286 me. c. j. gahan on the coleoptera 



Carabid^. 



1. Pheeopsophus afeicantjs, Dej., var. 



In the four examples of this species which were taken in the 

 Hadramaut the anterior border of the pronotum is black or 

 dark brown in colour, and the basal margin is also more or less 

 black ; but beyond this slight difference in coloration I can find 

 no characters by which to distinguish these examples from others 

 from Barbary, Tunis, and Abyssinia with which I have compared 

 them. 



2. Anthia dtjodecimguttata, Bon. 



3. Chl^nius seminittdfs, GJiaud. 



This species occurs also in Egypt and Abyssinia. It differs so 

 little from G. canariensis, Dej., that I think these two should be 

 regarded as varieties of the same species. 



4. Ceasodacttlus pxtkctatus, Guer. 



Dttiscid^. 



5. Ctbistee teipunctatfs, Oliv. 



6. Ctbistee vulneeatfs, Klug. 



7. Peodatictjs picttjs, Sharp. 



This species has been founded on specimens from Persia and 

 North India. 



8. Htdatictjs decoetjs, Klug. 



9. Htdaticus histeio, Glark. 



Pive or six examples taken in the Hadramaut appear to be 

 referable to this species, whicb its author described from North 

 Indian specimens. Sydaticus rectangulus, Sharp, which is 

 recorded from Persia and North India, is probably the same 

 species. The Arabian examples show variations from forms in 

 which the inner testaceous band of each elytron is reduced to a 

 transverse patch at the base, to others in which it is a complete, 

 though rather narrow, band closely accompanying the inner row 

 of punctures. 



10. Eeetes HELTOLirs, Klug. 



11. Eeetes sircciifCTiJS, Klug. 



The preceding two forms are considered by Dr. Sharp to be 

 merely colour varieties of the very widely distributed Eretes 

 sticticus, Linn. 



