some Neiu Species of Liicanulce. 19 



? . Litior, mandibulis brsvibuSj basi estus obtuse 

 dentatis ; thorace latsribus fortiter rotundatis ; elytris 

 ssaescentibus, ragulosis ; tibiis anticis latis, extus 

 quadridentatis^ quatuoi- posticis rectis, extus fortius 

 unidentatis. 



Long, (cum inandib.) 13. t liu. (28 mill.) . 



(^ . .^iieous, slightly tinged with coppery-brown. 

 Head transverse, with a transverse impression between 

 the eyes; the portion of the head behind this impression, 

 and that about the eyes, almost without punctures ; the 

 disc closely punctured ; the sides of the head almost 

 parallel, the anterior angles rectangular, anterior margin 

 furnished above the base of each mandible with a tubercle, 

 the portion between them, and on each side of them, 

 emarginate. Mandibles deflexed, of equal length with 

 the thorax, thickly punctured, somewhat straight, the 

 apices acuminate, cui'vod inwards -, the extreme base of 

 each mandible furnished above and below with a strong* 

 acuminate tooth, the upper one the larger, very little 

 punctured, slightly sloping inwards; the inner blade of 

 the mandible armed above with a small tooth near the 

 apex. Maxillary palpi very long, the last joint one-third 

 longer than the penultimate. Thorax convex, one-third 

 broader than long, not broader in front than the head, 

 but gradually increasing in width posteriorly, the hind 

 angles much rounded. Elytra three-quarters as broad 

 as long, somewhat dull, of a coppery-brown colour, 

 faintly tinged with purple; the sides are sub-parallel, 

 slightly constricted below the shoulders; the whole sur- 

 face is slightly uneven, very thickly and finely granulose- 

 punctate. The femora and the apical half of the anterior 

 tibioi are dark, shot with ajneous and purple. The an- 

 terior tibis?^. are elongate, slightly curved inwards, with 

 two strong teeth on the outside at the apex, the basal 

 half of these tibia3 yellow; middle and posterior tibiae 

 yellow, except at the apex, the former much curved, 

 furnished on the outside near the apex with a small dark 

 tooth ; the posterior tibi^ nearly straight, constricted at 

 the base and in the middle, furnished on the outside, 

 near the apex, with a very small dark tooth. Tarsi long, 

 fuscous. 



The $ differs from the r? in being relatively broader j 

 the mandibles are short, punctate, strongly triangularly 



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