DR. F. LEUTHNER ON THE ODONTOLABINI. 



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The enormous series of this species which I obtained for examination has enabled 

 me to prove the specific identity of 0. alces and 0. dux, which Professor Burmeister had 



ah'eady suspected. 



But Burmeister went much too far. He was not satisfied with uniting 0. carinatus, 

 Linn. 0. camelus, Oliv., 0. hellicosus, Cast., and its female 0. ursus, Cast., but he 

 even included Lucanus glabratus, Ue 'H.aan{ = Xeoluccmus laticoUis,T\mnh.), the female 

 of which is L. pundicei)S, Ue Haan, in the same series. Shortly afterwards Reiche ' 

 recoo-nized the error of Burmeister, and separated 0. alces, as used by Burmeister, into 

 0. carinatus, Linn., and 0. hellicosus, Cast., but confused everything afresh by uniting 



' Ann. See. Ent. Trance (3) i. p. 73 (1853). 



