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ill front, and its surface is rather Htiely rugose. The carina 

 is stronger, and the horns are represented by a pair of conical 

 tubercles. The prothorax is njore elongate and only slightly 

 refuse in front. 



{h) Male with two connected ct'plmlic limns. 

 Onthophajas productus, s[t. n. 



Niger, convcxus ; capito parvo, subtiliter rugoso-piinctato, antico 

 rotuiidato, vix emarginato , prothorace postice ante basin fere 

 carinatim elcvato, latcribus valde angulatis, margiue postico angu- 

 lato, angulisquc posticis distiuctis ; elytris striatis, interbtitiis 

 convexis, crcbre et rugose punctatis, niinutissirac setosis ; pygidio 

 sat grosse punctato ; metasterni medio uitido, parce sat grosse 

 punitato, 



J. Capite postice coniubus duobiis curvatis, baud loiigis armato; 

 l)rotliorace nitido, minute baud crebro puuctato, latcribus antice 

 vix punctatis, antice valde angustato, angulis anticis acutis, 

 fossulutis, dorso antice medio elevato ; tibiis anticis clongatis, sat 

 gracilibus. 

 $ . Capite carina suturali aliaque frontali medio leviter acuminata 

 armato ; prothorace rugose punctato et setoso, carina transversa 

 antica paruni elevata. 



Long. 10-12 mm. 



JIab. N. India, Sikkim. 



Black, clothed with short dark setae, except at the middle 

 of the metasternum and the prothorax of the male, which is 

 shining. The head is small, finely and rugosely punctured 

 and scarcely eniarginate in iront. The prothorax is strongly 

 angulated at tiie middle of the sides and distinctly at the 

 middle of the base, and the hind angles are not rounded 

 away. The posterior part of the disk is elevated into a blunt- 

 edged carina just before the margin. The elytra are striated, 

 with the interstices convex, finely and rugosely punctured 

 and setose. The ))ygidium is rather coarsely punctured, and 

 the middle of the metasternum shining and sparingly 

 punctured. 



cJ . The head is produced behind into a pair of slender 

 but not very lotig horns, united by a sharp ridge at the base 

 and forming v;ith it rather more than half of a perfect circle. 

 The prothorax is shining, finely and not closely puncturetl 

 and not setose, except in front, where it is sliglitly rugose. 

 It is strongly contracted in front, elevated in the median 

 part, and much depressed at the sides, with a round pit in 

 each front angle. The front tibite are elongate and slender. 



? . The head bears two transverse carinas, of which the 

 frontal one is minutely acuminate in the middle. The [)ro- 



