Mr. Frederick Parry’s Description, &c. 55 
VIII. Description of a new Genus of Lucanide from New 
Zealand. By FRepERIcK Parry, Esq. 
[ Read 3 October, 1842.] 
LAMELLICORNES. 
Fam. LUCANID&, Leach. 
N. G. Mrrornytuus,* mihi, 
PI. I. fig. 4. 
Characteres generict. 
Forma Platyceri caraboides, at magis cylindricus, apice elytrorum 
rotundato. 
Antenne 10-articulatze, parum geniculate ; articulo Imo longo 
incurvo, 2ndo minuto, quinque proximis gracilibus, 3tio 2do 
plus duplo-longiori, 4-7 longitudine gradatim decrescentibus, 
tribus ultimis, in masculo, singulatim elongato-filiformibus, 
et pilosis. 
Caput magnum, inerme, fronte inter antennas impressum. 
Q@ minus, 
Labrum parvum, quadratum, angulis anticis rotundatis, margine 
antico longe piloso. 
Mandibule ¢ crassz porrectz, capitis longitudine, apice curvate 
et in dentem erectum supra productae, basi externe angulato ; 
¢ minores elongato-triangulares, apice acute, denteque supero 
ante apicem armatee. 
Mazxille parve, lobo externo laciniiformi longe setoso, lobo 
interno obsoleto. 
Palpi mazillares 4-articulati, elongati, subfiliformes, articulo 
ultimo ceteris longiori, fere recto. 
Mentum magnitudine mediocri, lateribus rotundatis, antice 
angustius. 
Paipi labiales longi, 3 articulati, articulo ultimo longiori parum 
curvato. 
Prothorax transverso-quadratus, lateribus parum rotundatis, 
fere latitudini elytrorum equalis. 
Prosternum et mesosternum simplicia, haud producta. 
Elytra elongata parallela, convexa, apice rotundata, punctata, 
setulosa. 
* Mitophyllus: from estos, filum, and pvaacy, a leaf, the terminal joints of the 
antenne being like slender thread leaves. 
