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ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.
ve., sKgU«, «n,ed .UU * frCl"™ A,!: » ^ ^ f t w
ospe.an, on t.e P « litU tips .cute ana
smooth, and the sides not spmod ; the mandibles latliti lon^ei ,,,, ti,^ eves entire and rounded, and
incurved, the inner edge ^th ^ont — « U the tihi. are narro.,
the meutum snb-triansular ; the protliorax has the sides „„th indndin^ the mandibles, IJ ineh.
without any teeth on the outer margin, and with outer tip acute; (maleO. Length,"
Inhabits the East Ineiies. (Dr. MacClelland.) In the Cabinet of the Entomological Societ,.
OBSEKVVTIONS-This spccies, at first sight, nearly approaches L. Astacoides Hope (Lmn. Trans,
.vhi MacClellancli Hope (Innals N. Hist., xii. 366,) &c. But in the entire eyes, slender snnple
i l " f t l iales &c., it c oLs nrueh nearer to L. .netallifer and platycephalus. The only specnnen
i t : ^ i t l s e ^ r s i ; . the collection oftheEnton.olo,icalSociety.^
other Indian insects, by Mr. MacCleUand, the talented editor of the Calcutta Jonrnal of Natmal Htsto.y.
FIGURE
LUCANUS INQUINATUS. WESTW.
CohWhitliiU. In the Collection of the British Mnsenm. , ^ , i -,1
DE.CKIPTION - T h e male has the fore tibi«. externaUy serrated ^vith nnnnte ohttrse teeth, and with
fonr ;ather moi'e conspicnons ones, the apex produced and bifid, the middle tibia, with a very nnnute
l e n the middle of the outer edge ; and the apex outwar-dly bidentate; the mner edge near- the
r i a strong semicir-cular incision, beyond which it is shghtly dilated and spnred, and the hmd
b i . in this se^ a.-e unar-med on the outer edge * ; the tip outwa.-dly acute, and the mner edge at the
Thlated and bidentate. The female has similar fore t ibi . , except that the ttp of the outer edge :s
fflated or subpalmate, with three or four- small obtuse teeth; and each of t . e our p o ^ . w tibr. ha
a small s p i n e l the middle of its outer edges. The female has the head and manchbles smaU and
very much pimctur-ed. ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^
LUCANCS STRIGICEPS. Wesxw.
api^cibns acutis, intus gj^^sy ; the head large and quadrate, emarginato-clepressed « i i i i l i i i l ^ t r ^ l e u " Mvon=s ha^s ; (male)' Length, including the mandibles, nearly 1. nich.
• Inhabits the Himalayas. In the Collection of A. MeUy, Esci-, and my own.
O b s b k v . t i o n s . - I am indebted to H. G. Harrington, Esq., for my specimen of this pretty species
wMch d S ^ s from every known insect in the family by the scries of deeply impressed hnes belnnd
fte e v ^ it approaches L. metalhfer in several of its other characters, such as the long legs and
antenuffi the large head and mandibles, and metalhc colouring.
. By a mistake, the hind tibi. of the male in some impressions of the plates are represented as armed with a mmntc spine.