CALCODES. 203 



11:J. Calcodes latus. (Plate XXI. tig. 3.) 



Neoiucanus IuIuh Boil.,* Le Nuturalistc, xxiv, HH)2, \). i'04. 

 .V. brevis Boil., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fmuce, 1899, p. 197. 

 N. upricatis Moll.,* Int. Ent. Zeitsehr. v, 1912, p. :i(l2. 



Entirely blaek, the upi)ei' surface opaque except sonietinies 

 the middle of the pronotum, the scute llum and i)art of the 

 elytra. 



Rather short, parallel- sided, not very convex. The pronotum 

 siiort and broad, with the side gently rounded to far beyond tlie 

 middle, where it is very obtusely angulate, and from there 

 gently concave to the obtuse hind angle. The elytra very 

 broad at the base, the lateral margins distinctly flattened and 

 very gently curved. The prosternal process very short but 

 sharjily pointed. 



$. The upper surface is entirely opaque . The head is rugosely 

 punctured in front and at the sides and the eanthus is roundetl. 

 The mandibles are strongly rounded externalh^ and very 

 bluntly toothed internally. The mentuni is bare, very coarsely 

 and closely pitted. The tarsi are leather shorter than the tibiae. 



(^. The head is larger than that of the female and finely 

 coriaceous, a little depressed in the middle and emarginate in 

 front, the eanthus bluntly angular and not very prominent, 

 the sides a little swollen behind the eyes. The mandibles are 

 short, with the outer edge feebly curved and the inner edge 

 serrate. The mentum is densely clothed with short yellow 

 hairs. The middle and hind tarsi are as long as the tibiae, the 

 front and middle tibiae have each a hooked spur and the middle 

 tibia has a prominent tufted lobe at the end of its inner edge. 



(^. Length (with mandibles), 29-38 mm. ; (without man- 

 dibles) 26-34 mm. : breadth, 13-5-17 mm. 



$. Length, 15 mm. ; breadth, 30 mm. 



Assam : Kohima, Xaga Hills. Burma : Cheba, Karen 

 Hills, 1800-3500 ft. (L. Fea, Xov.) ; Thandaung, 5000 ft. 

 {O. C. Ollenbach, July) ; Rangoon. 



TyjJe in the Genoa Museum, co-type in Dr. Didier's collection, 

 type ofapricans Moll, in M. Rene Oberthiir's collection. 



1 1 4. Calcodes brevis. (Plate XXI, fig. 9.) 



2\'toliauiiti.s brevi/i Boil.,* Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1899, p. 197 ; Le 



Naturaliste,xxiv, 1902, p. 204. 

 A', birmancnsis Moll., Notes Leyd. Mus. xxii, 1900, p. 40 ; Zang, 



Deuts. Ent. Zeitsehr. 1905, p. 212. 



Entirely black, opaque above, except at the middle of the 

 pronotum, the scutelhmi, and adjoinmg part of the el^*tra. 

 Rather short-bodied, witli the head large, anil the pronotum 

 not very closely a])plied to the elytra, which an- nanoA\ at tlie 

 base. The head broad and opaque, the eanthus rounded but 

 very prominent laterally, and the sides of the head a little 



