162 LUCANID^. 



rather closely punctured, but very glossy upon the inner part, 

 the punctures })ecoraing gradually more dense towards the sides 

 and apices, which are opaque. The front tibia is fairly strongly 

 toothed externall}' and forked at the end and tlie middle and 

 hind tibiae have each a strong lateral si^inc. 



(^. The head is broad, microscopically granular above, with 

 the mandibles rather long and far apart at the base. The 

 clypeal process is broad, a little produced in the middle, with 

 a close marginal fringe of yellowish hairs. The eyes are 

 small, but fairly prominent, the canthiis acutely angular 

 in front but not produced, and the sides of the head 

 strongly convergent behind the eyes. The pronotum is rather 

 short and broad, microscopically granular but moderately 

 shining, except at the sides, the lateral margins more or 

 less straight and diverging gradually from the blunt front 

 angles to the sharp lateral angles, which are placed far 

 back, continuing in a straight line to the almost obsolete hind 

 angles. The elytra are entirely glossy. The front tibia is long 

 and finely toothed externally, the middle tibia bears a strong 

 lateral spine and the hind tibia a minute one or none. 



Variation of the male. In small specimens the head is not 

 very broad and is conspicuously punctured at the sides. The 

 mandibles are short, rounded externally and very sharply 

 pointed and simple, except for a very blunt vestige of a tooth 

 near the middle of the imier edge. In larger examjjles the head 

 becomes relatively broader and shorter, the punctures diminish 

 and disappear, the mandibles are nearly straight, except near 

 the base and tip, and the tooth is found a little past the middle 

 and is small but sharp. In large specimens another and smaller 

 tooth appears beyond the first and the extremity is bluntly 

 barbed. The mandibles may reach a length of about 27 mm. 



(J. Length (with mandibles), 32-70 mm. ; (without man- 

 dibles) 28-49 mm. : breadth, 12-21 mm. 



9. Length, 34^7 mm. ; breadth, 13-19 mm. 



N.W. Frontier Prov. : Thobba, Murree Hills {Maj. How- 

 land Roberts). United Prov. : W. Almora, Kumaon {H. G. 

 Champion, Aug.). Nepal. Punjab : Naini Tal {H. L. 

 Andrews ; P. V. L-iaac, July). Darjeelino Distr. : Kur- 

 seong, 0000 ft. {E. A. D'Abreu, Jan.). Assam. 



Types of nepalensis and siuiilis Ho])e in the British Museum ; 

 of parryi and rafflesi in the Hope Dept., Oxford l^niversity 

 Museum. 



85. Dorcus wardi. 



Dorcus wardi Arrow,* Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. B 12, 1043, p. 136. 



Black and very shining, with the mandibles, head and pro- 

 notum of the male duller but smooth ; the head of the female 

 rather roughly and irregularly puiutured and the external j)art 



