DORCTTS. 141 



$. Le7igth,l4~]r) ; brctultlij) mm. 



vSiKKiM : ({()])al(lhara, Rimgl)<)ii^ \'iillov {//. Slin iis tO 

 W. K. Wchh). Bhitan (/.. Diinl). 



Tjiju ill the British Musonm. 



A male s])eeiinen ac(iuire(l hy M. Oberthiir from the Roth- 

 schild collectifm is supposed to have been taken in the Khasi 

 Hills, but the coUeetor's name is not reeoided and this local- 

 ity re(|uires contirmation. 



The nuuidibles of the male seem to remain almost at the 

 mininnnn develoj)ment in tliis species. It is, of course, 

 [)ossible that larger specinu^ns than those known to me may 

 occur, with larger mandibles, but the almost uniform size of 

 the seven examph-s I have examined gives no indication of a 

 greater development. 



m. Dorcus buddha. (Plate XV, figs. 8-10.) 



Lucanus buddha Hope,* Trans. Linn. Soc. xix, 1845, p. 107. 

 Lucamis thibeticus Westw.,* Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1855, p. 199, 



pi. 10, fig. 3. 

 Prosopocmltis cardoni Did.,* Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1927, p. 220. 



Black, with the elytra extremely glossy, except at the outer 

 margins. Elongate, rather parallel-sided and not very convex, 

 the prothorax distinctly broader than the elytra at the 

 shoulders. "^Phe j)r()stcrmnn strongly elevated and shaiply 

 pointed behind. 'V\n' three terminal joints of the antenna 

 moderately long and tlu^ scv(Mith joint produced into a slender 

 j)roces's. 



9- i^^*- hcO'd is o])a(|ue and distinctly btit not densely 

 jjunctured. The pronotum is very sparsely and finely pimctured 

 and shining in the middle, more strongly punctured and 

 entirely opaque at the sides. The lateral margins are very 

 gently curved, the front angles sharp and the hind angles 

 rounded. The lateral margins of the flytra are rather coriaceous 

 and dull. The front (ihia is very slender, curved outwards, 

 with numerous minute teeth u])on its outer edge, the extremity 

 not forked but ])r<)duccd into a long finger-like |)r()cess, fianked 

 by a short process al)<)V(^ and another beneath. The apical 

 ctlge bears a c(mspicuous tuft of red hairs. The lateral spines 

 of the four posterior tibia' are very minute. 



^. The head is broad, finely and densely granular and opacpie, 

 the sides obtusely angular in front of the eyes, with a broad 

 swelling behind. The pronotum is very broad, the sides are 

 straight and almost parallel (but slightly diverging to the base 

 in the largestspecimens), the fi-ont angles produced but truncate 

 at the tip, the lateral angles ])r<)minent but obtuse and almost 

 level with the base, the hind angles only very feebly indicated. 

 The surface of the ])ronotum is finely and densely granular 

 (except in the middle. The diftrii are very smooth and shining, 



