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Show 216 MR. H. W. BATES O N N E W SPECIES [Apr. 2, 6. On new Species of the Coleopterous Families Cicindelida? and Carabidee, taken by Mr. Pratt in Chang Yang, near Ichang on the Yang-tsze, China. By H. W . BATES, F.R.S. [Eeceived March 18, 1889.] The following descriptions are in continuation of those published in the Society's 'Proceedings,' 1888, pp. 380-383. The specimens form part of the second collection sent home by Mr. Pratt, made in the richly-wooded hilly district of Chang Yang, at elevations of from 4000 to 6000 feet above the sea-level. COLLYRIS AUREOFUSCA. C. filiformi (Chaud.) affinis : gracilis, postice gradatim sed paullo dilatata, supra eeneo- vel violaceo-fusca, elytris aurato-fuscis labro antennisque basi cenescenti-nigris, his articulis 3°-l \m plus minusve fulvo-testaceis, mediocribus, thoracis basin longitudine attingentibus; capite post oculos, 8 rotundato-angustato, § convexiore cuboidali, fronte dirnidio anteriore medio distincte obtuse carinata ; thorace subconico post medium mediocriter et gradatim dilatato, ante basin sulcato-constricto, dorso transversim striato; elytris politis, sat minute et discrete (medio paullulum rugose) punctatis, basi et apice fere Icevibus, medio utrinque fasciola parum distincta (interdum obsoleta) rufescenti; subtus nigvo-cyanea, pedibus fulvo-piceis, femoribus posticis piceis (2 femoribus et tibiis posticis piceis, tarsis fulvis). Long. 13-16 millim. This species is most nearly allied to C. formosana (Bates), described in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 341, in which the frontal carina is also somewhat abruptly elevated. CARABUS (COPTOLABRUS) PRINCIPALIS. Elonyatus, elytris (S 2 ) valde convexis apiceque longe acute productis ; capite postice thoraceque leete rufo-auratis parum nitidis, elytris obscure smaragdinis opacis, limbo laterali splendide rufo-aurato ; antennis partibus oris, corpore subtus pedibusque sub-violaceo- nigris, prosterno cupreo-aurato elytrisque epipleuris viridi-auratis ; capite postice thoraceque creberrine confluenter punctulatis, hoc paullo ante medium angulatim dilatato, lateribus antice leviter rotundatis postice valde sinuatis; margine laterali cequaliter reflexo, angulis anticis a collo paullulum remotis, posticis (cum margine basali contiguo) subito deflexis; elytris tuberculis ovatis mediocribus, valde convexis, utrinque seriebus tribus, granulisque rotundis confertis seriebus quatuor, nigris nitidis; interstitiis subtilissime alutaceis opacis, irregulariter minute granulatis; prosterno sparsissime punctulato. Long. 33-42 millim. tf $ . Ichang. |
