CARABIDAE FROM BURMA 419 



Toongoo; Karin Ghecù, alt. 1300-1400 m.; Thagatà, M.* Moo- 

 leyit (Tenasserim). 



Near Calcutta (Schmidt-Goebel). It is the only species of 

 Metahletus (18 in number) known to me which has the sides 

 of the forehead pluristriate. The hind angles of the thorax also 

 are more produced and conspicuous (though obtuse-angled as 

 Schmidt-Goebel accurately states) than in other species 



418. ?Blechrus inconspicuus , Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Birm. , 

 p. 41 (MicrolesteSj, id.); B. Annamensis, Bates, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 

 1889, p. 285. 

 Bliamò ; Rangoon. 



There are several examples of this species agreeing exceeding- 

 ly well with Schmidt-Goebers description, except that the head 

 and thorax are not quite black, but have an aeneous tinge 

 though much less strong than the elytra which have a pro- 

 nounced and sometimes very clear olivaceous-brassy hue. The 

 thorax is only slightly sinuate-narrowed behind, the outline 

 being transverse quadrate-cordate. A single example from Ran- 

 goon has pale brown elytra. There is little else to distinguish 

 the species from B. glabratus (Dufts.) except the contrasted co- 

 lours of the femora and the tibiae (with tarsi) the latter being 

 testaceous-brown whilst the femora are brassy-black ; this latter 

 character pointed out by Schmidt-Goebel leads me to identify 

 the species with his. Some doubt, however, remains, as he omits 

 all mention of the large exposure of the apex of the abdomen, 

 unless his phrase elytra " stark abgestutzt " may be taken to 

 mean the same thing. His name Microlestes (1845) would take 

 priority over Blechrus, Motsch. (1847); but his description of 

 the ligula and paraglossae does not accord with that given by 

 Schaum for Blechrus. 



419. Blechrus ? 

 Palon (Pegu). 



A single example of a species closely allied to and doubtfully 

 different from B. inconspicuus. 



