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subtiliter punctulatum. Thorax quam in C. deliciolo magis elon- 

 gatus angulisque anticis magis porrectis, densissime granulatus, 

 testaceo-flavus vitta lata antice panilo dilatata , nigra , opaca. 

 Elytra nigra opaca , pube fulva incumbenti induta , punctulato- 

 striata, interstitiis planis discrete granulatis, macula suturali ver- 

 sus apicem panilo ultra striam tertiam extensa epipleurisque , 

 llavis ; humeris omnino rotundatis. Antennae fusco-nigrae, versus 

 apicem fulvescentes articulis 1-2, partibus oris pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis. Subtus niger politus. — Long. 10 millim, c/' 9 . 

 Karin Gheba alt. 900-1100 m. 



127. Hololius nitidulus, Dejean, Sp. Gén., II, p. 341 (Chlaenius); 

 Chlaenius ceylanicus, Nietn., Ann. Mag. N. H. (2) XIX, p. 241 ; 

 H. punctulatus, Chaud., B. M., 1857, III, p. 10. 



Rangoon. Also found in India, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula, 

 South China, Sumatra and Celebes. 



Chaudoir, in his latest published work (Oberthiir's Coleoptero- 

 rum Novitates, p. 37) pointed out important characters in this 

 genus viz: the approximation of the 8.*^ and 9.*'' elytral striae 

 and the simple penultimate joint of the labial palpi, which con- 

 nect the Chlaeniinae with the Oodiinae. 



Nanochlaenius, n. g. 



Insectum parvum. Corpus laeve, glabrum. Antennae articulis 

 1-3 glabrae. Palpi apice gradatim acuminati, maxillarium articulo 

 penultimo brevi cum articuli apicalis basi arete conjuncto. Caput 

 gracile ovatum, seta supraorbitali unica. Thorax basi latus 

 absque poris setiferis. Elytra margine subapicali interrupta, sub- 

 tus plicata. Mesosternum antice longitudinaliter concavum. Me- 

 sosterni epimeris angustissimis ; metasterni epistema elongata, 

 epimeris distinctis. 



c/'. Tarsi antici articulis 1-3 parum dilatatis acquali bus, sub- 

 triangularibus angulis rotundatis 2-3 apice obliquis angulis in- 

 terioribus productis ; plantis breviter pilosis. 



In facies this curious little Carabid is totally unlike any species 



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