66 UROCR tOLtOPTERA. 



t'LAVICOKNES. 

 lJ\rrlii(lii'. 



I 

 No ii|>ecit>8 of llii-t fHiaiiy have Itcvn fuuml in this Stale. 



Ilistcrid;!'. 



HiNTKH (tiNKoHMio (IMatrxxxi, flR.rt.) 



Color l>lnfk : Ihonix Itlui.oh I >liirk, smooth, |Mi)i>hiil ; clylni without piinrlurfs, striate; 

 Mriw ••l>*il«'tr. I.(<n(;tli unptrnth of an in«h. 



LAAILLLk'ORNES. 



liUcailid;)-. 



(Jkmh UCANl'S(LiNx.). 

 ' I)vi>n.'!«.se*i inaij(lil>lfs ol" tin* male very hir^^f ; Atuali- miKlcrati- : tlult of tlu- anteiitm- 

 » four joiiilril, i>tftiuatt«l ' ( \\ i.sxwoou). 



LtcAxru KAMA ( Kal>.). /.. capriolus ( Linn.). ( Plate xii, flg. 7.) 



Thi- in-tct is large, dark <h«xtiiut l)n«\vn, smooth and plain ; thighs lighter : nmndihles 



of the male long and ]M>werful ; female less fionerfiil than the male. Lendh alout 



1 J <>r 1|5 inch. 



The male Luranus may l>e reeogni/ed l>y its large and t<Mithed mamiihles, whieh stand 



out so [iromlnently in fn>nt. The female differs fn)m the male in the sniallnessof Its head, 



whieh is |>artially <"<ineeale<l Iwneath the tahrnm and the oMique truneati<>n<'f the lateral 



margin of the tlwrax. Then- Is a e.>n«ider.dde variation In the size of the individuals. It 



I.S not an niieommon sjieeies in \e\v-Y'«rk and New-England. The larva* inliahit the trunks 



of decaying trees, or in wiM.d. 



PiAT^rr.RAs iinis. ( Plate xii, figs. 10, 11.) 



The tfenu« Pi.ATvrr.HAu iM'longs to this gnuip. The mandibles are shorter than those of 

 the LicAMH, in lM»th sex^-s : it is also a mueh smaller in.s^-ct. 



•Color brown ; elytra distinctly punctate ; mandibles exsert, and each fhows a stn>ug 

 curved sulieentral tooth : in the female, the mandibles an* shorter and less ct^n- 

 spicuous. Length from one-half to six-tenths of an inch. 

 Fig. 10, male -.11. female. \^ iih mandibles, antenna* and on elytnuu. 



