30 nuTELiNiC. 



punctuved, most of tlie punctures being arranged in longitudinal 

 rows. Except at the anterior margin and upon the Inimeral and 

 apieal elevations, which are shining, the elytra are covered with a 

 dull opaque bloom. The pygidium is shining, stron<ily but rather 

 sparsely ])unctured and devoid ot hair. The nietasternum is finely^ 

 punctured at the sides and smooth in the middle. 



9. The outer margins of the elytra are strongly reflexed just 

 behind the shoulders, hut not dilated, and the front tibiae are 

 armed with three long and very sharp teeth. 



Leiujih, 15 mm.; breadth, 8 mm. 



AssA]\[ : Brahmaputra Valley ( TF. Dohertj/). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Only a single female specimen is yet known oF this species. 



Division II. PAEASTASIINI. 



The members of this group are much fewer both in species and 

 iiidi\iduals than either the Anomalini or Adoiietini, but amongst 

 them are the most striking forms in the whole of the E-utklinj:. 

 All of them have a massive, almost clumsy, build, the legs being- 

 short and the claws less mobile than in tlie other groups. The 

 antennae are 10-jointed and generally short, and the elytra are 

 without a membranous margin. The clypeus is narrow, with its 

 sides convergent and the a]jex generally bilobed or bidentate. 

 The mandibles are always distinctly visible beyond the clypeus, 

 and are occasionally extremely long in the males. They have 

 generally a hooked terminal tooth projecting beyond the edge 

 of the clypeus. The labrura is thin and horizontal. The 

 niaxillifi are armed with several sharp biting teeth at the .end. 

 The mentum is rather elongate and more or less constricted 

 before the end for the insertion of the palpi. The legs are 

 short, the front tibia armed externally with three sharp teeth 

 set aliuoit at right angles to it and internally abruptly excised 

 near the articulation with the femur, leaving a projecting tooth 

 beyond the excision which fits into the fenuir. At its extremity 

 and on the inner face at the lower edge the latter has a prominent 

 lobe by which this tooth is covered in the position of rest. The 

 two spurs arming eacli of the four posterior tibia; at the extremity 

 are strong and sharp, but not long, and the middle tibia is gene- 

 rally produced into a sharp spine at its outer edge. The tarsi are 

 short, compact, and fairly slender, with the penultimate joint more 

 or less produced beneath, except in the front tarsus of the female. 

 On the posterior feet this joint forms a single or double spine, 

 sometimes bearing a pair of very strong setae. 



In the male the front tarsus is often more or less thickened 

 and distorted, and the claw-joint enormously enlarged (as in 



