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though they be not branched on both sides ; yet pressed together 

 they do more sharply prick ones finger than the female doth." 



In the Berlin Museum, I lately saw a most interesting variety 

 of this species, the right mandible and the right fore tibia being 

 those of a $ , the remainder of the insect exhibiting the usual 

 appearance of the S ; such an interesting specimen of a herma- 

 phrodite insect is seldom to be met with. In the same rich col- 

 lection I also saw the type specimen of Lucanus armiger, Herbst, 

 tab. 34, fig. 1 (var. cervus), the mandibles of which show a very 

 singular case of malformation. 



With regard to the various modifications of form exhibited by 

 L. cervus and other allied species of Europe and Asia Minor, see Dr. 

 Kraatz's paper, with figures, in the Berlin Entom. Zeitsch. 1860. 



Lucanus lattcornis $ , H. Deyrolle, MS. 

 A description of this new species from Asia Minor will be 

 published during the ensuing year by M. Henri Deyrolle in the 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. de France; it is allied to L. orientalh of Kraatz, 

 differing, however, in having the G-jointed clava of the antennte 

 strongly developed, and the mandibles considerably more slender. 



,^ct*. erf, Lucanus Hopei $ , Parry ( J ignota). (PI. VI. fig. 2.) 



r. L. nigro-brunneus, politus ; mandibulis elongatis, intus quinque- 



:j^^t^. /^^^^dentatis ; capite supra singulariter coronato, lobato ; femo- 

 ribus subtus stria longa latiuscula fulvo-notatis, in pedibus 

 anticis fere obsoletd ; tibiis anticis et intermediis irregu- 

 lariter 4 aut 5 denticulatis, posticis 3-dentatis. 

 Long. Corp. fere unc, 2 ; mandib. unc. 1. 

 Hab. Ind. Or., aut Archipel, Malay. Coll. Parry. 

 Head wider than the thorax, both of a brownish-black colour. 

 Clypeus of a long triangular form, placed nearly perpendicularly. 

 Fore margin of the crown of the head with a singular elevated pro- 

 cess, forming two great lobes, separated by an arcuate line. The 

 mandibles are strong and bent somewhat downwards, armed in- 

 teriorily with five teeth, the one near the tip forming with it a 

 fork ; the largest, near the base, blunt and nodose at the tip ; the 

 three others equidistant between the centre and apex. Protliorax 

 longitudinall}'' impressed down the centre; the punctuation of the 

 head and prothorax not very strong. The elytra smooth and 

 polished. The antennae of this fine species are unfortunately 

 wanting, but I have little doubt of the insect being a true Lucanus, 

 I have named it in memory of a gentleman whose services ren- 

 dered to Entomology stand preeminent. 



