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posteriorly : mandibles robust and unidentate at the base, forked at 

 the apex : thorax with the lateral margins slightly serrated : meso- 

 and metatibiaj unidentate. Length 1 inch 9 lines ; breadth 6 lines. 

 It is in Dr. Cantor's cabinet. (Id. 589). 



4. Lucanus curvidens. Black: head very much depressed, and 

 furnished with two prominent teeth in front : mandibles with a strong 

 curved tooth at the base : elytra strio-punctate, externally rugosely 

 punctate : mesotibise unidentate : metatibioe setose. Length 1 inch 

 9 lines ; breadth 63- lines. In Mr. Hope's cabinet. (Id.) 



5. Lucanus hulbosus. Dark chesnut, with the femora coral-red : 

 mandibles armed internally with rounded teeth ; acute at the apex : 

 prothorax broader than the head : meso- and metatibia unidentate. 

 Length 1 inch 6 lines ; breadth 6 lines. Inhabits Assam. In Dr. 

 Cantor's cabinet. (Id. 589, tab. xl. fig. 2). 



6. Lucanus astacoides. Chesnut; with the antennae, a spot on 

 each side of the prothorax, the scutellum, and the margins and suture 

 of the elytra black : the head is bituberculate : the mandibles have 

 small black teeth at the base, and are acute at the apex. Length 1 

 inch 3 lines; breadth 4 lines. (Id. p. 590). 



7. Lucanus foveatus. Chesnut ; with the head pitchy black, the 

 margins and suture of the elytra black, the femora coral red, and the 

 tarsi black : the mandibles have one strong tooth near the middle and 

 four smaller ones nearer the apex ; the head has two teeth in front and 

 a deep impression between them. Length 2 inches, breadth 6 lines. 

 Inhabits Assam: in Mr. Griffiths' cabinet. (Id. 590). 



8. Lucanus omissus. Chesnut; the antennae, suture and margins of 

 the elytra, and tarsi, black : the mandibles have two teeth near the 

 base and four others nearer the apex. Length 1 inch 9 lines, breadth 

 6 lines. In Mr. Hope's cabinet. (Id. 591). 



9. Lucanus serricollis. Black, polished : the mandibles are short 

 and sinuate : the sides of the prothorax are serrated : the club of the 

 antennae has five leaflets. Length 1 inch 3 lines, breadth 6 lines. 

 (Id. 591). 



10. Lucanus punctiger. Black, punctured, especially the anterior 

 part of the head : lateral margins of the prothorax serrated : elytra 

 strio-punctate. Length 94r lines, breadth 4 lines. In Mr. Griffiths' 

 cabinet. (Id. 592). 



11. Cheirotonus MacLeaii. ^neous green, the elytra being orna- 

 mented with numerous yellow-brown spots : the prothorax is coarsely 

 I)unctured, it has a longitudinal channel down the middle and its la- 

 teral margins are serrated ; the body beneath being clothed with long 



