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rotninlata, dein minime angustata, a tertia parte apicali rotuDdato-angiistata, singiilo 

 elytro ad suturam subaciiiuinato ; striato-punctata, striis autice posticenup valde 

 alJbreviata, 2" et ;5% 4'' et .■)% (!=' et 7 , 8" et 9» approximatis, limlw laterali et basali 

 dense grossc punctata, disco et i)arte apicali longitrorsnin pnnctiilata, praecipue 

 versus apiconi ])ariim rugnlosa. 



Mentiun et caput infra punctis magnis instructa. Prost(>ruum vix punctatum, 

 processu intcrcoxali clevato, ])one coxas paruni decresceute, in apicc ii)so pcr- 

 pendiculari. Metasternum lateralitev ])unctis grossis, medio sicnt abdomen fere 

 laeve ; abdominis spgmenta, praecipue nltimnm, lateribus jtunctata. 



Tibiae lougitrorsnm multisnlcatae, ij[uatuor posticis edentatis. 



Long. (mand. excl.) 19 mm., elytr. 11, lat. (in proth.) 8. 



Tlie basal half of the mandibles stands at right angles to the apical half, Imt 

 the angle itself is rounded. 



I believe this form is the type of a new genns ; but since I have only one 

 specimen of the inale sex before me, I ])Iace the sjiecies provisionally into Dorc'is. 



Hab. Assam. 



^. Gnorimus viridis sp. nov. 

 (1>1. Xlll., tig. 3.) 



i ?. G. supra obscure viridis, infra aeruginosus et pallidc hueo-pilosus, nitcns. 

 Caput grossissime punctatum, punctis passim coufluis, clypeo anticc ]irofundc 

 sinuato, retrorsum pauce angustato, roflexo-margiuato. Pali)i antenuaeque rutb- 

 jjiceae. Prothorax longitudine paulo latior, apice basi parum angustiore, lateribus 

 aequabiliter leviter rotundatis, basi ad angulos parum depressa, angulis jiosticis 

 rotundatis, limbo laterali pilis pallide luteis dense vestito ; grosse punctatus, jmnctis 

 iiTegnlaritcr dispositis, passim confertius sitis, antice versus latera densis et 

 confluis ; linca mediana minime elevata pro jjarte laevi. Scutellnm latins (juam 

 longum, apice rotundatnm, hand semicircidare ; basi utrimque vel tota basi jjunc^tis 

 magnis instructa, ajnce laevi, linea media paruni convexa. Elytra latitudine 

 minime longiora, retrorsum pauce seil distiucte dilatata, apice extus fortissime 

 rotnndata, angnlo suturali paido rotundato ; in singnlo elytro sexstriata, interstitiis 

 convexis, vix puuctatis ; limbo declivi lateral! et apicali dense transverse ruguloso- 

 striolato. 



Infra lateraliter dense ruguloso-striolatus ; processus raesosternalis intereoxalis 

 comjjressus, prominens, antice sul)perpeudicularis, apice rotundatns ; metasternum 

 (<J) medio late lougitudinaliter imjjressnm, hac impressioue dense grosse punctata, 

 ejus margine laevi, (?) longitmlinaliter canaliculatum, disperse grosse punctatum: 

 abdomen (J) medio longirudinaliter impressnm. inij)ressione sat dense grosse 

 punctata, margine ejus laevi, (?) convexum, medio vix deplanatnm, sat disperse 

 punctatum, segmento qninto in utroque sexu glabro, (c?) medio sat dense punrtato, 

 apice rotnndato, (?) meilio sparsim jiunctato, apice minute emarginato. Pygidium 

 transverse ruguloso-striolatnm, sparsim punctatum, {6) apice convexum, (?) apice 

 lentcr impressmn, hac impressione grannlata ; quatuor maculis luteo-pilosis 

 notatum, tria mediana transverse disposita, una apicali. Femora pilosa sicut corpus 

 inferum, antica infra dense, su])ra grossius sparsins j)unetata, intermedia infra 

 ruguloso-striolata, snpra rngato-i)Uiictata, jMistica grosse sat dis])erse jiunctata: 

 tibiae anticae apice extus in utroque sexu dente lato sed sat longo obtuso ])arum 

 arcnato arniatae, (c?) post medium extus parnni dilatatae, obtuse angulatae, (?) in 



