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the posterior nnglcs of the prothorax, in which respect it agrees 

 with Luc. j)U7icl'tger, Hope (Cat. Lucan. p. 24 ; Linn. Trans, xviii. 

 p. 592), but which differs from the present species in the elytra 

 being destitute of costae, and in its much less strongly punctured 

 prothorax. The type specimens of the last-mentioned species 

 are females, and are regarded with considerahle probability by 

 Major Parry as the other sex of L, hulbosus, Hope, which, with 

 other African and Indian species, constitutes Mr. Thomson's 

 second section of Prosopocoilus, 



The head is very rudely punctured on the upper side ; the 

 anterior lateral angles are obliquely rounded off; the clypeus forms 

 a bilobed projection ; the mandibles are rather small, acute at the 

 tips, wiih a tooth beyond the middle of the inner margin ; on the 

 middle of the crown are two irregular smooth patches, and there is 

 a somewhat elevated space between each eye and the base of the 

 antennae; the eye is divided through its anterior half by the sharp 

 curved canihus. The mentum is short, almost semicircular, and 

 rudely punctured. The maxillae are short, the inner lobe termi- 

 nating in a sharp, hooked spine (a character also found in the 

 fema.]e of Pr. Martini, Hope, an African species of this sub-ginus). 

 The labium is terminated by two elongated, strongly-setose lobes, 

 and the labial palpi are rather long, slender, and with the terminal 

 joint thick and ovate. The prothorax is strongly punctured, the 

 sides are rounded and slightly serrulated, the posterior lateral 

 angles are obliquely emarginate. The elytra are elongate, some- 

 what parallel, each with three strong costae, the middle one 

 interrupted near the shoulder ; between the raised suture and 

 the first costa are two slender lines edged with punctures, and 

 the interstices between the costae are very closely and finely 

 punctured. The extremity of the elytra is also very thickly 

 punctured. The body beneath is but slightly punctured, except 

 at the sides of the metasternum and apical segment of the abdo- 

 men. The fore tibia? are armed with live teeth, of which the two 

 at the apex are the largest, and the four posterior til)ia2 have a 

 spine in the middle of the outer edge of each. 



PI. XI. fig, 4. 'I'he insect magnified. 4a, the head with one of the antennje ; 

 46, the eye half divided by the canllius ; ^c, maxilla ; 4(/, mentum ; 4e, 

 labium and palpi; 4J', presternum; 4g, the same sideways. — J. O. W.] 



Cladognatiius Natalensis i (var. max.). Parry. 



C.piceo-castaneus; elytris castaneis, sutura tcnuissime nigricanti; 

 mandibulis capitis prothoracisque fere longitudine, falcatis, 

 apicibus dilatatis, furcatis, interne spina minima obtusa 

 armatis ; clypeo parvo, binodoso ; capitc transvcrso, cum pro- 



