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Show 384 MB. H. w. BATES O N N E W COLEOPTEROUS [June 18 Fam. CARABIDEE. OODES (SlMOUs) BORNEENSIS. O. seneo (Laferte) proxime affinis, sed differt corpore angustiore supra multo minus polito, preeterea colore violaceo vel viridi-cya-neoetc. Anguste elongato-oblongus; palpis, antennis tarsisque (vel pedibus totis) picescenti-rufis: thorace post medium latiore, antice valde angustato, supra leevi, puncto setifero ad angulum posticum: elytris tenuiter sed acute crenulato-striatis, margine ante apicem sat fortiter sinuato, interstitiis planis, 3*° longe post medium unipunctato: subtus niger, nitidus. Long. 15-16 millim. 3 2 • T w o examples. Found also in South-eastern Borneo. The genus Simous was separated from Oodes by Chaudoir chiefly on account of the extremely short six-punctate labrum and the setiferous puncture close to the hind angles of the thorax. It forms a perfectly natural group, of which five species are n o w known, peculiar to Indo-China and the neighbouring islands. COLPODES FRXI. Species magna elongataque C parallelo (Chaud.) affinis. Valde elongatus relative angustus, elytris lateribus parum rotundatis; nigro-ceneus, elytris lectins cuprascenti-ceneis : capite pone oculos gradatim recte angustato, collo supra transversim depresso: thorace subcpiadrato, capite paullo angustiore, lateribus paullo ante medium leviter rotundatis versus basin sinuatis, angulis posticis obtusis, margine anguste explanato-reflexo : elytris simpliciter acute striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planis, 310 punctis magnis tribus, versus apicem oblique sinuatis, juxta suturam breviter sinuato-truncatis et utrinque bidentatis: tarsis robustis, subtus dense pilosis, 4 posterioribus supra valde bisulcatis medioque carinatis, articulo 4'° extus lobato. Palpi, antennce et pedes rufes-centi- picei. Long. 17 millim. 2 • One (female) example. The species belongs to the numerous group of the genus distributed through South-eastern Asia and its islands, in which the metathoracic epimera are long and narrow, the fourth joint of tbe hinder tarsi strongly unilobular, and the sutural apex of the elytra briefly truncated and more or less spined or toothed. EUPLYNES AURO-CINCTUS. Breviter oblongus, subdepressus,piceo-niger, politus; elytris splendide viridi-ceneis, lateribus late auratis ; antennis (scapo obscuriore), mandibulis et palpis apice tarsisque rufescentibus: capite brevi mox pone oculos magnos subito angustato, supra planato Icevi, sulcis frontalibus flexuosis postice versus oculos curvatis .- thorace lato et brevi, angulis anticis rotundatis, posticis fere rectis, lateribus medio rotundatis postice usque ad angulum leviter sinuatis, margine basali utrinque ad angulum ascendenti, foveis basalibus latis sat profundis punctulatis : elytris humeris valde rotundatis, apice sinuatis, versus suturam conjunctim obtuse rotundatis, acute punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, striis 3"-7m versus basin |