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OBSERVATIONS ON THE 



Species. 



Country. 



Modern Arrang. of Author t» 



Sp. 3. Capra. This species appears to be the same as 

 Luc. Capreolus of Fabricius. 



Sp. 4. Elaphus. In the Systema Eleutheratorum, the 

 Fabrician name is Elephas, and not Elaphus, — probably an 

 error of the press. 



Sp. 8. Capreolus. Olivier makes use of the name of 

 Capreolus instead of Dama, and in a note states his opinion 

 that the latter insect is the same bls Luc. Capreolus of Linnaeus. 



Sp. 9. Suturalis. There is a specimen of this insect in 

 the Leyden collection ; and, if 1 remember rightly, Monsieur 

 De Haan informed me that its locality was Japan. 



Sp. 10. Femoratus. The Lucanidw of South America are 

 numerous. The above species, with several others closely 

 allied to it, ought to be formed into a new genus. In my 

 MSS. I have given it the provisional name of Leptynopteriis, 

 as characteristic of the Liicanid(S of the new world, as several 

 species from the base of the elytra to the apex are gradually 



