Rev. F. W. Hope on Lamellicorn Beetles. 279 



XXXIX. 071 some nondescript Lamellicorn Beetles. By 

 the Rev. F. W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



[Read 5 July, 1841.] 



Sp. 1. Nigidhts grandis, Hope. 

 Affinis Figulo vcrvcci, D. J., at multo major. Niger aiiricu- 

 latus, mandibulis brevibus robustis, externe in cornu liini- 

 ferum elevatis. Caput postice dilatatum. Thorax sparsim 

 excavato-punctatus, elytris fortiter sulcatis, pedibus tibiis 

 externe serrato-spinosis. 

 Long. lin. 10, lat. lin. 3^. 



This species is apparently the largest hitherto discovered ; it 

 was taken at Sierra Leone, by Mr. Strachan. It must here be 

 added, that Figulus vervex, of the catalogue of the Baron de Jean, 

 is in reality a Nigidius. 



Sp. 2. Liicanus Burmeisteri, Hope. (PI. XIH. fig. 3.) 

 Niger, mandibulis capite thoraceque longioribus, dentibus ar- 

 matis, binis ad apicem minoribus, tertio fere in medio multo 

 fortiori, apicibus furcatis et interne denticulatis. Caput luni- 

 forme, antice elevatum, fronte valde excavato ; oculis promi- 

 nentibus. Thorax longitudine capite fequalis, lateribus in 

 medio acuminatis. Elytra castanea, ad basin nigro triangulo 

 variegata, sutura nigricanti. Pedes concolores, femoribus 

 tibiisque inermibus. 

 Long. Corp. mandibulis inclusis 3 unc. 4 lin., lat. lin. 11. 

 In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



This magnificent insect was lately sent to this country from 

 the Mysore, and I have much pleasure in naming it in honour of 

 Dr. Burmeister, who has so materially increased our information 

 on the subject of the LamcUicorn beetles. I regard this insect as 

 the type of a new genus, which I name Anoplocnemus, from having 

 all its tibiee unarmed. 



Sp. 3. Dorcus DarwinU, Hope. 



Affinis D. Eschscholtzn, at minor. Atro-fuscus, mandibulis den- 



tatis nigris. Caput postice latum subspinosum. Thorax disco 



medio elevato, lateribus depressis, valde punctatis. Elytra 



convexa multipunctata. Corpus infra nigrum. Pedes femo- 



