DR. F. LEUTHXEK ON THE ODONTOLABINI. 



429 



Total length, 

 millim. 



S (telodont) 34 



d (priodont) .... 28 

 S 25 



Measurements. 



Head. Mandibles. Prothorax. 



millim. miilim. millim. 



5-0 by 9 7 7-5 by 13 



4-0 „ 7 5 6-5 „ 11-5 



3-5 „ 7 3 6-5 „ 11-3 



Elytra. 



miUim. 

 18-5 by X3 

 14-5 „ 11-5 

 14-5 „ 11-5 



13. Neolucanus oberthueri, sp. n. 



Nearest to N. championi. Parry ; uniform dull black, except two crescent-shaped yellow 

 spots on the hinder half of the elytra. 



Fis. 6. 



Female. 



Male. Head with the frontal margin straight, broadest in front, and becoming 

 gradually narrower towards the neck; canthus as broad as the eye, oblique; mentum 

 dull, hairless, much shorter than in N. championi (1-5 by 3-5, and 2 by 3-5); pro- 

 thorax as broad as or rather broader than the elytra ; front edge less emargina'te on 

 the sides; front angles acute; sides less convex, middle projection rounded; hinder 

 margm nearly straight, with acute angles; the front and hind borders thickly' clothed 

 with yellowish hair, especially on the underside ; prosternal process rounded, canalicu- 

 lated, obtuse behind ; elytra long, oval, moderately convex, shoulders and tip, especially 

 the latter, rounded off, dull black, with a crescent-shaped spot about 2 millim. broad, 

 beginning on the second half of the elytra, convex on the outside and straight on the 

 inside, and ending at the tip of the elytra, just before the suture ; recurved rim of the 

 elytra black; front tibife short, with four or five spines on the outside, above the 

 terminal fork; underside rather paler; legs finely punctured, shining; mandibles 

 large, forked at the tip, with nine teeth on the inside; a ridge runs from the upper 

 fork along the upper part of the inner border. 



Female. Head broad, triangular when the mandibles are closed ; epistoma rounded ; 

 upper side convex, strongly punctured ; canthus as broad as the eye, oblique in front' 

 and straight behind ; mentura strongly and coarsely shagreened, with an elevation on 

 each side ; prothorax with the sides rounded, and the hinder angles pointed ; elytra 

 long, oval, rounded at the shoulders and tip, and marked with yellow crescents as in the 



