Entomology of China, &c. 5 
taken the Lepidoptera, and it is hoped that the remaining Orders, 
containing but few species, will not be neglected by those members 
of this Society who are capable of describing them. In conclud- 
ing these brief remarks I have only to add, that since a renewal 
of our acquaintance with Chinese forms has commenced, it will 
be well not to neglect them; there are several naturalists able 
and willing to collect for us, and it is but just that their exertions 
and labours should be recorded in describing for them what they 
have amassed. 
To what more valuable Entomological region can we look than 
China: let us speak of the unknown regions between the Bay of 
Bengal on one side, and the Chinese sea on the other, and, next, 
the territories between Pekin on the north and Singapore on the 
south, we shall there find a sufficiency of climate, soil, mountain, 
forest, jungle, lake, and land; in short, all that the most fastidious 
can desire. It is in those extended limits of the east that much, 
very much, may be expected, and I would here designate them as 
holding out a Sofala or an Eldorado to the Entomologist. It is 
reported that the discovery of silk was first made in those regions, 
There the manufacture of it has flourished for centuries, and still 
it flourishes in perfection. It is there we may obtain raw silk 
sufficient to glut the European markets. There also we shall find 
the Cochineal and Lac insects, abundance of honey and wax, and 
why may not galls of commerce and other insectal products be 
confidently expected? such indeed as may tend to the promotion 
of arts and sciences; in a word, few countries of the world are so 
immensely rich in the treasures of nature as China, and as the 
arts have derived much benefit from thence, let us see if science, 
and particularly the science of Entomology, cannot equally be 
benefited. 
Descriptions of the New Coleoptera sent from Chusan 
by Dr. Cantor. 
Lucanus. 
Sp. 1. Lucanus Confucius, Hope. 
é Niger, nitidus, mandibulis capite thoraceque fere aequalibus. 
Long. lin. 28, lat. lin. 7. 
Caput depressum, clypeo in medio producto, flavo-ciliato. 
Thorax transverse oblongus, angulis posticis oblique trun- 
