10 



CEEAMBTCID^. 



more than twice as long as broad, slightly narrowed behind, 

 rounded at the apex, often ^^■ith a small spine on each at the 

 suture. Legs long, the anterior two pairs more or less asperate 

 underneath ; tarsi elongated, the first joint as long as the second 

 and third together ; third joint bilobed, the lobes rounded at the 

 end. Intercoxal part of prosternum strongly arched u]) in the 

 middle, curved down behind, its end resting on the raesosternum. 

 Last ventral segment slightly sinuate at the apex. 



5 . Head and mandibles shorter. Antennae much shorter, more 

 slender and less strongly serrate. Pronotum shorter, its antero- 

 lateral spine nearer to the front margin, the lateral edge in 

 front of it more oblique. Last ventral segment with rounded 

 hind marefiu. 



d . Dark brown or almost 



5. Lophosternus indicus, Hope (Prionus), Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 27 

 (1831). ^ . 



Lophosternus (Cyrtosteriius) hopei, Guer. Ico7i. Hifpie Anim., Ins. 

 p. 210 (1844). 



black in colour. Head coarsely 

 punctured ; eyes rather narrow, 

 the upper lobe at a distance of 

 at least half its own width from 

 the antennal tuber. Antennte 

 from three-fourths to live-sixths 

 of the length of the body ; first 

 joint reaching to a short distance 

 beyond tiie hind margin of the 

 eye ; third slightly dilated, but 

 not sharply angulate at the apex ; 

 fourth slightly acute at the apex, 

 fifth to tenth produced into an 

 acute angular process at the apex 

 on the anterior side. Pronotum 

 closely and finely punctured in 

 front and for some distance back 

 along each side of the middle line, 

 closely but more strongly punc- 

 tured at the sides ; hind angles 

 more or less obtuse, often rounded 



off. Elytra more or less rugulose and punctate, with the little ridges 



closely and finely punctulate. Hind breast bare of pubescence. 

 2 . Autennce reaching only to the middle of the elytra, much 



more slender than in the male. Last ventral segment with 



rounded hind margin. Legs smooth underneath. 

 Lem/th cf $ 25-50 mm. 

 Hab. Nepal ; Bhutan ; Sikhim. 



Fig 3. 



Lophosternus indicnt^, Hope, c^ . 



