3Ir. James Thomson s Catalogue of LucanidcB. 447 



13. Odontolubis Cuvera, Hope; Thomson, Cat. p. 395. 

 Syn. Jj. Delessertii, Guerin. 

 L. Delessertn $ is very different from the $ of 0. Cuvera ; it was 

 originally described by Mons. Guerin (Delessert, Souvenir de 

 Voyage de I'lnde, p. 48, pi. 12, fig. 3), and forms one of no less 

 than six distinct species, which Dr. Burmeister has conglomerated 

 with 0. Bicolor, Oliv. (vid. Handbuch, p. 360). Through the kind- 

 ness of my friend Count Mniszech, the following information has 

 been obtained : Mons. Delessert, it appears, collected three speci- 

 mens $ in the Mysore country (they very probably may prove to 

 be the females of Anoplocnemis Burmeisteri, Hope, a unique 

 species $ existing in the Hopeian Collection at Oxford, and also 

 received from the same district) : one of the specimens alluded to 

 is in my own collection, the other two are in the possession 

 of Count Mniszech. Mons. Delessert it appears, previous to 

 embarking for Europe, made the purchase of a collection of 

 Caleoptera, in which were several males of O. Cuvera. Mons. 

 Guerin, not being acquainted with the true female of O. Cuvera, 

 very naturally united them together, under the name of L. 

 Delessertn, vid.loc. cit. ; a corrected synonyma of this species will 

 appear in my proposed general Catalogue of the Lucanidce. 



14. L. Lacordairei and L. Ludetringii, Thomson, Cat. p. 413. 



These two rare and very distinct new species, recently described 

 both by Mons. v. Vollenhofen and myself, are in my own collection, 

 and I am consequently able to affirm that they are good species, 

 notwithstanding Mr. Thomson's opinion that they are varieties of 

 L. Cuvera, Hope. They belong to the genus Odontolabis. 



15. Neolucanus, n. g., Thomson, Cat. p. 415. 

 0. Baladeva, Hope (type), not Baladevus. 

 Mr. Hope very happily divided his sub-genus Odontolabis into 

 two sections; to the 1st, as one of its principal characters, he 

 assigns the following : " Caput pone oculos in $ tuberculo utrinque 

 armatum ;" and for the 2nd, he adds, " Caput pone oculos in $ 

 inerme." Mr. Thomson, for the latter, proposes the name of 

 Neolucanus. In the manuscript of my catalogue, I have sug- 

 gested the name of Anodontolabis, a word better suited, I think, 

 to show the connection with Odontolabis. 



16. Cladognathus mandibularis, n, sp., Thomson, Cat. p. 417. 

 Japan. 

 From the description of this species, I have but little doubt that 

 it is identical with L. inclinalus, Motschulsky, also from Japan (vid. 



