'^he Cane Qrubs of j^ustralia 



By A. P. DODD 



Part I. — Descriptive Matter. 



The following table is a recapitulation of Girault and Dodd's, with 

 the addition of several new species, the omission of several others, and 

 the correction of some wrongly-given characters; also changes have been 

 made in the order of the table and the mutual relations of the species, 

 the breeding of many hitherto unconnected larvae establishing their 

 relationships. The larva? omitted in this present table are Nos. 364, 349, 

 539, and 607 ; of these No. 364 belongs to the Coprides, and No. 349 is 

 the Lucanid, Cladognathus torrensis Deyr. The added larvje are 

 Lcpidioto caudafo, Lcpicliota sp. No. 683, Lcpiliota sp. No. 615, Lepidiota 

 sp. No. 10, Anoplognathus sp. No. 686, Isodon punciicolUs, and No. 625. 

 Of the larva: whose identity have been established through breeding, 

 No. 377 is Lepidiota rothei, No. 89 is Anomala anstralasiae, No. 646 is 

 Heteronyx sp.. No. 609 is Epholcis hilohiceps, Nos. 587 and "650 are 

 species of Haplonijdia, No. 678 is Semanopterus depressiusculus, and 

 No. 576 is Horonotus optatus. 



In Girault and Dodd's table, p. 4, line 11 from bottom, it is stated, 

 ^'second lobe of abdominal segments 2-6 smallest, longest at the meson," 

 and this statement occurs also in the description of Xylotrupes aiistra- 

 Jicus; in all the species the incisions of the abdominal segments are 

 similar, the second lobe of segments 2-6 disappearing laterally but at the 

 meson is as long or longer than the first or third. In the description of 

 Calloodes greyanits, p. 12, a sentence reads, "Cervix unarmed, also the 

 segmental convexities"; this should be "Cervix unarmed, also the 

 segmental sutures." The shape of the mandibles, used in the descrip- 

 tions of the various Lepidiotas, is a variable character and on which no 

 reliance can be placed. 



Four sub-families of the Scaraba^ida? are represented in this present 

 table, viz., the Cetonides, Mflolo>ithidcs, lintelides, and Dynastidcs ; the 

 two species of the Cetonides are at once eliminated ; those representing 

 the Mclolontliides are then separated, the species of Lepidiota being 

 divided from their smaller relations ; the species of the Rutelides and 

 Dynastides also split into two natural groups. 



TABLE TO THE LARV.^ (based on Stage III. examples). 



(1) Body short and stout, the head much narrower, not conspicuous, partly retracted, 

 the legs small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = (2). 



Body not short and stout, the head not much nan-ower, conspicuous, not retracted, 

 the legs not small " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = (3). 



