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punctured and the postocular process is feeble. The pronotum 

 is very stroniily ])unctured but less densely in the middle tlian 

 at the sides. Tlie lateral niarsziiis are feebly rounded, the front 

 angles very blunt and the hind angles broadly rounded. The 

 scufellmn is strongly ])unctured. The lateral and ])osterior 

 parts of the elytni are Hnely and tlensely rugose, the inner 

 part rather less so. The lower surface is shining but the meJu- 

 sternntn is strongly pinictured, except in the middle, and 

 the abdornen finely and closely punctured. The front tibia is 

 slender, curved outwards, minutely toothed externally and 

 palmate at the end. The hind tibia is also a little curved. 

 The lati'ral s])ine of the middle tibia is minute and that of the 

 hind tibia is often wanting. 



(^. The hrad is opa{|ue and bears rather fine scattered ])unc- 

 tures. The postocular process is short and rounded. The 

 pronotii))! is strongly ])uuctured, shining in the middle, where 

 the punctures are not very close and opaque at the sides, where 

 they are very close and rugose. The front angles are Bluntly 

 produced, the sides straight and parallel or very feebly excised 

 near the middle, the hind angles rounded and the base broad 

 and almost straight. The scutellum is punctured on each side 

 and smooth and siiining in th(^ middle. The elytra are finely 

 and very closely punctured and dull })ut with the sutural 

 margins slightly shining. The front iihia is slender, the front 

 and middle tibia> have each a short hooked terminal s])ur, the 

 mi(hlle tibia has a minute lateral spine and all the tibia? have a 

 brush of yellow hairs at the end of the inner edge, that of the 

 hind leg rather large. 



Variation of the male. Small males have the head rather 

 strongly punctured, the mandi})les simple, gently curved, not 

 serrate, with a sliglit basal ])rominence. Larger exam])les have 

 the liead finely and scantily ])unctured, the mandibles only a 

 little longer, with a feeble internal tooth near the middle. The 

 largest males have the tootli nearer the tij), the head is more 

 opaque, with rather indistinct punctures and the i)ostocular 

 process is stronger. 



^. Length (with mandibles), 20-28 mm. ; (without man- 

 dibles) 17-23 mm. : breadth, 8-10 mm. 



$. Z/f /igr< A, 19-20 mm. ; breadth, 9 mn\. 



S. India : Agsur, N. Kanara {T. R. D. Bell Feb.) ; Nilgiri 

 Hills (//. L. Andrerves); Tinnevellv. Madras (.1. Hamid Khav, 

 March). 



Type in tlie Brussels Museum. 



74. Dorcus occipitalis. (Plate XT, figs. 11-13.) 



Lucanus occipitalis Hope & Westw.,* Cnt. Lnc. Col. 1845, p. 13. 

 Meto'podontu.'i occipitalis Boil., Trims. Ent. Soc. I.oiul. 191.1, p. 226. 



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