not (Iciiscly ])uiicl uicd, with a smooth shining arra in the middle 

 iH'hitid the eyes. The fironutnui is entirely punetured, moder- 

 ately tinely in the middle, more strongly at the sides, very 

 closely at the lateral margins. "^Fhe sides are roundetl in front, 

 tlien ])arallel to tlie lateral angles and strongly concave to 

 the well-marked hind angles. The scuiellum bears a few 

 j)unctures. The elyUd. are densely punctured, but rather less 

 densel}' in front and tinely and sparingly upon the sutural 

 margin, which is ratlier elevated. There is a double line of 

 close j)unctures upon the anterior part of the elytron at a 

 little distance from tlie suture. The mentum is very coarsely 

 rugose. Tile front til)i(i is fairly long, forked at the end, and 

 the four ))osterior tihiio have each a strong lateral spine. 



^. Moderately elongate, not ver}' convex. The head is 

 broad, flat, densely granulai* and o])aque, with large scattered 

 shallow punctures. The front margin is nearly straight, the 

 elypeal process very small, two-cusped, the front angles 

 rounded, the canthus narrow and not prominent, the cheeks 

 gently rounded. The mandibles are short (about as long as 

 the head), far a])art at tlie base, gently curved, laterally com- 

 j)ressed, bluntly and irregularly toothed intei'iially, with a 

 moderately long tootli, inclined inwards, at the middle of the 

 upper edge. The proiottoii is very smooth and shining with 

 very tine scattered. j)unctures, except at the sides and base, 

 where they are lai'ge and close. The lateral edges are almost 

 straight to beyond the middle, the lateral angles are very 

 sharj), and from there the sides are gently concave to the 

 rounded hind angles. The scutellum is strongly punctured. 

 Except u])on the s])aringly punctured sutural margins, the 

 chitra are very closely puncturetl, but less densely tlian in the 

 female, and they are shining, except at the sides, where tlie 

 jjuncturation is dense. The mentum is strongly i)unctured. 

 The front iihio, is slender, the middle tibia has a strong lateral 

 spine, the hind tibia a very minute one. 



Variation of the male unknown. The form of the mandible 

 in the two known male specimens a]i])arently indicates the 

 fully developed condition. 



cJ. Length (with mandibles), 24 mm. ; (withoui mandibles) 

 19 mm. : breadth, 8 mm. 



$. Length, 20 mm. ; breadth, S mm. 



Bombay : North Kanara {T. E. I). Bell). 



Typ» in Rene Oberthiir collection ; that of jxiralhlnx Did. 

 in the Britisli Museum. 



The locality recorded above is that of a female si)ecinieii 

 which I believe to belong to the species. Neither of the two 

 known males has any precise locality. (Dr. Didier regards 

 a female from Tenasserim in the British Museum as belonging 

 to D. parallel as, but 1 cannot agree with his view.) 



