DORCUS. 95 



rounded, not very prominent, canthu.s. The frrmt ;iii<,'lt's of 

 the pronotum not very hhuit, the sides gently loiiiuled in 

 front and strongly behind, without distinct lateral or hasal 

 angles, and the base almost straight. The elytra each bear 

 five longitudinal series of short I'rcct setae, eomjxjsed of suiall 

 tufts upon the posterior lialf but almost continuous upon the 

 anterior half, the intervals containing two or three rows each 

 of very close punctures, generally obscured by earthy matter, 

 and minute setose tufts, the shoulders not angulate. The 

 middle of the metasternum fairly closely jnmctured, the sides 

 densely rugose or granulate and the abdomen very stronglv 

 and closely innictured beneath. The prosteinum elevat<'d and 

 angular behind but not ])ointed and scarcely compressed. The 

 joints 2-7 of the antenna very short and the three club-joints 

 of moderate length. 



9. The head bears a })air of small shining tubciclcs in its 

 anterior part. The mandibles are rather straight and narrow, 

 with a sniall and rather sharp internal tooth. The clyjieal 

 process is prominent, narrow and tongue-like. The cejihalic 

 tubercles are small and sometimes difficult to distinguish. 

 The front fihia is palmate witli three short terminal teeth and 

 a fourth on the upper surface and the middh' tibia has a 

 lateral spine. 



(^. The head is flat, short and broad. The mandibles are 

 larger than those of the female, strongly curved, broad at 

 the base, wher(^ the}^ are rather sharply angulate externally, 

 and far apart. The 5^ are finely pmictured and opaque above 

 and smooth and shining beneath and each has a slight rounded 

 expansion of the ujjper surface internally a little before the 

 tip, which is acutely pointed. The clypeal ])rocess is straight, 

 broad and very short. The front tibia has a short terminal 

 fork and is rather feebly toothed externally and the middle 

 and hind tibi;e are setose and without lateral spines. 



3*. Le«(7//i (with mandibles), 22-2") nnn. ; (without mandibles) 

 20-22 mm. : breadth, 7-5-9 mm. 



$. Length, 19-21 mm. ; breadth, 7-r)-8-5 mm. 



Burma : Ruby mines (If. Doherty). Darjeeling Distr. • 

 Pedong (L. Durel) ; Pashok, 2000 ft. (L. C. Hartles.<i, June) \ 

 Oo])aldhara, Rungbong Valley {H. Stevens). 



Type in the Rene Oberthiir collection ; that of cinereus in 

 the Paris Museum. 



;U. Dorcus ursulus. (Plate XII, fig. 11.) 



Dorcus ursulus Arrow,* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) u, IflSS, p. .'55, 

 pi. 4, fig. 5. 



Dull black, the lower surface and legs clothed with short 

 yellowish-grey hairs, the upper surface bearing short erect 

 s(>ta^ and covered with a brown earthy matter, the lu^ad 



