CALCODES. li»] 



Lticanus bicolor Sauiid., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii, 1S37, p. 177, 



pi. 16, fig. 3. 

 Lticanus prinsepii Hope & Westw., Cat. Luc. Col. 1845, p. l(j; 



Westw., Cab. Orient. Ent., 1848, p. 54, pi. 26, fig. o. 

 Odontolabis Kaunderfti Hope, Trans. Linn. Soc. xix, 184.'), p. 105. 

 Anoplocnemus bicolor Bunn., Handb. Ent. v, 1847, p. 360 (part). 

 Var. alticoht Moll.,* In.sektenb6r.se, xix, 1902, p. 353. 

 Oiloiitolabis gestroi Boil.,* Le Naturaliste, xxiv, 1902, p. 204. 



Black, with the elytra pale yellow, except a common black 

 sutural liand of triangular shape, not quite reaching the 

 shoulders at the base and gradiiall}' tapering to a point at tlie 

 end of the suture. The epipleurae of the elytra also yellow in 

 the male. The prosternal ])rocess produced to a ratlier shar]) 

 point. 



$. The black sutural patch tapers evenly and has an 

 almost straight outer edge. The head is rugosely jjuncturcd 

 in front and at the sides and finely coriaceous behind. The 

 pronoUuii is shining and finely and sparsely pimctured, excej^t 

 at the sides, which are finely granular and oi)a({ue. The front 

 angles are very blunt, the lateral angulation is fairly sharj) and 

 the liind angles are acute. The elytra are rather opaque, exce])t 

 upon the median black area, which is shining, with a fairly 

 close puncturation. The prosternum is usually produced a little 

 dOA^Ti wards. 



o. Tlie black sutural patch has a concave outer edge and is 

 narrower beliind than in the female. The head is closely 

 granular but not entirely opaque, the pronotuiu is densely 

 granular and opaque at the sides, finely coriaceous and moder- 

 ately shining in the middle and the elytra are rather shhiing. 

 The head bears a sharp process behind each eye, the front angles 

 of the pronotum a.re produced but not very acute, the lateral 

 angulation is produced into a sharp spine and the hmd angle 

 is also s])iniform. The prosternal process is produced obliquely 

 doMiiward. The front tibia is slender and armed witli tliree or 

 four siiarp lateral spines. 



Variation of the. male. — Inconstant phase. Small examples 

 have the mandibles sltorter than the head, Iiroad, evenly 

 rounded externally and unevenly toothed from the l)ase to the 

 tip. The front of the head is sloping, witliout a sliarp ridge. 

 In larger .specimens the front of the head forms a curvilhiear 

 ridge and the mandible, in addition to several small irregular 

 apical teeth, has two strong teeth which alternate with those 

 of the opposite niandible. 



Constant phuse. Tite front of the head foruis a strongly 

 elevated straight carina. The long mandible bears a small 

 sharp oblique tooth a little beyond the base and a strong 

 truncate process beyond the middle and the extremity is 

 broadly forked, with two or three minute teeth in tlie fork. 



