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Papers read. 

 Major Parry coramuuicated two papers : one entitled " Some Remarts on the 

 Catalogue of Liicanidse recently published by M. James Thomson in the 'Annales de 

 la Societe Entoraologique de France';" the other entitled " Further Descriptions and 

 Characters of undescribed Lucanoid Coleoptera.'' The latter paper was supplementary 

 to that read by Major Parry at the October Meeting of the Society. The whole of 

 these descriptions are intended to be incorporated with others in a general Catalogue 

 of the family, ,to be published, with figures, in the ' Transactions ' of the Society. 

 An abstract of the latter paper, with characters of the genera and species, is given 

 below. 



Fam. LUCANID^. 

 Gen. HoMODEEus, Parry. 



Corpus subrotundatum, robustum. Clypeus transversus, bidentatus, antice leviter 

 emarginatus. Mandibulse capite vix longiores, falcatse. Caput magnum, 

 transversum, antice depressum, infra oculos armatum. Antennarum clava 

 4-articulata, scaphus elongatus. Prothorax lateribus pone medium (in utroque 

 sexu) sinuatis et spino acuto armatis; angulis anticis rotundatis, posticis emar- 

 ginatis. Pedes graciles. Tibiae posticae inermes. 



HoMODERus Mellyi, Parry (vide Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. v. tab. xvi. f. 7, 8). 



Mas. — H.fulvo-testaceus; mandibulis gracilibus, intus ad basin unidentatis et supra 

 pone medium spinis nodosis tribus aut quatuor irregulariter armatis ; capite sub- 

 lente confertissime granuloso, supra oculus plaga nigra notato. Prothorace maculis 

 quatuor nigris, transversim positis, iu medio subtiliter longitudiualiter canalicu- 

 late. Elytris Isevissimis. 



Obs. Mesotofo Tarando affinis. 



Long. corp. (raandib. incl.) fere unc. 2. 

 Hab. Afric. Occ. (Guinea, Old Calabar). In Mus. Parry et Mniszech. 



Fcem. — H. nigro-fuscus ; mandibulis gracilibus brevibus, rugoso-punctatis, et dente 

 parvoapicem versus instructis; capite irregulariter etfortiterrugoso-punctato. Cly- 

 peo parvo, rotundato. Prothorace luteo, maculis quatuor nigris transversim positis, 

 duabus medianis magnis, antice connexis, lateralibus parvis, rotundatis. Elytris 

 singulis vitta lutesceuli flava ab humero ad apicem notatis. Pedibus nigris, 

 femoribus supra flavo-rufo maculatis. Tibiis posticis paulo curvatis, extus irregu- 

 lariter tribus vel quatuor spinis minimis instructis, intermediis poslicisque 

 unidentatis. 



Long. Corp. (mandib„incl.), unc. 1. 



Mesotopus Tarandus, ?. 



Lucanus Turandns, $ , Swed. in Act. Holm. 1787, 3, 186, t. 8, f. L 



M. ebenina nigra, niiidissima ; capite subrugoso-punctato, antice excavato, bispinoso, 



postice laevi, politissimo ; mandibulis brevibus trigonis intus bideutatis; elytris 



subovalibus. Tibiis extus ut in maribus, 3-dentatis. 

 Long. Corp. (maudib. inch), unc. 1, lin. 6. 

 Hab, Afric. Occ. 



