DR. F. LEUTHNER ON THE ODONTOLABINI. 429 
Measurements. 
Total length. Head. Mandibles. Prothorax. Elytra. 
millim. millim. millim. millim. millim. 
d (telodont) .... 34 5:0 by 9 Gi 7-5 by 13 18:5 by 13 
d (priodont) .... 28 40 ,,7 5 6°5 ,, 11:5 14:5 ,, 11°5 
Sree nk oa) 25 35 ,, 7 3 65 ,, 11:3 145 ,, 115 
13. NEOLUCANUS OBERTHUERI, sp. n. 
Nearest to V. championi, Parry ; uniform dull black, except two crescent-shaped yellow 
spots on the hinder half of the elytra. 
Male. ‘ Female. 
Male. Head with the frontal margin straight, broadest in front, and becoming 
gradually narrower towards the neck ; canthus as broad as the eye, oblique; mentum 
dull, hairless, much shorter than in W. championi (1-5 by 3-5, and 2 by 3°5); pro- 
thorax as broad as or rather broader than the elytra; front edge less emarginate on 
the sides; front angles acute; sides less convex, middle projection rounded; hinder 
margin nearly straight, with acute angles; the front and hind borders thickly clothed 
with yellowish hair, especially on the underside; prosternal process rounded, canalicu- 
lated, obtuse behind ; elytra long, oval, moderately convex, shoulders and tip, especially 
the latter, rounded off, dull black, with a crescent-shaped spot about 2 millim. broad, 
beginning on the second half of the elytra, convex on the outside and straight on the 
inside, and ending at the tip of the elytra, just before the suture ; recurved rim of the 
elytra black; front tibie short, with four or five spines on the outside, above the 
terminal fork; underside rather paler; legs finely punctured, shining; mandibles 
large, forked at the tip, with nine teeth on the inside; a ridge runs from the upper 
fork along the upper part of the inner border. 
Female. Head broad, triangular when the mandibles are closed; epistoma rounded ; 
upper side convex, strongly punctured ; canthus as broad as the eye, oblique in front, 
and straight behind; mentum strongly and coarsely shagreened, with an elevation on 
each side ; prothorax with the sides rounded, and the hinder angles pointed; elytra 
long, oval, rounded at the shoulders and tip, and marked with yellow crescents as in the 
