CAEABIDAE. 



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Underside smooth, some transverse striation on head, metepisterna elongate, 

 last ventral segment ($) with three marginal setae on each side. Meso- and 

 metatibiae sKghtly bisulcate ; tarsi not sulcate, joint 4 of pro- and mesotarsi 

 bilobed, 5 not ciliate beneath. 



The depressed form, with the absence of any sulcus on the tarsal joints, 

 render this a very distinct species, but an even more unusual character is the 

 presence of a bifid tooth in the mentum. This is very rare in the Anchomenini, 

 but I have recently commented {Ent. Month. Mag., Vol. Ixii, p. 79, 1926) on its 

 occasional occurrence among the Himalayan species of Anchomenus. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 25.iv.1924, 1 example 



LEBIINI. 



12. Celaenephes parallelus Schmidt-Goebel. 



Celaemphes parallelus Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Col. Birm., p. 78, t. 2, f. 5, 1846 ; Bates, Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Fr. (6), Vol. ix, p. 286, 1889 ; id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., Vol. xxxii, p. 420, 1892 ; 



Bouchard, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Vol. Ixxii, p. 176, 1903 ; Lesne, Miss. Pavie Hist. Nat., p. 80, 



1904 ; Vuillet, Ins., Vol. ii, p. 17, 1912 ; Sloaue, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. xlv, p. 322, 



1920 ; Andrewes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1923, p. 46, 1923. 

 ? Leistus linearis Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), Vol. ii, p. 203, 1858 ; Bates, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (5), Vol. xvii, p. 211, 1886 ; Andrewes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1919, p. 188, 1919. 

 Taromorpha alternata Blackburn, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales (2), Vol. ix, p. 85, 1894 ; Andrewes, 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9), Vol. xx, p. 272, 1927. 

 Celaenephes rechingeri Csiki, Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturiv. Kl., Vol. xci, p. 164, 



1915. [New syn.] 



Upolu and Savaii (Rechinger) : Apia, iii., v.1924, ix., xi.l925 ; xii.1912 

 (Friedrichs) ; 28.x. 1923 (Armstrong). 



I have seen examples of this species from as far north as Chittagong in 

 Bengal, whence its habitat extends through Indo-China, Siam, the Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago to Australia and New Caledonia. Bates says it is 

 an Indian species, but (except for the Chittagong examples, which came to 

 hand after this paper was written) I have seen no examples from India, and 

 Walker's type is the only specimen I have seen from Ceylon. I have examined 

 all the types, and also a large number of specimens, which exhibit a good deal 

 of individual variability. I strongly suspect that C. foersteri Bouchard {Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. Fr., Vol. Ixxii, p. 176, 1903) is the same species, but I have been unable 

 hitherto to trace the whereabouts of Bouchard's types. 



