170 LUCANIDiE. 



$. Length, 17 mm. ; bnadtJt, 7 mm. 



I)ARJEELiN(i DiSTR. : Pcdoiig {L. JJurel). 



Ti/'pe in tlic Kciic Obertliiir collection ; that of p(i,rvn,s 

 Did., in Dr. Didicr's collection, co-tyi)e in the Biiti.sh Museum. 



Parry's tyjje is a male of medium size, the habitat of whicli 

 was unknown to him. Although the number of examples I 

 have seen is very small, I cannot resist the conclusion that the 

 specimen figured in Plate XII, fig. 8, represents a phase of 

 D. suhnitens, since it agrees exactly in all respects, except in 

 tlie form of the mandibles, which certainly differ strikingly from 

 the typical form. If this conclusion is right the form of man- 

 dible which was considered to justify the creation of the genus 

 Frismogrmthus is either an intermediate condition or, more 

 probably, one of two alternative phases exhibited by the males 

 of this species. 



90. Dorcus lucidus. (Plate XII, figs. 2, 8.) 



Prismognaihus lucidus Boil., Le Naturaliste, xxvi, 1904, p. 27b. 



Very smooth and sliining, light chestnut colour, the pnmotum 

 and elytra of the female dark chocolate and those of the nuile 

 yellow, the pronotum with a dark longitudinal median line a 

 little dilated in the middle, and a dark marginal spot on each 

 side, the elytra with the sutural margins dark. The body 

 convex and rather elongate. The ej^es prominent and scarcely 

 at all divided. The prostcrnum elevated and prominent 

 between the coxa?, quadrate and vertical in front. The meta- 

 sternum also a little elevated between the middle coxa?. 



$. The upper surface is verj' glossy, with the sides of the 

 thorax and elytra oi)aque. The head is rather strongly 

 punctured and very uneven, with a rather Ikrge hollow on each 

 side near the eye. The clypeal process is rather large and 

 nearly semicircular. The mandibles are long and very strongly 

 rounded but not broad, so that a gaj) is always visible between 

 them. lOacli has a sharj) internal tooth beneath, near the base, 

 and tlie right on(> has another on the u])])er edge towards the 

 tip. The pronotu))) b(>ars numerous fairly strong jjunctures, 

 which become feebler and less close towards the sides. The 

 front angles are a little ])roduccd, the lateral margins gently 

 curved to beyond the middle, where there is an obtuse angle, 

 and feebly concave to the hind angles, which are very obtuse. 

 The dytraa,Tc scarcely perceptibly punctured, except behind the 

 scutellum. Th(> teeth of the front tibia are sharp, the middle 

 tibia has a strong lateral spine and tlu^ hind tibia a rather 

 feeble one. 



J. The head and the sides of the pionoium arc oi)aque. The 

 head bears fine scattered |)un(fures, which are inconspicuous, 



