GEOTRAUUS. 197 



reaching the margin of the elytra. Fmtcr with the intercoxal 

 process narrower than the coXcT aud rounded iti front, segment 2 

 longer than 3 + 4 and .separated from 1 by a curved suture. Ler/s 

 elongate, the front pair rather longer, the femora thickened; the 

 front tibiae curved and strongly denticulate in both sexes, the hind 

 pair with a slightly concave curve dor>ally, their corbels large, 

 evidently enclosed and slightly ascending the dorsal edge ; the 

 tarsi rather slender, joint 2 narrower than 1,3 broadly lobate, 

 the claws connate at tiie base. 



Range. N. India, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula. 



Key to the Species. 



1 (6) Elytra with sliort depressed setre ; 



prothorax with at most a shallow 

 central stria. 



2 (5) Elytra with a prominent tubercle on 



interval o at the top of the declivity; 

 the distal joints of the funicle longer 

 than broad. 

 .'■) (4) Fnuicle with the two basal joints 

 equal ; prothorax as long as broad ; 

 elytra with an elongate elevation on 

 interval 3 behind middle /tinialai/auKS, Boh., ]). ^97. 



4 (;5) Funicie with joint 1 a little longer 



than 2 ; prothorax somewhat longer 

 than broad; elytra without an 

 elevation on interval 3 bituhcrums, JJesbr., p. 198. 



5 (2) Elytra without any tubercle on in- 



terval f) ; the distal joints of the 



funicie broader than long mhfasciutu!<,\)es\,i\,^.l99. 



6 (Ij Elytra with long erect setie ; pro- 



thorax with a broad and deep central 

 furrow. 



7 (8) Funicie with the two basal joints sub- 



f-qual ; ground-colour of femora 



black Js.HcolUs, sp. n., p. l!)9. 



■8 (7) Eunicle with joint 1 much longer than 

 '2 ; ground-colour of femora red- 

 brown, with the aj)ices black cUipticm, Est., p. 200. 



1G(). G-eotragus himalayanus, Boli. 



(Jeotraqus himalayaiim, Boheman,* Schiinh. Gen. Cure, viii, pt. 2, 

 1845, p. 412. 



Colour black, with earth-brown scaling, the elytra with some 

 irregular darker markings. 



Head with fine confluent punctation, the forehead striolate and 

 with a tine central stria ascending the vertex. Kostrunt longer 

 than broad, parallel-sided, striolate above, broadly impressed in 

 the basal half, with a ntirrow central furrow and without any 

 iuite-ocular impression. Antennai red-broun, the funicie with the 



