of undescribed Lucanida. 65 



and expanded towards the apex, stiiato-rugose above, with a 

 series of small irregular teeth along the outer margin, and two 

 larger teeth at the apex. The middle and posterior tibiae sub- 

 cylindrical, rugoso-striate, with one small stout tooth about the 

 centre of the outer margin, and two small, more pointed teeth at 

 the apex, placed close together. Underside of body pitchy brown, 

 punctate. 



Length j^^ inch. 



This species somewhat resembles j^. cheUJer of Mac Leay, 

 which differs in the deeper sulcation of the elytra, and in the shape 

 of the mandibles, with only a tooth at the base. 



Sp. 14. yEgus lyiinctiger, W. W. S. (PI. III. fig. fi.) 



Black. $ with the head small, transverse, semicircular ; con- 

 stricted behind the eyes slightly, in front with a slightly projecting 

 bidentate lobe, and a sharp-edged lateral plate crossing the eyes, 

 notched near the centre of each eye ; rounded above, coarsely 

 punctured and shining. Mandibles shorter than the head, slightly 

 incurved, with a sharp-cutting plate internally from the apex to 

 about half the length, projecting in the shape of a broad triangular 

 tooth. Antennae moderate. Thorax quadrate transverse, with 

 the fore angles acute, the sides slightly rounded outwards and the 

 posterior angles somewhat rounded ; regularly convex above, with 

 a slight longitudinal central depression on the disk, deeply and 

 coarsely punctured. Scutellum small, transverse, rounded at the 

 apex. Elytra as broad as the thorax, with the sides nearly pa- 

 rallel, elongate, rounded at the apex, each elytron with five slightly 

 elevated rounded longitudinal ridges, including the sutural ridge, 

 and five flattened intervening spaces, the spaces divided from the 

 ridges by a well-marked stria, the whole deeply and closely punc- 

 tate, excepting the sutural ridges ; somewhat shining and with a 

 brownish tinge. Legs moderate, with the fore tibiae flattened, 

 and expanded towards the apex, striato-punctate above, with about 

 six well-marked nearly equidistant teeth in the outer margin. 

 Middle and posterior tibiae hirsute, sub-cylindrical, striato-punc- 

 tate, with three teeth on the outer margin before the centre and 

 three at the apex, the latter having the marginal teeth less defined. 

 Underside of body shining, coarsely punctate. 



Length ^^^^j inch. 



This species appears to be rare, as very few specimens have 

 been sent home. 



