of Exotic Species of LiicanidcB. 435 



slightly raised, smooth costae, destitute of punctures, as is also the 

 raised suture. The scutellum is elongate-ovate, pointed at the 

 tip and punctured. 



The underside of the body is black, shining, punctured and 

 clothed with luteous setae. 



The legs are rather slender, the anterior tibiae finely serrated, 

 and armed with one tooth on the outside near the tip, which is 

 also produced into a terminal tooth. The posterior tibiae are also 

 finely serrated, the intermediate ones armed with a minute tooth 

 on the outside near the apex, which is also acutely pointed, and 

 the posterior ones have the outer apical angle produced and trun- 

 cated at the tip. 



I have only seen a single individual of this curious species, which 

 in general form and structure of its antennae approaches the genus 

 Ceratognathus, but the remarkable formation of its mentum and 

 sinuate eyes differ so much from the type of that genus that I do 

 not doubt that some of our "go-a-head," " know nothing" Ento- 

 mologists will make it the type of a distinct genus, 



Dorcus adspersus, Bohemann, Ins. Caffr. 2, 384. 

 (PI. XVI. fig. 6.) 



D. parvus, convexus, opacus, punctatus, niger, dense et irregu- 

 lariter luteo-squamosus et tessellatus, pronoto antice tuber- 

 culis tribus minutis in triangulum dispositis. $ . 



Long. corp. lin. 5|. 



Habitat in Natalia. 



In Mus. Parry et Mniszech. 



Opaque, black, convex, thickly clothed with luteous scales 

 arising from the punctures on the disc, leaving irregular dark 

 patches. The head is small and unarmed, the hinder portion 

 narrowed and punctate, the anterior angles obliquely truncate. 

 The labrum is produced and semicircular ; the mandibles small, 

 and acutely bifid at the tips. The eyes slightly incised by the 

 lateral septum ; the antenna short; the capitulum small, rounded 

 and 3-jointed ; the maxillae with the terminal lobe ovate, and 

 strongly penicillated, the inner lobe armed with a strong, curved 

 hook. The mentum is broader than long, with the anterior 

 angles rounded ; the labial lobes concealed, but furnished with 

 long projecting hairs. All the palpi are short, the terminal joint 

 being the largest. The pro thorax is broad, convex, rounded at 

 the sides, with three small raised tubercles near the middle of the 

 fore-margin, arranged in a triangle (*^*) ; the disc is variegated 



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