1874.] i7;i 



the number in all families will be largely augmented as the nortbern 



Island of Yesso is explored ; since it is from Hakodate that the string 



of European Sarpali proceeds ; and from thence, thanks to the 



researches of Russian entomologists, the species are easily traced 



westward by the Siberian route. Of the insects tabulated, there is 



little to be said beyond the mere record given, as any remarks on the 



geographical distribution of the species would extend this notice 



beyond present limits, and, indeed, force a recognition of the whole 



fauna of Japan and the adjacent continent. For instance, Silpha 



littoralis, L., is in profusion in all the islands, and is closely allied to 



S. gracilis, "White, which is even more abundant ; but we have no 



record how far the latter extends westward, although it reaches India. 



Then, a£:ain, S. ilwraeica, L., has not been found in Japan ; but that 



it occurs from England to the extreme point of eastern Siberia is 



w^ell known. 



Sect. I. 



* Carpophllus hemipterus, L. — Common in fruit ; all the islands. 

 *y"ttldula 'i-pastulata, F. — One example ; Nagasaki, 1SG7. 

 *Omosiia colon, L. — Common in all tlie islands. 



* ,, discoidea, F. — do. 



*Trogosita mauriianica, L. — Common in rice "go-downs." 

 *Sih'a)ius advena, Waltl — One example ; 1868. 

 *LaihridiusJiliformis, Gyl. — Common in damp houses. 

 *Myrmidms ovalis. Beck — A single example ; Nagasaki. 

 *Dermestes vulpinus, F. — Common in all the islands. 



* Cory net es ruficollis, 01. — do. 



* „ rujipes, F. — - do. 

 *Gnathocerus cornutus, F. — Common in rice " go-downs." 

 *Tribolimnferrugineum, F. — do. 

 *Alphitohius diaperinus, Panz. — do. 

 *Hypophl(£us depressus, F. — do. 



*yacerdes melanura, L. — Earo ; Hiogo and Nagasaki ; two examples. 

 * Sitophilus granarius, L. — Common in rice " go-downs." 



Sect. II. 



*Nehria livlda, L. — Common at Hiogo in sandy districts. 



*CaralHs granulatits, L. — A single specimen, from Ilakodate, in the British TMuseum, 



differs from the ordinary type, but agrees with the Siberian forms of the 



species. 

 *Lebia crux-minor, L. — Bare ; always at considerable altitudes. 



Anisodacfi/his signatux, 111. — Common in all the islands. 

 *I{arpalui rujicornis, F. — do. 



* „ griseus, Panz. — Common at Hiogo, and sandy districts northward. 

 „ fuUginosus, Dufts. — Hakodate. 



„ hevicollis, Uiifts. — do. 



„ zahroides, Dej. — do. 



