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XVI. Defer iptions of fome ftngular Coleopterous InfeBls. 



By Charles Schreibers, M. D. Deputy Prcfejfor of Natural H'lftory in the 

 ■ ^ TJtiiverftty of Vienna, - .— 



Read April 7, 1801. 



^ LUCANUS jENEus'. '■/ f ^ 



Tab. XX. Fig. i. 



X_wUCANUS oblongus 3Gneus ; mandibulis exfcrtis, brcvlbub, validis, 

 recurvis, interne ferrugineo hiitls ; capite parvo, tranfverfo, fub- 

 bicornuto; thorace magno, convexo, transverfo, marglne utrinquc 

 angulo deflexo ; elytris fubcylindricis, convexis, iubriigofulis ; 

 tibiis anticis latioribus, dentatis, interne lamina cornea talciformi 

 munitis. 

 CapT4t transverfe oHoiigo^'na^ratnfrn, breve, thoraci multo anguftius, 

 planiufculum, pun£tis excavatis fcabrum, nitidum viridi .-eneum, 

 iiiterdum ex cupreo incurvatum; triangulo medio magno fubexca- 

 vato marginlbiis elevatis glabris, lateralibus poftice conniventibus, 

 antice ad latera marginis anterioris ante oculos fubpromincntibus ; 

 hinc caput fubbicornutum. Marge anticus fubemarginatus. 

 OcuH laterales, ovati, brunnei. 



Antenna' hrevcs, fufco-nigrefcentes, glabra:, nitidae, ante ociilo" inferta:, 



thoraci breviores, nni-articulatse, lateraliter expanfe vel fabfifTiie?, 



extrorftim crafliores, apice pertufx, lo-articulatas: aiticulo primo 



maximo, elongate, clavato ; 5 infequentibas parris fubxqualibus, 



Vol. VL B b fubmoni- 



