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and small forms; but the forked apex is indicated even in a speci- 
men (in the Dehra Dun collection) in which scarcely a trace of any 
tooth except the basal remains. The wide separation of the 
tubercles on either side of the middle of the anterior margin of the 
head, and the sharp posterior margin of the lower surface of the 
anterior femora are characters which distinguish small as well as 
large males of this species from those of the last. Attention may 
also be called to three other differences, differences which, though 
slight in themselves, are worthy of note on account of their intensi- 
fication in the female. They are: the faintly rougher average tex- 
ture of the anterior parts of, the present species; the slightly 
broader (oblique) truncation of the anterior angles of the pro- 
‘notum; and the somewhat less slender terminal process of the 
anterior tibia. The female of the present species differs from that 
of the preceding species in having the head very coarsely punc-’ 
tured, the anterior angles of the pronotum distinctly (transversely) 
truncate, and the terminal process of the anterior tibia much stouter 
and composed of 3-4 teeth. 
Genus METOPODONTUS, Hope. 
Metopodontus foveatus, Hope. 
(Text-figure 2.) 
The type of this species, which has been re-examined by 
Boileau, is from Sylhet in Assam; our specimens of the typical 
form are from Assam and the adjacent Naga Hills. Boileau (Bull. 
Soc. Ent. France, 19tt, pp. 63-5, I text-fig.) has described asa 
distinct species M/. poulton: ‘‘ nombreux specimens des deux sexes, 
de diverses provenances, mais principalement recus du Boutan 
(Sakiou, Maria Basti').”’ Our specimens of this form are all from 
the Eastern Himalayas. A third form is represented by a series 
of specimens from (?) Rangoon,” belonging to the Bombay Natural 
History Society and to the Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. 
The large male of this series (text-fig. 2F) has one large tooth only 
on each mandible as in M. foveatus (text-fig. 2D), not two asin M. 
poultont (text-fig. 2A); but this tooth is basal as in males of M. 
joveatus of moderate size (text-fig. 2E), not median as in large 
males of that form. These three forms, and possibly M. cimnamo- 
meus from the Sunda Islands, should probably be regarded as 
local races of a single species. It seems doubtful whether any 
definite distinctions between them exist except in large males. 
I. M. FOVEATUS subsp. POULTONI, Boileau. 
W. Himalayas: Almora—Kimoli ( 2 ). 
E. Himalayas: Darjeeling Dist.—Darjeeling (). Kurseong 
(ano i: Pashole (o7 2 ). 
1 Maria Basti (or Kaggia Monastery) is situated in the part of the Darjeeling 
District sometimes known as “ British Bhutan.” Sakiou is doubtless a misprint 
for Sakion(g), a few miles further west in the same district. 
2 Probably brought with timber from some hilly district. 
