428 DE. F. LEUTHNBK ON THE ODONTOLABINI. 



Section III. 



11. Neolucanus simcx'S, Saund. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 7, d ; fig. 5, ? .) 

 Oduntolabis sinicus (Reiche), Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (2) iii. p. 48, pi. iv. fig. 2, Si 

 fig. 3, ¥ . 



Male. Head black, prothorax and elytra greyish brown, dull, underside and legs 

 darker ; head broad, quadrangular, flattened, front margin nearly straight ; canthus 

 broad in front and narrower behind ; mentum hairless ; mandibles as long as the 

 head, curved outwards, forked at the tip (except in small specimens) with eight small 

 teeth on the inner side ; prothorax longer than the head, front edge strongly emar- 

 ginate on each side, front angles pointed, sides a little convex, and then obliquely 

 truncated ; hind margin straight ; elytra much narrower than the prothorax, long, 

 oval, and pointed behind ; front tibiae slender, with four spines above the terminal 

 fork. 



Female. Rather darker coloured than the male. Head flattened, dull black ; canthus 

 oblique, broad, projecting outwards ; mentum coarsely punctui'ed ; prothorax deeply 

 excavated on each side in front, slightly curved and slightly emarginate behind on the 

 sides; hinder margin straight; elytra strongly convex, truncated at the shoulders; 

 front tibite broad, with four or five spines above the terminal fork. 



Habitat. China (Shanghai). 



Number of specimens examined : ten males and six females. (Type in the collection 

 of Major Parry, other specimens in various collections.) 



12. Neolucanus championi. Parry. (Plate LXXXV. fig. 8, <s ; fig. 6, ? .) 

 Neolucanus championi, Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) ii. p. 20. 



Male. Uniform dull black ; coxtc and tibise paler, otherwise resembling N. sinicus, 

 but rather narrower. 



Front tibiae narrow, with four or five spines on the outer side, above the terminal 

 fork, which are always more strongly developed than in N. sinicus ; mandibles shaped 

 as in the preceding species. 



Female. Uniform black ; prothorax and elytra shining ; head dull, otherwise as in 

 N. sinicus. 



Habitat. China (Hong Kong). 



Four males and one female (types) in Major Parry's collection. 



