ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET 



DORCUS PARALLELIPIPEDUS. Mac Lea?/. ( <J ) 



Dorcus tuberculatus. Mac Leay. ( <j> ) 



Lucanus parallelipipedus. Linne. 



Black : mandibles or jaws extended, and curved 

 with a strong obtuse protuberance near the middle, 

 on the upper part : head much broader than long : 

 the eyes small, placed on the sides of the head, with 

 an elevated ridge running nearly through to the 

 hinder part, so that each eye appears nearly divided : 

 antennas clavated, the club pectinated or divided on 

 the inner side like a comb, the basal joint curved 

 and as long as all the others taken together : the 

 palpi are short and black : thorax larger than the 

 head, and nearly quadrate with the posterior part, 

 rounded : the elytra elongate and covering the abdo- 

 men : the legs are black, the anterior tibia have 

 numerous teeth or dents, the middle and posterior 

 have a single tooth externally near the tarsi, the 

 tarsi beneath are furnished with red hairs. 



The males of this species are generally much 

 larger than the females, and the jaws larger in pro- 

 portion : the whole of the upper part of the head 

 and thorax, to appearance, are smooth and some- 

 what silky, but with a powerful lens, they will be 

 found to be minutely punctured with numerous 

 larger punctures : the elytra are deeply and roughly 

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