of undescribed Lucaiddce. 47 



and posterior margins nearly straight, and having the posterior 

 angles emarginate. Legs shorter and stouter than in the $. In 

 other respects as the $, 



Length 1^'^ inch. 



This appears a very distinct species; and in the full-grown in- 

 sect not subject to much variation. It has been received from 

 Mr. Fortune in some abundance, and is probably a common insect 

 in the hill districts. 



Sp. 2. Cladognathus gracilis, W. W. Saunders. (PI. III. fig. 3.) 



Dark pitchy brown, with the elytra dark chesnut brown. $ 

 with the head subquadrate, not quite so broad as the thorax, 

 rather narrower posteriorly, with the anterior margin somewhat 

 emarginate; upper surface shallowly excavated between the eyes, 

 and finely granulated. Mandibles long, deflexed and slender, 

 curved inwardly towards the apex, and having on the interior 

 margin six to eight minute teeth, and one larger in the midst, 

 placed near the centre. Antennae rather long, slender ; clava 

 4-jointed, ovate, elongate. Thorax transverse, the lateral margins 

 rounded, and the hinder margin, with the angles, slightly truncate; 

 above convex, finely granulated. Scutellum small, semi-ovate, 

 pointed at the apex. Elytra about as broad as the thorax, rounded 

 at the apex, with the sides nearly parallel, smooth, very finely 

 granulated. Under surface of the body dark pitchy brown. Legs 

 rather long and slender. The anterior pair, with the tibiae, striato- 

 punctate, and having on the outer margin a number of small 

 teeth, irregular in size and position, but the four nearer the apex 

 largest, and the two anterior ones spreading and curved down- 

 wards. The intermediate and posterior tibise unarmed externally. 



Length l-^'^^; mandibles -f^ inch. 



This is a well marked species ; with the head in the male very 

 large, and the legs very long and thin. Some specimens I have 

 recently seen from Mr. Fortune are somewhat larger, and have 

 the head broader in proportion than the one described. 



Sp. 3. Odontolabris nitidtis, W. W. Saunders. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Shining black. J Head transverse, subquadrate, with the an- 

 terior angles prominent, caused by a sharp flattened ridge crossing 

 the eyes horizontally, and the anterior margin slightly emarginate : 

 upper portion rounded, flattened between the eyes, with the surface 

 opaque, and very finely granulated. (Mandibles wanting in all 

 the specimens sent home.) Thorax broader than the head, sub- 



