430 DR. F. LEUTHNER ON THE ODONTOLABINI. 
male; front tibiz broad, with four or five blunt spines above the slightly developed 
terminal fork. 
Habitat. China (Keuey Cheou). Collected by the Abbé Largeteau. 
A pair (types) in M. R. Oberthiir’s collection. 
Measurements, pe er 
Total length. Head. Mandibles. Prothorax. Elytra. 
millim. millim. millim. millim, millim. 
Ghaksiak 345 6 by 10 85 8 by 14 17 by 14:0 
aay. sot 32-0 5,9 4-0 Sie 19 ,, 145 
I have much pleasure in dedicating this new and interesting species to M. Réné 
Oberthiir, the well-known coleopterist at Rennes. 
Section IV. 
14. NEoLucanus LAMA, Oliv. (Plate LXXXV. figs. 14, 15, 3; figs. 11, 12, 2.) 
6. Odontolabis baladeva, Hope, Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. p. 105; Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 
ii. pl. ix. fig. 1 (mandibles). 
Lucanus angulatus, p., Hope, Cat. Luc. Col. p. 17 (Silhet, Khasia hills). 
9 . Lucanus lama, Oliv. Entom. i. no. 1, p. 14, pl. ii. fig. 8 (figure not quite correct). 
Male. Uniform pitchy black, elytra paler. 
Head shorter than the prothorax, broad, front edge strongly emarginate, flattened, 
dull; canthus triangular, broadest in front of the eye; clypeus with triangular epi- 
stoma; mentum short, broad, quadrangular, clothed with thick red matted hair; 
prothorax strongly convex, broad, the front edge strongly emarginate on each side, 
front angles pointed or slightly rounded, sides slightly convex, middle spine obtuse ; 
sides behind emarginate; hind margin only slightly curved, ending in a fine point on 
each side; elytra long, oval, shining; front tibiz as long as the hind ones, narrow, with 
five spines on the outside above the terminal fork. Upper side coarsely punctured. 
Mandibles in large specimens longer than the head, straight, slightly incurved at the 
tip, and vertically forked; inner side with nine irregular teeth, crowded together, and 
without gaps. In small specimens the tip is not forked (fig. 15). 
Female. Pitchy black, elytra paler; head broad, convex, dull, emarginate in front, 
with large scattered punctures; mandibles with three strongly marked teeth on the 
inside; canthus broad, oblique in front, and then straight, strongly punctured; mentum 
with a strong raised semicircular crest, open in front ; prothorax strongly convex, front 
edge strongly emarginate, the front angles rounded off, sides oblique, projecting in 
the middle, and emarginate behind ; hind margin waved, with acute angles ; prosternal 
process rounded; elytra long-oval, strongly convex; shoulders rounded ; front tibie 
with four or five spines above the terminal fork. 
Habitat. Silhet, Khasia Hills. 
Number of specimens examined: sixty-three males and twenty-eight females. (In 
Major Parry’s and other collections.) 
