METOPODONTUS KANNEGIETERI. 



63 



NOTE XIII. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE 

 LUCANOID GENUS METOPODONTUS 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT VAN DE POLL. 



Metopodontus Kannegieteri v. d. Poll. 



Closely allied to M. suturalis Oliv., having exactly the 

 same coloration and dentition of mandibles (at least in the 

 development now before us), but comparing individuals of 

 equal size , our new species is in all its proportions a much 

 more slender and elegant insect, whilst the following 

 structural differences of the head and thorax show at a 

 glance its specific distinctness : 



sutwalis. 



Head flat, with a very shal- 

 low frontal depression ; ocular 

 canthus cut off in a straight 

 line. 



Kannegieteri. 



Head considerably swollen, 

 with a deep semi-circular 

 depression in front, the vertex 

 with two small nodosities 

 (which probably in larger 

 developed individuals will as- 

 sume a more spini- or den- 

 tiform shape) in the middle 

 at the margin of the declivity; 

 ocular canthus rather deeply 

 emarginate. 



Notes from the Hjeyden IMuseum, "Vol, XVII. 



