198 LUCANID-*. 



Oval and not very convex. The head and pionotum opaque, 

 the latter less so in the dorsal part, and the elytra extremely 

 glossy. The 2>rt'ii(^tum bearing only minute and indistinct 

 l)unctures, its front angles bhnitly produced, the lateral 

 margins gently rounded to beyond the middle, where there is an 

 extremely blinit angulation, and feebly concave to the hind 

 angle, which is distinct but obtuse. The elytra scarcely visibly 

 punctured, the shoulders blunt and the sides with distinct 

 flattened and reflexed margins. The legs rather short and 

 stout, and the mandibles very short in both sexes. 



$. Rather more broadly oval than the male. The Juad is 

 coarsely rugose, except behind the eyes, the canthus rounded 

 and a little prominent laterally. The mandibles are a little 

 shorter, broader and more rounded externally than those of the 

 male. The j^^'onotum is opaque, its front angles are blunt, the 

 sides well rounded to the lateral angle, which is very obtuse. 

 The mentuni is coarsely-pitted and bare. The front tibia is 

 short and broad. 



(J. Elongate-oval. The head is smooth and opaque, its sides 

 nearly parallel in front of the eyes and rounded behind them. 

 The anterior part is hollowed beliind the mandibles. The 

 numdibles are narrower, but scarcely longer than those of 

 the female, less rounded externally and serrate at the 

 inner edge. The lateral angle of the pronotum is a little sharper 

 than in the female and the elytra are a little longer. The 

 mentum is densely clothed with erect yellow hair. The tarsi are 

 nearly as long as the tibiae and have conspicuous pads of yellow 

 hair beneath. 



^. Length (with mandibles), 28-80 nun. ; (without man- 

 dibles) 26-27 mm. : breadth, 11-12-5 mm. 



$. Length,'2'^-'liS www. ; ^/carf///, 10-5-1 1-5 mm. 



Nepal (Maj.-Gen. Hardivicke). Sikkim : Gantok 4000 to 

 5000 ft. [li. W. 0. Hingston, July). Bengal : Kurseong 

 [R. P. Lebas). Assam : Cherrapungi, IShillong {H. M. Parish, 

 Aug.); Manipvu- {W. Doherty). Burma: Ruby Mines {W . 

 Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum ; those of Jlavipennis Boil, and 

 nu'las Did. in Dr. Didier's collection ; that of parvus Nagel 

 destroyed, co-types in the Oberthiir collection. 



In this species the two sexes differ little and there is no 

 important variation in the males. 



In certain Buiiuese specimens the antennse have a 4-jointed 

 club, the 7th joint being spongy and of similar form to the last 

 three. M. Boileau, who possesses one such specimen, kmdlj' 

 submitted to nu- by Dr. J^idier, regarde<l it as the representative 

 of a distiiu;t si)ecies, which he called Niuliicanus jluvipinms. 

 Two sjK'cimens taken by Doherty at the Rid)y Mines have also 

 a distinctly •4-jointed club, but a third taken at the same time 



