DOKCU.S. 115 



cotitliiciil oil I'ucli side ioi- (Hic-tliird ot" tlic t<ttal uidtli. Tlic 

 front angles are rather bluntly pointed and ])r<)dueed and the 

 lateral margins are rather divergent and nearly straight from 

 the front angle to well behind the middle, where they are very 

 obtusely angulate, then nearly straight to the very obtuse 

 hind angles. The scuteUiini is also strongly and elosely punc- 

 tured. The ch/lra are extremely smooth and shining, with 

 moderately broad lateral margins strongly and continently 

 punctured, dilating a little in the apices, which arc slightly 

 produce(l and a little hollowed, and at the shoulders, which 

 are acutely angular. A straight stria, not reaching the base 

 or apex of the elytron, divides the glossy dorsal region from 

 the opacpie lateral margin. The me;ntuni is coarsely rugose. 

 The prnfitcnial process is compressed and a little j)ointed 

 l)ehind. The inetastermim is scantily punctured exce])t at 

 t he sides. The Irfjs are slen(U'r, the front tibia curving outwards, 

 the apical ])art produced beyond the insertion of the tarsus, 

 with a three or foui- lobed extremity. The outer edge is 

 inconspicuously serrate, with miinite aiKl distant teeth. The 

 middle and hind til)ia' are without sinnes. The three terminal 

 joints of the antenna aiv fairly long and the seventh joint 

 little shorter. 



Length, li) intn. ; max. breadth, 7-5 mm. 



SlKKIM. 



Ti/pe in tlu^ Obertluir collection. 



'Ww. male is unknown. 



I haveseenotdy the tyi)cs])c(-ini('ii kindly lent by M. OIxM'tliiir. 



IS. Dorcus laterotarsus. (I*lat<' Xll, Hg. I!).) 



/'ro.sopoculiis Idli-rotarsiiH IfouH)., In.s(M,'tii, v, l!tir>, p. i*l, 

 tig.s. ;") & (i. 



?. Black and shining, witii the head and broad, shaiply 

 detined, lateral margins of pronotum and elytra densely and 

 rugosely punctured. Kather narrowly elongate and not ver-y 

 convex. The head is coarsely rugose, with a small smooth 

 posterior area, the canthus rounded and not very ])rojninent. 

 The pronotum is smooth and shining upon the median third, 

 elosely and strongly punctured upon the outer third, rugosely 

 at the outer margin. The front angles are blunt, the lateral 

 edges mimitely serrate and gently rounded to beyond tlu* 

 middle, where there is a minute s])hnform angle, and then 

 straight to the very l)roadly rounded hind angles. The 

 snitelluin bears a few fine ])unctnres. The eli/tra. are very 

 glossy upon the inner half and very densely and rather coarsely 

 l)unctured ujum the outer half, which is very sharply defined 

 and extends narrowly to the scutellum and broadly to the 

 suture at the apex. The shoidders are very acutely angular 

 and the apices a little producc(|, The prostrni.iini is comprcssc(l 



