DORCUS. 



83 



Pronotum without a sharp latoral 



tooth bohiiid tho middle pnlltus Pniiy, p. 15(j. 



Pronotum with a. sharp lateral tooth 



l)ehiiid the middle. 

 Klytra partly or entirely reddish. 

 Pronotum not very short and broad. 

 Hind angles of pronotum well 



marked arroivi Boil., p. 15S. 



Hind angles of the pronotum not [p. l.'iR. 



well marked iiHiclenyi H. Sc W.. 



Pronotum very short and broad . . . tlonrkieri Boil., p. IfiO. 



Entirely blaok above. 



Sides of the pronotum nearly 



straight in front nepalensis Hope, p. IGl . 



Sides of the pronotum rounded in 



front wardi .Arrow, p. 102. 



Eyes very prominent laterally. 

 Anterior half of eye divided. 



Wholly black ivoMwoodi Parrj% p. 163. 



Wholly reddish forrfitii.'} Hope. p. IGfi. 



Eyes not divided in front. 



Hind angles of the pronotum very [p. \i\~. 



sharp castaneicolor, n. n.. 



Hind angles of the pronotiun not 



very sharp. 

 Reddish or yellowish. 

 Sidesof the head swollen behind the [p. 168. 



eyes suhnitens Parry, 



Sides of the head not prominent 



behind the eyes lucidx.s Boil., p. 1 70. 



Colour black platycephalus Hope, 



[p. 171. 



The males of the following .sjiecies are unknown and therefore 

 cannot be included in the above table : — 



Dorcns rudis Westw., laterotarsus Houlb., pouillaudei Houlb. 



Key to the Species (females). 



1 (40) Head bearing a median tubercle or 



two tubercles placed transversely. 

 Head bearing two tubercles. 

 Upper surface without erect setae. 

 Upper surface dark, without yellow 



ornamentation . 

 Cephalic tubercles small, not sharji. 

 Forehead coar.sely rugose. 

 Elytra smooth, scarcely punctured, 



dull antaeiis Hope, p. 86. 



Elytra not smooth. 



Elytra closely pmictured titanus Boisd., p. 104. 



Elytra grooved. 



Front tibia not broad. 



Sides of the pronotum not excised 



behind curvidens Hope, p. 88. 



13 (12) Sides of the pronotum exci.sed 



behind nidii Wostw., p. 00. 



14 (11) Front tibia broad, 



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