I9I5-] ^ F. H. Gravely : Coleoptera, VIII. 517 



Genus LEPTAULAX, Kaup. 

 Widely distributed over the Indo-Australian Region. 



Leptaulax dcntatus (Fabr.) s. str. 



Kobo, 400 ft., 2-xii-ii and 8-xii-ii. 

 Janakmukh, 600 ft., 18-x-ii. 

 Rotung, 1400 ft., 28-xii-ii. 

 Upper Rotung, 2000 ft., 9-i-i2. 

 Renging to Rotung, 2600 ft., 20-xii-ii. 

 Kalek, 3800 ft., 29-xii-ii. 



A very variable and widely distributed species. Its range 

 appears to coincide with that of the genus. 



L. cyclotaenius, Kuwert, subsp. himalayae, Kuwert. 



Renging, 2150 ft., ig-xii-ii. 

 This form is only known in addition from the Dafla Hills and 

 Tonkin. L. cyclotaenius, s. str., the only other known form of the 

 species, is a Malaysian insect and is not known to occur north of 

 Perak. 



Leptaulax bicolor, Fabr., s. str. 

 Janakmukh, 600 ft., i8-xii-ii. 



This species, like L. dentatus, is very variable, and has the 

 same zoogeographical range as the genus. 



Leptaulax roepstorfi, Kuwert. 



Yembung, iioo ft., 8-ii-i2. 

 Rotung, 1400 ft., 24-xii-ii. 



This remarkably'' flat insect was originally described from the 

 Andamans, and has since been described from Tenasserim. This 

 record extends its known range northward very considerably. 



LUCANIDAE. 

 Very few Lucanids were collected. They are as follows : — 



Mctapodontus impressus, Waterhouse. 

 Kobo, 400 ft., 6-xii-ii, under log ( cp-). 

 The Indian Museum possesses a female from the Darjeeling 

 District. No other precise records appear to have been made. 



Eurytrachelus sp. 9 . 

 Janakmukh, 600 ft., 18-xii-ii, in rotten wood. 



