of species of LucanidcB. ^ 3 



the elytra. The legs are slender aud squamose, the an- 

 terior tibia3 armed at the extremity on the outside with 

 two teeth ; the four posterior tibias are unarmed in the 

 middle on the outside. The body beneath is but mode- 

 rately squamose, the sides of the "head and mesosternum 

 being deeply punctured. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



Fig. 1. — Eulep'idhis lurlchis; 1 «, head seen from above; lb, eye; 1 c, 



maxilla; 1 <Z, mentum; 1 e, extremity. 

 Fig. 2. — HeterocJitlies Andamanensis; 2 a, labriim; 2 b, mentum with 



tips of maxillary and labial palpi; 2 c, eye divided by canthus; 



2 d, prosternum. 

 Fig. 3. — Leptinopterusfraternus. 

 Fig. 4. — Odotitolahis striatus, var.; 4 a, apex of mandible; 4 b, eye divided 



by canthus; 4 c, maxilla; 4<Z, mentum. 

 Fig. 5. — Nigidlns obesns; 5 a, mandible, 

 rig. 6. — Gnaplialoryx sculptipennis; 6 a, front of left side of the head 



with mandible. 



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