mi 8. 1 F. 11. (iuAVKLV: Pnssalidai' of tin' Worhl. 95 



Pelopides monticulosus (Smith). 



I'<i.i.siilu.s moiiliciil.siis. Smith, 18.VJ, p. >>, \>\. i, li;^. I. 



(liitijibdlncuemis monlinilo.ins, (Jravely, U»l4c. pp. 249-2ijO, pi. xiii, tig. 49ff. 



Tliroi* specinxMis Iroiii Sumatra (two l)ciiij^ lioin Bedagei Interior, <;a. 6oo ft.), ami a 

 iuimlici- liiiiii Honicd (.Mts. Kinalialii ami .Marapok). Loiifjtli .39-45 mm. 



Pelopides tridens (Wiodomaim). 

 IM. I. 



Pa.-:s,iins lilth'ii.s. Wiedeinaiiii, 1S2:5. \)\}. IdiMlO. 



(t'liiiplidlooieniis tridens, (Jravely, 1!)1 Ic, p. •J.jO. pi. xiii, tigs. •jO-.'iOrt. 



Nine .specimen.s from Sumatra (Bedagei Interior, ca. 600 ft. ; Ciug. Talaiig, I'adaug 

 Interior ; Mt. Singalang) ; many from Java (Telaga Boda.s, Garoet, 4,000-5,000 ft. ; G. Tji 

 Salimar, ca. 3,000 ft. ; Tji Boda.s, Gng. Gede, ca. 4,000 ft., all in Preanger ; also Buitenxorg 

 and Tjandiroto) : and one said to come from the Key Islands (near New Guinea). Length 



46-56 nun. 



The species of Pelopides may be identified as follows : — 



!' The anterior lower tooth ot the riulit iiiandihle small but distinct 

 in unworn .s])eciniens . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 



Till- anterior lower tooth of the riuht mandible absent . . .. .. 3. 



I' The outer tubercles at least approximately symmetrical ; the 

 anterior lower tooth of the riiiht mandible hu;>;er . . P. sifinmelricus, p. 'J4. 



The inner angle of the right outer tubercle produced forwards 

 (and inwards beyond that of the left ; the former acute, the 

 latter obtuse ; the anterior lower tooth of the right mandible 

 smaller . . . . . . . . . . P. (fravidus, p. 94. 



(The left outer tubercle consisting of a single, somewhat slender, 

 obliquely truncate process ; the right one, of a similar but 

 broader and slightly bifid inner process together with smaller 

 jv pointed outer and middle proces.ses .. .. P. simplej-, {ilrawW). 



I Both tubercles consisting of two or three denticles more or less 

 I f\i.sed together, the tubercle as a whole being very broad 

 (^ on the right or on both sides .. .. .. .. .. 4. 



I The right and left outer tubercles of eijual size, though not 

 always of identical form . . . . /^ dmsnlis. p. 94. 



The right outer tubercle much broader than the left . . . . 5. 



(The lateral grooves of the elytra all narrow, simply punctured /'. biii-meisteri, p. 94. 

 (irooves ')-! of the elytra more or less broad ; each containing a 

 ))olished flattened band, which is marked by a single row of 

 I punctures, and defined on either side by a more or less dis- 

 I tinct rougheiuMl line with which tl.e iniiictures may be to 

 I some extent confluent . . . . . . . . ti. 



