 



Catascopus elongatus, Saund. Trans. Eiit. Soc. Lond. 1863, 

 p. 466, t. xviii. fig. 5 = Ilolcodei us elongatus, Sauiid. 



Catascopus gracilis, Obertli. Notes Leyd. Alus. v. 1883, p. 220 

 = Holcoderus gracilis, Oberth. 



Catascopus rugicoUis, Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1863, 

 p. 464:, t. xviii. fig. 6. 



This is apparently a malformation of C. aculeatusj Cliaud. 



Sfitakantha, gen. nov. 



TJgula moderately long, narrow, subcarinate at basr, 

 quadrisetose, apex free; paraglossae tnenibranous, adnate, 

 nearly parallel, a little wider than ligula, extending very 

 little beyond it. 



Palpi glabrous; maxillaries witb joint 2 incrassate = 4, 

 ■wliicli is cylindrical, sliglitly tapering and rounded at apex, 

 3 about two-thirds of 4, tapering towards base ; labials with 

 equal cylindrical joints^ the last truncate at apex, penultimate 

 with a single seta on inner margin. 



Mentum transverse, quadrately emarginate, edentate, but 

 base thickened in middle, lobes oblique and pointed, but 

 rounded at apex, epilobes wanting. 



Maxillse curved, very sharp at apex, densely ciliate on 

 inner margin. 



Mandibles short, witb a blunt tooth at base, right mandible 

 with a small median tooth. 



Labrum porrect, as long as wide, narrowed anteriorly, 

 emarginate in front, with rounded angles, sexsetose, but tiie 

 outside seta is jdaced far back, quite a third from apex. 



Antennaj filiform, half as long as body, joint 1 short, in- 

 crassate, 2 very short, rest approximately equal, pilose from 

 apex of 4. 



Eyes moderately prominent, reaching buccal fissure. 



Head with two supraorbital setae, neck tumid. 



Prothorax very strongly emarginate in front, a seta midway 

 between base and apex and another at hind angle, both on 

 margin. 



Elytra very short, quadrate, a few large pores on interval 9, 

 from which issue very long setai ; interval 3 with a single 

 fine pore at a fourth from apex ; margin with a series of 

 miimte hairs, as in Stenotelus, but no denticulation is percep- 

 tible. In Peripristus and Sinurus the denticulation is 

 evident. 



Tarsi glabrous above; front tarsi in ^ with three slightly 



