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The family Lucanidfe (Stag-beetles) affords several fine species, which quite over- 

 shadow the Canadian representatives of this family, while species of Scarab?eidpe are both 

 numerous and attractive, the most remarkable being the colossal Xylotrupes dichomotomus, 

 of which the male has a long bifurcated horn on the head, and a shorter cleft one on the 

 thorax. This fine species is apparently common in some districts, and good specimens 

 can be obtained for three or four sen. At Hakone I obtained a living male, and at 

 Yokohama picked up a dead female upon one of the Bluff streets. Several species of 

 Anomala, Strigoderma, Euryomia, etc,, were very abundant and did immense damage 

 to various crops and to trees and shrubs. The most brilliant beetle of this family is 

 a magnificent Geotrupes, of which I found several on the path from Hakone to Atami. 

 Some of the Oetonina;, however, vie with it in splendor and are perhaps more beau- 

 tiful. I have not at hand Spotidylis np/formis with which to compare the Japanese 

 species, but it if very like the European S. huprestoides , with the costre of elytra 

 more elevated and the punctuation somewhat less dense. 



The Oerambycidse are very fine, and this family shows less resemblance to our 

 fauna than perhaps any other, while still containing some familiar genera. A common 

 species in the coniferous forests, and which I took upon pines on Fuji, is a "lossy 

 black beetle with white markings {Melanauster Chinensis, var, inacularia), about the 

 size and shape of our large pine-borer {Monohammus confusor). An allied species 

 also from the forest at foot of Fuji, is Apalinina liturata. Bate, prettily marbled with 

 grey and black, and with antennre three inches long. 



The profusion of vegetation naturally leads to a rapid increase of leaf-eating forms, 

 and the Chrysomelidas are correspondingly well represented in species and individuals, 

 exceeding in these respects as well as in number of genera all the other families 

 represented in my collection. While many of the species are pretty and of consider- 

 able interest, none are remarkably large or conspicuously colored. Other families 

 are poorly repiesented until we come to the Rhyncophora, when numerous interesting 

 forrcs are found. Rynchitidas and Attelabidre seem especially numerous in comparison 

 with Canadian species, while Otiorhynchidse and Ourculionidas have each some large 

 and curious species, although the genera closely resemble our own. The pine woods 

 yielded some fine species of Hylobius and closely allied genera. 



Hymenoptera. 



The members of this order have a more homelike look than the beetles, and very 

 few genera occurred which are not represented with us, as will be seen by the following 

 list of the genera and number of species in each family : 



I. TentTtredinidce, — Hylotoma 6, Cladius 1, Nematus 1, Harpiphorus 2, Aneugmenus 

 2 Athalia 3, Allantus 1, Macrophya 1, Tenthrede 1, Taxonus 2, Strongylogaster 1, 



II. Cynipidae, — Aspicera 1. 



III. Ichneujnonida;,- — ^Ichneumon 8, Ambly teles 1, Trogus 2, Hemiteles 2, Ophion 1, 

 Thyreodon 1, Anomalon 1, Campoplex 2, Paniscus 2, Limneria 1, Mesoleptus 1, Tryphon 

 1 Theronia 1, Pimpla 3, Glypta 1, Genus near Glypta 1, Lampronota 2, unplaced 2. 



IV. Braconidae, — Firacon 1, Rhogas 1, Orgilus 1, Phylax 2, Apanteles 1, unplaced 1, 

 v. Chalcididce, — Chalcis 2, Stomatocera 1, Lelaps 1, Eurytoma 3, Tetrastichus 2. 



VI. Proctotnjpidce, — Procrotryprs 1, Goniozus 1, Sparasion 1, Macrotelia 1. 



VII. Chrysididce, — Chryis 1. 



VIII. Formicidce, — Camponotus 1, Formica 2. 



IX. Myrmicklce, — Myrmica 2. 



X. Maiillidm, — Spbasrophthalmia 1, Chyphotes 1, Myrmosa 1. 



XI. Scoliidce, — Tiphia 3, Scolia 2, Dielis 4. 



XII. Pompilidce, — Pompilus 5, Priocnemis 1, Planiceps 1, Agenia 2. 



XIII. SpJiecidce, — Ammophila 6, Spex 1. 



XIV. Larridce, — Lyroda 1, Larra 3. 



XV. PhilanfMdce, — Cerceris 3. 



XVI. PenipJiredonidce, — Cemonus 1. 



XVII. Crabronidce, — Crabro i. 



