422 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor te 
The elytra of the female are scarcely if at all less glossy at the 
sides than above; the sides (especially the anterior angles) of 
the pronotum ate finely roughened and are as a rule coarsely 
punctured in addition. ‘The head is finely roughened in front of 
the tubercle, coarsely roughened on either side of a smooth median 
band behind it. 
Hemisodorcus suturalis, Westwood. 
W. Himalayas: ? Kashmir Valley, ca. 5000-6000 ft. ( 2 ). 
Dehra Dun District—Jaunsar* (o 2 ). 
Tehri Garhwal—Balcha (7). 
This species has hitherto been placed in the genus Dorcus, from 
which it is distinguished by the structure of the prosternum and 
the characters of the female. The female differs from that of the 
preceding species in the more uniform sculpturing of the upper 
surface of the head, in the less prominent canthus, and in the 
elytra which, like those of the male, are polished only in their 
anterior inner angles. In the Kashmir specimen the distinction 
between the dull and polished parts of the elytra is much less 
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‘TEXT-FIGURE 4. 
Left mandibles of large and small males of Dorcus vaksha, nat. size. 
marked than in the others. This specimen may, therefore, belong 
to a distinct species or local race ; or it may be in poor condition. 
Genus DORCUS, Macleay. 
Dorcus yaksha, n. sp. 
(Pl. xxix, fig. 1; text-figure 4.) 
E. Himalayas: Darjeeling District—Kurseong, ca. 5000 ft. 
(or). 
Dafla Hills—Dikrang Valley (o). 
This species resembles D. vicinus, Saunders and D. ratiocina- 
tivus, Westwood, but differs from both in having the large tooth 
on the mandibles much smaller in proportion to the size of the 
insect, and situated more basally. It also resembles D. antaeus, 
Hope, but is much smaller, its tooth being proportionally larger 
than in that species. Females closely resemble those of D. antaeus, 
but are very much smaller. 
From Kurseong we have two males, 33:and 29 mm. long res- 
pectively, and two females 28 and 22 mm. long respectively. 
They were all presented to us by Mr. N. B. Jahans, who collected 
