54 Mr. W. W. Saunders's Characters 



vertex two pointed elevations placed near each other. Mandibles 

 shorter than the head, thin, slightly incurved, with one tooth on 

 the inner edge, and a slight elevation on the upper portion, near 

 the base. Antennae moderate. Thorax broader than the head, 

 transverse, subquadrate, the sides slightly curved outwards, the 

 posterior margin nearly straight, with the angles slightly rounded ; 

 upper surface regularly convex, punctate, the punctures being 

 widely spread on the disk, close together near the sides. Scutel- 

 lum smallj ovato-triangular. Elytra as broad as thorax, semi- 

 ovate, elongate, the shoulders rather prominent, the lateral margin 

 slightly reflexed ; regularly convex, each elytron with 9 longitudi- 

 nal punctate striae placed somewhat equi-distant, in pairs, except 

 the one near the suture, the spaces between the striae being 

 more or less punctate, the punctures much prevailing near the 

 sides. Legs moderate ; the anterior tibiae flattened, punctato- 

 striate above, and with a row of about 12 small teeth on the outer 

 edge ; the middle and posterior tibiae subcylindrical, striato-punc- 

 tate, each with a small central tooth externally, and one at the 

 apex. Tarsi stout. 



Length Ig inch. 



Another 2, which I place provisionally in the genus Dorcus, 

 although I do not feel at all sure that this is its proper place — time 

 will show. 



Sp. 13. /Egus Icevicolle, W. W. S. (Plate IV. fig 8.) 



Black and shining. $ with the head broad, quadrate, slightly 

 emarginate in front, the sides with a slight notch, just in ad- 

 vance of the horizontal plate crossing the eye, and another where 

 the plate terminates ; flattened above, and somewhat sunk between 

 the eyes, opaque, finely granulated. Mandibles incurved, sharp 

 pointed, longer than the thorax, broad at the base, where there is 

 a small tooth, and another on the upper margin, broad, triangular, 

 incurved, placed a little below the centre. Thorax a little broader 

 than the head, quadrate, transverse ; the anterior angles acute ; 

 the posterior slightly rounded ; regularly convex above, the centre 

 with a broad depressed longitudinal line of deepish punctures, the 

 disk nearly smooth, and the sides with a few deep distant punctures. 

 Scutellum minute, broad and rounded at the apex. Elytra as 

 broad as the thorax, and about twice as long, the sides nearly 

 parallel, the apex rounded j with nine elevated, rounded, longitu- 

 dinal ridges on each elytron, and deep furrows between, the surface 

 of the ridges slightly punctate, and the lateral margins rough, 

 with minute crenulations. Legs short, with the fore tibiae flattened 



