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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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I, -4 Catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera ; with Illustrations 

 and Descriptions of various new and interesting 

 Species. By Major F. J. Sidney Parry, F.L.S. 



[Read 7th Sept. 1863, 4th Jan., 4th April, 1864.] 



That portion of Coleoptera known to Entomologists as the 

 Pectinicornia, and established as such by Dr. Burmeister and 

 Professor Lacordaire, may be formed into two separate divisions, 

 viz. Lucano'idea and Passaloidea. The want of sufficient mate- 

 rial prevents me from submitting any satisfactory observations on 

 the latter division ; and I must refer the reader in respect to it to 

 the Monograph of M. Percheron, as also to the several pub- 

 lications of Dr. Burmeister, the Rev. F. W. Hope, Professor 

 Lacordaire, and other Entomologists. I may remark, however, 

 that this division appears to be far from a happy one, confusion 

 and disorganization reigning to a great extent. 



The numerous new species of exotic Coleoptera that have of 

 late years enriched our collections, resulting from the indefatigable 

 labours of those enterprising travellers, the late lamented Madame 

 PfeifFer, Count de Castelnau, Messrs. Wallace, Fortune and 

 Bates, the late M. Mouhot and M. Henri Deyrolle, have enabled 

 us to add considerably to our knowledge of this branch of natural 

 history. Descriptions and figures of many new and interesting 



VOL, II. THIRD SERIES, PART I^ — MAY; 1864. B 



