78 Major F. J. Sidney Parry oh. 



in the National collection, received from Hong Kong; it 

 differs from the ordinary larger males in having the man- 

 dibles somewhat flexuous, being bent inwards near the 

 base, and with the tooth which is usually found there 

 placed midway between the basal bend and the apex, the 

 three apical teeth retain their usual position. The head 

 is very broad, the cavity between the mandibles and that 

 behind the tubercles on the disc are deeper. The thorax 

 has the central portion unusually shining. The elytra are 

 proportionally broader at the base, the suture being black. 

 The coloration of the insect is that of cinnamomeus, 

 mandibles reddish-brown, head and thorax chesnut-brown, 

 elytra fusco-testaceous, with the lower portions of the 

 femora and the base and apex of the tibias and tarsi 

 black. 



I may mention that I have recently seen specimens in 

 the collection of the Jardin des Plantes, sent from Pekin 

 by the Missionary Pere David, closely approximating to 

 M. cinnamomeus, but still more so to M. castaneus, Hope, 

 from Northern India, and considered as distinct both by 

 Count Mniszech and Mens. Blanchard. I was informed 

 that the latter gentleman has undertaken to describe this 

 insect, as also a new species of Dorcus (? Gnaphaloryw) 

 from the same locality, allied to Dorcus vehithms, Thom- 

 son. Anxious to include them in my synopsis, I wrote 

 some time back to Mens. Blanchard requesting that he 

 would kindly furnish me with the names under which 

 he intended to describe them, but up to the present 

 period I have received no answer to my communication. 



Metopodontus impressus. (PI. III. fig. 1.) 



Cladognathus impressus, Waterh. Tr. Ent. Soc. 18G9, 

 p. 17. 



Since the publication of Mr. C. Waterhouse's descrip- 

 tion of this species, of Avhich single specimens only then 

 existed in my own cabinet and in the National Collec- 

 tion, two other specimens have fallen under my notice, com- 

 municated through the kindness of Mr. E. Brown, which 

 enable me to locate this species -v^nth greater certainty in 

 the genus Metopodontus. Notmth standing that these 

 specimens do not represent a maximum development of 

 tlie insect, still the existence of tubercles (from which 

 the genus is characterized) on the anterior margin of the 



