of some New Species of Exotic LucanidcB. 201 



lateribusque nigris. Elytra prothoracis latitudine, laevia, 

 nitida, nigra, singulo fascia lata (versus humeros attenuata), 

 rufo-fulva. Pedes fulvo-rufi, femoriim apice, tibiarum basi 

 et apice, tarsisque nigris ; tibiae anticjfi extus serrulatao, denti- 

 culisque circiter 8 majoribus dentibusque duobus apicalibus 

 armatae ; intermediae extus in medio dente minuto, et ante 

 apicem constrictae, angulo apicali externo acuto ; posticae 

 extus inermes, intus prope apicem subconstrictas, tuberculoque 

 obtuso ante constrictionem instructae. Corpus infra nigrum, 

 abdomine et lateribus metasterni piceis. 

 Fcemina. — Nigra, pronoto utrinque vitta lata, elytrisque plaga 

 lata laterali rufo-fulvis; capite supra rugoso ; angulis anticis 

 oblique truncatis, tuberculo pone oculos paruvn distincto ; 

 pronoto punctatissimo, punctis versus latera majoribus ; 

 elytris punctatissimis, dorso versus suturam laevi ; pedibus 

 nigris, tibiis quatuor posticis ante apicem baud constrictis, 

 singula prope medium spina minuta externe armata. 



Plate X, fig. 4, Lucanus biplagiatus ; mas, natural size; 4a, half of the 

 head seen beneath, without the mandibles, showing the lateral impressions behind 

 the eyes ; 4 6, mentum; 4 c, one of the eyes seen laterally ; 4 d, antenna. 



This species is remarkable, not only for the peculiarity of its 

 coloration, but also from the curious manner in which the four 

 posterior tibiae are constricted just before the apex, — in which 

 respect it agrees with Lucanus inquinatus, figured in my Cabinet 

 of Oriental Entomology, pi. 8, fig. 4, of which species both sexes 

 are contained in the Cabinet in tlie British Museum. It is indeed 

 unquestionably closely allied to that species, but I should conceive 

 the striking difference in the structure of the mandibles of the 

 males, as well as the colouring, must be assumed to indicate a de- 

 cided specific distinction. 



Sp. 5. Odontolahris Evansii. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 



Niger, subnitidus, capite antice concavo, lateribus pone oculos 

 tuberculo lato instructis ; mandibulis capite paullo longi- 

 oribus falcatis, apice truncato-denticulatis ; pronoto latis- 

 simo, angulis posticis eniarginatis ; tibiis anticis extus 6-den- 

 tatis, tarsis subtus spongiosis tibiisque posticis ad apicem 

 pilis fulvis striatis (mas). 



Long. corp. lin, 15; mand. lin. 5. 



Habitat in China. 



In Mus. Evans. 



