DORCUS. 109 



finely punctured. The elytra are rather parallel-sided, with 

 acute liumeral angles and th(> sides and apices densely ])une- 

 tured. The >n<'fa.'<t(rninn is ahnost smooth in the middle and 

 densely rugost> at the sides. Tlie ahdompn is finely punctured 

 in the middle and more strongly at the sides. The legs are 

 rather closely clothed with reddish setae, the middle tibia 

 bears a strong lateral spine and the hind tibia a minute one. 



Variation of the male. In dwarfed males the head is finely 

 punctured, the pronotum smooth and shining, except at th(i 

 sides, and the elytra are striate, as in tlie females, but l^^ss deeply. 

 The short mandibles have only a very slight indication of a tooth 

 internally. In larger examples the strite gradually disappear, 

 leaving only a finely pimetured surface to the elytra. This 

 also disappears and the entire upper surface is smooth and 

 opaque in large specimens. The mandible exhibits first a 

 second and finally a third tooth, the last near the tip. 



(J. Lewg^A (with mandibles), 21-41 mm. ; (without mandibles) 

 19-33 mm. : breadth, 8-5-14 mm. 



?. Length, 20-29 mm. ; breadth, 8-12 mm. 



N.W. Frontier Province. Kashmir : Raj])ur Rampur 

 {F. Selous). Punjab : Murree Hills, Thobba {Major Howland 

 Roberts) ; Campbellpore ; Dalhousie. United Provinces : 

 Naini Tal. 



Type, in the Hope Dept., Oxford University Museum ; 

 those of brachycerus Boil, and fnliginosus Did. in the Paris 

 Museum. 



This species closely resembles D. tityns, but the female 

 has less deeply striate elytra, and this applies also to the 

 small males. Well-developed males, in which the upper surface 

 is cjuite smooth, closely resemble medium-sized males of 

 D. tityus in form, as well as in the mandibles, but the elytra 

 are striate in D. tityu-s at this stage. 



The large specimen represented by Didier (fig. 33) as 

 belonging to E. fuliginosus corresponds exactly with one in 

 the British Museum taken by W. Doherty in Burma (Ruby 

 mines) and appears to me to be a variety of D. tityvs Hoj)e. 

 Jt is a glossy insect, differing markedly from specimens 

 received from Dr. Didier as D. fuliginosus and from his des- 

 cri[)tion of the species, the type of which is said to be from 

 Kashmir. The latter entirely agrees with the present insect. 

 The name fuliginosufi evidently designates a non-glossy insect. 



The type in the Oxford Museum is labelled as taken in Assam 

 by Dr. Cantor. This is no doubt an error. 



44. Dorcus reichei. (Plate VIII. figs. 7-9.) 



Liiritnus veiclici Hope,* Prop. Ent. Soc. Lontl. 1S42, p. 8.3, 

 LucdiiiiN co<iii(itns >)ope,* op. rit. p. S4. 

 li. puttctilubriii Hope, /. c. 



