1G8 Mr. II. E. Andre wes on Oriental Carabidaj. 



front, hind ang^les hardly projcctinoj ; elytra a little wider, 

 the marjrinal channel wider, strije deeper, intervals flat, the 

 surface more evenly punctate. 



Central Provinces: Nagpur, 1000 ft. (E. A. D'Abreu), 

 5 ex. 



Zuphium d^abreui, sp. n. 



Length 7-5-8"0 mm. ; width 2'7o-3*0 mm. 



Ferruginous (ventral surface and legs rather lighter) , head, 

 prothorax, border of elytra, suture near apex, and a shoulder- 

 spot reddish, side-margins and base of prothorax, and elytra 

 piceous-black. Pubescence short and fine. 



Head convex behind, flat in front, rather sparsely punctate 

 and very shiny, eyes of moderate size, genai short, curving 

 round sharply behind, anteunte hardly reaching apex of 

 elytra. Prothorax cordate, slightly convex, a third as wide 

 again as head, and hardly longer than wide, contracted more 

 behind than in front, lightly rounded in front and sinuate 

 at basal fifth, front angles rounded, but distinct, hind angles 

 right, not very sharp, moderately reflexed and projecting a 

 little laterally ; median line very fine, the surrounding area 

 slightly depressed, especially near base, fovese short but 

 fairly deep, surface finely and closely punctate, a little more 

 coarsely in the fovese, moderately shiny. Elytra flat, with 

 oblique shoulders, sides parallel, two-thirds as wide again as 

 prothorax, hardly more than half as long again as wide ; 

 striae extremely shallow and perceptible chiefly because the 

 intervals are slightly convex, though faint punctures are 

 visil>le here and there, the odd a very little more raised than 

 the even, a small pore on each side of scutellum at base of 

 stria 1, surface finely, closely, and uniformly punctate. The 

 red spot covers the shoulder and extends backwards to 

 a third from base, inwards to about stria 3. Surface 

 moderately glossy. Underside very finely punctate. 



Of nearly the same size and shape as Z. eryt hrocephalum , 

 Chaud., but the shoulder-spot covers a more restricted area 

 and there is no common apical spot. Head more sparsely 

 punctate and consequently more shiny, eyes more prominent ; 

 prothorax a little less closely punctate and rather wider in 

 frout ; elytra with shoulders more prominent, striae less 

 evident, the puncturation less close and more even. 



Central Provinces : Nagpur (^E. A. D'Abreu), 4 ex. 

 Bombay : Belgaum {H. E. Andrewes), 2 ex. Two of the 

 Najipur and one of the Belgaum examples were taken flying 

 toliirht. 



