Mr. H. E. Andrewes on Oriental Carubidse. -495 



latlier short, of varying form, ajjical joint often dilated, pen- 

 ultimate joint of labials bi- or {)hirisetose. Mentum deeply 

 emarginate, with a long slender tooth, lobes also sharp, elon- 

 gate, and nearly always a little longer than tooth, base (and 

 generally also surface) of tooth setose, epilobes narrow. 

 Lobrum porrect, smooth and shiny, sexsetose, generally 

 rather pointed in front, with rounded apex. Mandibles short 

 and wide, more or less toothed near base, sharp at apex, outer 

 sides minutely setose at base, a row of seta along and within 

 upper margin of scrobe (in all species dissected), a longitudinal 

 ridge running along the underside, parallel with inner margin 

 and generally densely fringed with minute seta3. Antennce 

 reaching approximately middle of body, closely pubescent 

 from joint 5, joint 4 more pubescent than 1-3, joints generally 

 flattened towards apex, the apical joint longer than the 

 preapical ones and rounded at extremity; joint 2 sometimes 

 constricted near base; joints 5-11 with a narrow smooth 

 median channel along the middle of each flattened side. 

 Head with two supraorbital setas, anteunpe arising beneath 

 frontal jdates, eyes prominent, enclosed behind by more or 

 less dilated genaj. Prothorax truncate-cordiform, middle of 

 base produced (as in Lelia, though to a less extent), two 

 tactile setaj on each side, one just before middle, the other at 

 hind angle (owing to the general pubescence these are not 

 always easily seen). Elytra with base bordered at sides 

 only, flat, shortly pedunculate, stria 8 almost obsolete, interval 

 8 usually wide, 9 with a hardly interrupted row of umbilicate 

 ])ores, both 8 and 9 closely and irregularly |)unctate, apex 

 tnnicate, with a membranous margin, pygidiuin and generally 

 part otpropygidium uncovered (I cannot detect any specialized 

 seise on interval 3). Metepisterna elongate and very narrow. 

 7arsi pubescent above, joint 4 emarginate; front tarsi ^ with 

 four joints hardly dilated, with two rows of small scales 

 beneaili. 



The whole body and its members coarsely punctate and 

 j.uljescent, the only glabrous parts being the lal>runi, middle 

 of front (more or less), and generally the middle of hea<l 

 beneath and of sterna. Wings are present. 



Catalogue of Species. 



Macrochilus, Hope, Col. Man. ii. 1838, p. 166; Schniidt-noebel, Faiiii. 

 Col. liirm. 1840, p. 64; Lacordaire, (ieu. Col. l8o4, j). i>.'{ ; Scliaiim, 

 Jierl. unt. Zeit. 1863, p. ^0 ; Cliauiluir, Hull. Mosc. 1877, ii. i>. 217 ; 

 Sloaue, Proc. Liuu. Soc. N.S.W. 1D14, p. 570. 



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