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his C. ducalis. C. praefectus seems to be not an uncommon 

 insect on the Yang-tsze-Kiang and in Japan. It varies a little, 

 as most Chlaenii are found to do, when a long series is exami- 

 ned, in the outline of the thorax, which is sometimes nearly as 

 narrow at the base as at the apex, and the sides slightly sinuated. 



112. Chlaenius chalcothorax, Wiedm., Zool. Mag. II, 1, p. 51; 

 Chaud., Monogr. des Chlén., p. 138 ; C. pubipennis, id., Bull. 

 Mosc, 1856, II, p. 233. 



Rangoon; Teinzò ; Senmigion; Palon (Pegu). 



The granulate-punctuation of the elytral interstices is percep- 

 tibly closer and finer than in the examples I have seen from 

 Bengal and Assam. 



113. Chlaenius privatus, n. sp. 



C. chalcothoraci (Wiedm.) affinis et similis, sed differt inter 

 alia elytrorum limbo flavo obsoleto, epipleuris et margine reflexo 

 (interdum interstitio 9"° partim) solum rufo-testaceis. Elongatus, 

 elytris anguste oblongis perparum ovatis , capite et thorace 

 viridi-aeneis (disco interdum cuprascentibus) ilio lateribus- et po- 

 stice sparsim grosse punctato, hoc quadrato postico parum an- 

 gustato, vix sinuato, sparsissime grosse punctato, foveis basalibus 

 rotundatis profundis. Elytra purpurascenti- vel aenescenti-nigra 

 lateribus interdum viridescentibus, punctulato-striata, interstitiis 

 panilo convexis, mediocriter dense aspere punctulatis fulvo-pube- 

 scentibus sericeis. Epistema antica parum et baud profunde 

 punctata , processu apice marginato , postico sat elongata cum 

 metathoracis lateribus grossius punctata; abdomen fere toto laeve. 

 Palpi (art. apical, gracilibus truncatis) labrum (antico truncatum) 

 antennae et pedes rufo-testacea. — Long. 16 millim. c/" 9- 



Asciuii Gheba alt. 1200-1300 m. 



Two other species of the same group (to which C. festivus 

 belongs) have a similar narrow rufous margin to the elytra: 

 one C. rudesculptus (Chaud.) from Siam has the inner elytral 

 interstices near the base smooth, the other C. macropus (Chaud.) 

 from India is very much larger with elytra dull black. 



