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441. D. earlii, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 10. Deep blackish- 

 brown ; head, thorax and elytra deeply punctured ; head above, thorax 

 above, in front and behind with ferruginous silky hairs ; scutellum with 

 ferruginous hairs ; elytra with four longitudinal flattish ridges, the outer 

 obsolete ; under side of thorax and legs with many ferruginous srlky 

 hairs. 



Length, 9^ to 12^ lines. 

 On the Hutt river, Port Nicholson. 



NOTE. I found one specimen at Tairua; it is nine lines long, and 

 the costse are quite indistinct. 



Dorcus. 



MacLeay. 



Mentum transversal, trapezoidal or semi-circular, concealing the 

 tongue. Head sub-quadrate ; mandibles at least as long as the head ; 

 eyes seldom divided ; palpi sub-filiform, the third joint of the labial about 

 equal to the first, the second of the maxillary much longer than the 

 fourth. Antennce ten-jointed, the basal joint as long as or longer than the 

 stalk, club three-jointed. Prothorax transversal, obtusely lobed in front, 

 bisinuated at base. Scutellum sub-triangular. Elytra oblong, and like 

 the thorax, slightly convex. Front legs not much if at all longer than 

 the others ; anterior tibice with several teeth, the others with one or 

 more. Projecting prosternal process variable, as well as the mesosternum. 



NOTE. Epitomized from the descriptions of Lucanus and Dorcus^ 

 Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. iii., pp. 22, 27. 



442. D. SQUamidorsis, White; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 9. Black; 

 a lunated spot midway between the eyes and another on the side of and 

 behind the eyes, with deep punctures and some yellowish scales in 

 them ; thorax with lateral and posterior margins and the side of anterior 

 margin with impressed punctures and yellowish scales in them, and four 

 spots on the back, the posterior running into the hind margin; the 

 elytra with a widish band round each, formed by deep punctures and 

 scales in them, and four large spots similarly impressed filling up most 

 of the surface of the elytra ; scutellum with a smooth edge behind ; 

 anterior tibice with four widish teeth on the edge, the edge itself 

 impressed. 



Length, 7-7 \ lines. 

 Port Nicholson. 



I have a specimen from Mr. John Buchanan, of the Colonial 

 Museum at Wellington ; it is a distinct form. 



443. D. punctulatUS, Wliite; Voy. Er. Terr., Ins., p. 9. Covered 

 over above with minute punctures; elytra with four indistinct longitu- 

 dinal lines, with fewer punctures on them, scutellum punctured ; anterior 



femora with six teeth on the outside. 

 Length, 6-7 lines. 

 Wellington. 



