46 Mr. W. W. Saunders's Characters 



Platyprosapus, Hope. 



6. P. plati/inelus $, W. W. Saunders. 



7. P. Hopei $. W. W. Saunders. 



DoRCus, MacLeay. 



8. Z). striato-punctatus $, W. W. Saunders. 



9. D. vicinus , W. W. Saunders. 

 10. D. obscurus $, W. W. Saunders. 

 11.? D. lateralis $, W. W. Saunders. 

 12.? D. striatus j, W. W. Saunders. 



JEgvs, MacLeay. 



13. JE. Icevicolle $, W. W. Saunders. 



14. ^. punctiger $, W. W. Saunders. 



All the species described in tins paper are in the Collection at 

 the British Museum, and most of them will also be found in the 

 Collection of F. S. Parry, Esq., as well as in my own Collection. 



Sp. 1. Lucanus Fortunei, Parry, MSS. (PI, III. figs. 1 and 2.) 



Dark chesnut. $ with the head much enlarged, transverse, sub- 

 quadrangular, flattened above, broader than the thorax, having 

 the anterior margin nearly straight, the lateral and posterior mar- 

 gins emarginate, the anterior angles produced into a truncated 

 point, and the posterior angles much rounded ; the upper surface 

 minutely granulated. Mandibles long, and curved inwards ; 

 armed on the inner edge with a number of minute teeth, and two 

 laro-er teeth, one near the apex, pointing downwards, and the 

 other a little beyond, having a horizontal direction. Antennae 

 long and slender, abruptly clavate ; clava 4-jointed. Thorax 

 transverse, subquadrate, darker chesnut than the rest of the body, 

 rucose punctate. Scutellum small, broad at the base, rounded 

 at the apex. Elytra broader than the thorax, subovate, finely 

 punctured, with the suture shining ; underside of the body sub- 

 pubescent, finely punctured. Legs long and slender. The pos- 

 terior and middle femora longitudinally margined in front with 

 red brown; the anterior tibiae with four to five teeth externally; 

 the middle and posterior tibise with two slight teeth similarly 

 situated. 



Length 2 inches, head ^^ inch broad. Mandibles -^^ inch long. 



5 of the same colour as the $, with the head small, transverse, 

 subquadrate, rugose punctate above. Mandibles short, curved, 

 stout, with a broad projecting tooth internally, near the apex. 

 Thorax transverse, with the lateral margins rounded, anterior 



