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XVI. DefcriptJons of fame fingular Coleopterous Infers. 



By Charles Schreibcrs, M. D. Deputy Profejor of Natural H'ljlory in the 



Univerfity of Vienna. 



Read April 7, 180 1. 



LUCANUS jENEus. 



. Tab. XX. Fig. i. 



X-<UCANUS oblongus seneus; mandibulis exfertis, brevibus, validis, 

 recurvis, interne ferrugineo hirtis ; capite parvo, tranfverfo, fub- 

 bicornuto; thorace magno, convexo, transverfo, margine utrinque 

 angulo deflexo ; elytris fubcylindricis, convexis, fubrugolulis ; 

 tibiis anticis latioribus, dentatis, interne lamina cornea falciformi 

 munitis. 



Caput transverfe oblongo quadratimi, breve, thoraci multo anguflius, 

 planiufculum, pundlis excavatis fcabrum, nitidum viridi jeneum, 

 interdum ex cupreo incurvatum; triangulo medio magno fubexca- 

 vato marginibus elevatis glabris, lateralibus poflice conniventibus, 

 antice ad latera marginis anterioris ante oculos fubprom.inentibus ; 

 hinc caput fubbicornutum. Margo anticus fubemarginatus. 



Oculi laterales, ovati, brunnei. 



Antennae breves, fufco-nigrefcentes, glabras,nitidae, ante oculos inferta?, 

 thoraci breviores, uni-articulat3c, lateraliter expanfa: vel fubfiffileF, 

 extrorfum crafTiores, apice pertufac, lo-articulatse : articulo primo 

 maximo, clongato, clavato ; 5 infequentibus parvis fubsqualibus. 



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