Ill i.lCAMD.IO. 



ill llic middle and latlici- s])aiingly at the sides. Tiie pio- 

 sternuni very short and bluntly rounded behind. Joints 5-7 

 of tlic antenna' stronjily ttansvers(> and S-IO not very short. 

 The front tibia broad and strongly toothed and the middle 

 and hind tibia; eaeh having a lateral spine. 



'.?. The head is coarsely rugose, exce])t in the posterior 

 median ])art. The clypeal process is rounded and jn-oininent 

 and the mandibles are not much curved and rather feebly 

 toothed at the inner edge. 



,j'. The Imid is rather evenly punct uied, except in the 

 ]»()sterior me<lian part. The mandibles are not much longer 

 than those of the female l)iit far apait and more strongly 

 (turved. They are a little dilated externally at the base and 

 ))car a short blunt erect tooth at the outer l)asal angle and 

 another directed obliqu(;ly inward and u])W'ard shortly before 

 the tip. The clypeal ])rocess is short and broatl, with th(> 

 outer angles slightly ])romiiient. The front tibia, has a broad 

 t"rminal fork. 



Varialion of flu mah'. iSmall specimens liaAC the head 

 strongly and densely punctured and the mandibles only vc^ry 

 slightly dilated at the base. In larger ones the head is more 

 finely and sparingly puiUitured and tlu^ mandibles are aiigiilatly 

 dilated externally and more strongly toothed. 



(J*. /.r^^f//// (with mandibles), 17-2.'{ mm. : (witlioul mandibles) 

 l()-2() mm. : breadth, 7~!) mm. 



?. L'tKjIh, 17 mm. ; breadth, 7 mm. 



Kashmir (<". Host). Piin.iah: Hashahr Stale. (i()(»(> SOOO ft. 

 {It. N. Parker, M;\\). K. lioKilAHA. 



^/'i//)e in the iicningrad Museum ; that of nigatiis in Dr. 

 Didier's collection. A male specimen in the Biitish Museum, 

 rec(Mved from Dr. Didicr, altliougii not rcfeircd to in the 

 original description, a|)pears to be one of the typical series. 



17. Dorcus poulllaiidei. (Plate Xii, lig. IS.) 



I'fo.sojioCii Iks ji(iiiill<iil(lci lloiill).,* Ims('(-1ii, \-, I ill."), p. ."lO. (i;^. !l. 



9. Black, with the femora and tibiie red, except the bases 

 and apices, the edge of the iVoiit tibia and jiatchcs u|)on the 

 femora, which are black, the last three joints of the antenna 

 also reddish and the tarsi clothed beneath with yellow hair- 

 tufts, llather long and narrow in shape, witli the head, 

 jjronotiun and scutellum closely scul])tui'ed and opacpic and 

 the elytra densely scul|)ture(l and oj)a(|ue at the sides and 

 very glossy dorsally. The head is coarsely rugose behind and 

 lather linely in front. The mandibles are acutely pointed, 

 evenly (Mirved externally and bear a single strong median 

 tooth internall\'. The pronotiim is stnmgly and closely 

 j)unctmc(l in the middle, the punctures becoming coarse atul 



