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CtADOGNATHus APPROxiMATUs ^, Parry (var. max.). 



C. nigro-castaneus, nitidus ; capite subquadrato, antice depresso, 

 emarginato, subopaco, confertissime punctulato ; mandibulis 

 gracilibus, capiti cum prothorace longittidine asqualibus, fere 

 recti's, intiis spinis 3 — 5 armatis, apicJbiis furcatis ; pro- 

 thorace transverse, elytris latiori, lateribus fere rectis, angulis 

 posticis obtusis, dorso sublaevigato, tenuissime granuloso ; 

 elytris nitidis, sublente minute punctulatis, apicem versus 

 attenuatis ; tibiis anticis extus irregulariter denticulatis, 

 quatuor posticis simpiicibus. 



Long. Corp. unc. 1 ; mandib. lin. 7. 



Hab. Cochin China, Laos. Mus. Saunders et Parry ^,2. 



Collected by the late M. Moiihot, and allied to C. Buddha, 

 Hope (Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 107), the type specimen of which 

 is in my own collection, but differs in the form and armature 

 of the mandibles, in the head being wider and much less emargi- 

 nate in front, and in the narrow and more attenuated form of the 

 elytra. 



Cladognathus eximius, Parry. 



C. castaneus, nitidus (<^ var. med.) ; mandibulis nigris, capitis 

 longitudine, subtrigonis, supra crebre punctatis, intus obtuse 

 denticulatis ; capite magno, nigro-piceo, depresso, late semi- 

 circulariter emarginato, margine antice leviter elevato ; pro- 

 thorace transverse, capite elytrisque latiori, confertissime 

 granuloso, angulis anticis rotundatis, posticis obtusis, late- 

 ribus utrinque macula nigra notatis ; elytris tenuissime punc- 

 tatis, sutuia late nigro-marginata ; subtus fusco-ferrngineus ; 

 antennis pedibusque piceis ; tibiis anticis extus serratis, inter- 

 mediis spina acuta armatis, posticis tuberculo parvo instructis. 



Long. Corp. (mandib. incl.) unc. 1, lin. 4. 



2 Mandibulis brevibus, intus unidentatis; capite rugoso-punctato; 

 prothorace lateribus rotundatis, paice fortiterque punctato, 

 disco nigro-piceo ; elytris crebre irregulariterque punctatis. 



Long. Corp. unc. 1. 



Hab. Afric. Occ. Coll. Parry. 



This species is allied both to C Senegalensls, Klug, and C. 

 quadndens, Hope, from which, however, its rich chestnut colour, 

 similar to that of C. Savagei, Hope, at once distinguishes it. 



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