430 DE. F. LEUTHNEE ON THE ODONTOLABINI, 



male ; front tibiae broad, with four or five blunt spines above the slightly developed 

 terminal fork. 



Habitat. China (Keuey Cheou). Collected by the Abbe Largeteau. 



A pair (types) in M. R. Oberthiir's collection. 



Measurements. ... — — 



Total length. Head. Mandibles. Prothorax. Elytra, 



millim. millim. millim. miUim. miUim. 



S 34-5 6 by 10 8-5 8 by 14 17 by 14-0 



2 32-0 5 „ 9 4-0 8 „ 14 19 „ 14-5 



1 have much pleasure in dedicating this new and interesting species to M. Rene 

 Oberthiir, the well-known coleopterist at Rennes, 



Section IV. 

 14. Neolucanus lama, Oliv. (Plate LXXXV. figs. 14, 15, <j ; figs. 11, 12, ? .) 



(J. Odontolabis baladeva, Hope^ Trans. Linu. Soc. xix. p. 105; Parry, Trans. Ent. See. Lend. (3) 



ii. pi. ix. fig. 1 (mandibles). 

 Lucanus angulatus, p., Hope, Cat. Luc. Col. p. 17 (Silhet, Khasia hiUs). 

 ? . Lucanus lama, Oliv. Eutom. i. no. 1, p. 14, pi. iii. fig. 8 (fig)ire not quite correct). 



Male. Uniform pitchy black, elytra paler. 



Head shorter than the prothorax, broad, front edge strongly emarginate, flattened, 

 dull; canthus triangular, broadest in front of the eye; clypeus with triangular epi- 

 stoma ; mentum short, broad, quadrangular, clothed with thick red matted hair ; 

 prothorax strongly convex, broad, the front edge strongly emarginate on each side, 

 front angles pointed or slightly rounded, sides slightly convex, middle spine obtuse ; 

 sides behind emarginate ; hind margin only slightly curved, ending in a fine point on 

 each side ; elytra long, oval, shining ; front tibiae as long as the hind ones, narrow, with 

 five spines on the outside above the terminal fork. Upper side coarsely punctured. 



Mandibles in large specimens longer than the head, straight, slightly incurved at the 

 tip, and vertically forked ; inner side with nine irregular teeth, crowded together, and 

 without gaps. In small specimens the tip is not forked (fig. 15). 



Female. Pitchy black, elytra paler ; head broad, convex, dull, emarginate in front, 

 with large scattered punctures ; mandibles with three strongly marked teeth on the 

 inside ; canthus broad, oblique in front, and then straight, strongly punctured ; mentum 

 with a strong raised semicircular crest, open in front ; prothorax strongly convex, front 

 edge strongly emarginate, the front angles rounded off", sides oblique, projecting in 

 the middle, and emarginate behind ; hind margin waved, with acute angles ; prosternal 

 process rounded ; elytra long-oval, strongly convex ; shoulders rounded ; front tibiae 

 with four or five spines above the terminal fork. 



Habitat. Silhet, Khasia Hills. 



Number of specimens examined : sixty-three males and twenty-eight females. (In 

 Major Parry's and other collections.) 



