Memoirs of the Indian Museum. [Vol. Ill, 



Regd. No. 



malais, 4200 ft. | I 



iw«i » , , _ ,. , In rotten wood. | 



T. Bainbrigge Fletcher. 



.Madras Museum. 



This species is represented in the collection of the Madras Museum by two 

 si^ecimens from the timber forest, Cochin State; and in that of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society by a specitnen from Palur presented by G. I^und. Whether the latter 

 record refers to the town of that name situated in Arcot or in Chingalpat it appears 

 to be the most easterly yet made. 



Description. — Length 35'5-45 mm. Labriim transverse; usually asymmetrical, the 

 left angle being slightly more prominent than the right; anterior margin slightly 

 concave. Mandibles with upper tooth obsolete; anterior lower tooth longitudinally 

 constricted before and behind, and bifid at the tip, that of the left mandible being 

 larger and that of the right mandible smaller than the tooth in front of it. Mentum 

 finely punctured in posterior angles and beside posterior end of broad median groove ; 

 the rest coarsely punctured. Anterior margin of head usually almost imperceptibly 

 asymmetrical, the left outer tubercle being more or less distinctly longer than the 

 right; apex of both these tubercles simple in profile; marginal groove only present 

 between the tubercles; supra-orbital ridges strongly peaked, broadly rounded behind 

 the peaks, and slightly hollowed in front of them, the outer margin of the hollow 

 extending on to the slightly prominent anterior angle of each side of the head ; 

 anterior angles situated about as far from outer tubercles as these are from one 

 another, each containing about 120°; external angle of canthus containing about 90°; 

 parietal ridges broad, extending straight outwards or slightly forwards. Pronotum 

 rectangular or with sides slightly diverging behind ; median and marginal grooves in- 

 complete in front, latter not quite meeting former behind; scars small and unpunc- 

 tured. Lateral plates of lower surface of prothorax smooth and hairless in front and 

 behind, closely punctured and very hairy between. Scutellum smooth, with a few fine 



new ones, for the numbers under which specimens seen by .Stoliczka are entered in the register are ~' 

 ("named by Dr. vStoliczka and Mr. J. Wood-Mason"), '"j'* and '^' (both from "Dr. Stoliczka's Type 

 collection"). Of these four numbers only one has been found. No. ^ bears a locality label in 

 Stoliczka's writing which probably indicates its identity with No. -"p' which was presented by vStoliczka. 

 No. ",'"," bears an identification label written by Stoliczka with a record that it was presented by the 

 Madras Museum, and is presumably the specimen originally numbered ^'['". And No. ",'^', which bears 

 Stoliczka's identification label but no record of the donor, is presumably the same as No. ~^. This 

 last specimen has been listed in the new register with the preceding specimen, and both have been 

 entered as presents from the Madras Museum. 

 ' See footnote on previous page. 



