262 DESCRIPTIONES LUCANIDARUM, &C. 



Sp. 3. Fig. sublaevis. yiter nitidus, elytris Irevibus, singulis 

 punctorum impressoriim Unea clenticulata cinctis et lineolis 

 punctatis duobus incequaUbus sublateralibus munitis quarum 

 breviori tertiam partem longitudinis elytrorum mx attingit, 

 tJiorace in medio canalicidato, canalicida punctata. (Long. 

 Corp. lin. 7^.) 



Habitat Oware, Africse, in truncis arborum emortuarum. 

 Lucanus sublasvis. Palisot de Beauvois, Ins. Afr. et Amer. 

 P. 3, PI. 1, fig. 4. 



Sectio II. 



Elytra regidariter striata, mentum in medio inerme. 



Sp. 4. Fig. striatus. Niger nitidus, mandibulis apice \-den- 

 tatis, fronte concava tix punctata., tuberculo utriuque ad 

 angulum antico-internum oculorum^ thorace antice submucro- 

 nato, lateribzts punctatissimis, dorso canaliculato, canali ab- 

 breviata punctata, elytris Icevibus, singula lO-punctato-striato, 

 apice punctatis, tibiis anticis extus 1-dentatis. (Long. corp. 

 lin. 6.) 



Habitat in insula Mauritio. — In Miis. nostr. 



Lucanus striatus. Olivier, Entomol. I. 19, Tom. IV. fig. 14. 

 Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. II. 25^. 



Obs. — Fabricius, who appears to have been acquainted with this 

 species from the works of Olivier only, gives " India " as its 

 habitat. My specimens, sent me from Mauritius, by M. Julien 

 Desjardins, agree with Olivier's description. 



Sp. 5. Fig. confusus. " Ater nitidus, mandibulis apice 

 3-dentatis, clypeo concaco, obscure punctata, thorace quadrato 

 antice uni-dentato^ lateribus punctatis elytris punctato-striatis 

 apice punctatis; maris tibiis anticis extus S-dentatis ; fem.? 

 minor, tibiis anticis extus 6-dentatis.'' MacLeay. Descriptio 

 accuratior requiritur. 



Habitat in India orientali. 



Figulus striatus. MacLeay, Horce Entomol. p. 109. 



Obs. — The Rev. F. W. Hope, in his Coleopterist's Manual, p. 79, 

 has made some observations, apparently witli the view of showing 



