Mr. Westwood 071 some Lucanidce and Frionidce. 329 



The Rev. F. W. Hope has recently received some splendid species of 

 my genus Temnoscheila. 



Since my observations upon the relationship between Liicanidcs and 

 Prionida:, and the additional note C. were written, I have examined two 

 most interesting insects which tend more forcibly to convince me of their 

 propriety. 



The first, (intended to be described in the next volume of the Trans- 

 actions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society,* is the most magnificent 

 of Lucanidous insects, and in the lateral spines of its thorax, and the 

 whorl of hairs ornamenting the tip of the extremely long basal joint of 

 the antcnnce, an approach is made to the Capricornes. 



The second, t belonging to J. G. Children, Esq., and the most splendid 

 of Prionideous Insects, is remarkable for the length of its palpi which 

 instead of being short and blunt, like those of the Prionidce generally, are 

 as long as those of a Lucanus ; the last joint of the mAxillary palpi is 

 however flattened at the tip, which is obliquely rounded and papillose. 



I have also had an opportunity of more minutely examining a $ 

 specimen of the insect mentioned in note C. p. 237,+ also belonging to 

 J. G. Children, Esq. Its trophi resemble those of some of the female 

 Lucanidee, such as Pholidotus, Ryssonotus, &c. as well those of 

 Parandra, Zoological Journal, Tab. Supp. 47, fig. 7 A. The eyes are 

 reniform as in the PrionidcB, instead of being divided into four distinct 

 eyes, two above and two beneath, as in Lucanus. The Tarsi are not 

 exactly cylindric, being slightly compressed and the under surface very 

 finely cushioned or rather clothed with fine short bristles. Between the 

 claws there is a very small coriaceous appendage, but without the additional 

 minute pair of claws of the LucanidcB. 



* Under the name of Ckiasognathus Grantii, Steph., MSS. 

 •f Psalidognathus Fritndii, G, R. Gray. 

 X Trictenotoma Childreni, G. R. Gray. 



The Grove, Hammersmith, 

 25th March, 1831. 



