126 Gustav Hauser, 



fortunei Ad. nicht vorkommt, wohl aber oxuroides, mit welchem auch 

 seine kurze Beschreibung übereinstimmt. — 



Die im Handel befindlichen fortunei entsprechen vielfach nicht 

 dieser Form, ich selbst erhielt rugipennis unter der Bezeichnung 

 fortunei. 



Daniaster (^) capito Lewis. 



1. Geokge Lewis, Description of another new species of Daraaster, 



in: Entomol. monthl. Mag., Vol. 17, 1881, p. 197. 



2. Ch. 0. Waterhouse, Aid to Identification of lusects, 1882 — 1890, 



Vol. 2, p. 125, fig. 5. 



3. H. W. Bates, Supplement to the Geodephag. Coleoptera of Japan 



etc., in: Trans, entomol. Soc. London, 1883, p. 205. 



4. J. B. Gehin, Catal. synom. et systemat. des Coleopteres de la tribu 



des Carabides, 1895. 



5. A. MoRAWiTZ, 1. c, p. 18. 



Die Originalbeschreibung (1) lautet: 



„I have now from the West Coast an insular species of Damaster 

 which is very interesting to me, as the head and thorax show con- 

 siderable divergence from the form usual in the genus. The insect 

 comes from the Island of Sado, where it appears to be rare, four 

 specimens only being obtainable last month, and these came from 

 the mountains eight miles from the coast. I characterize it as: 



Damaster capito n. sp. 



Nigro-violaceus , corpore vix lato, capite prothoraceqne latioribus, 

 validis, oculis suhprominulis ; elytris granulosis, haud mucronatis. 

 Hab. in ins. Sado. 

 Long. corp. 18 — 19 lin. 



Head and thorax violet-black, elytra dull black ; more robust 

 in flgure than D. pandurus, with shorter legs, more robust tarsi, 

 head, mandibles and thorax much larger. The thickness of the head 

 gives the region of the eyes a greater space, and renders them 

 much less prominent, viewed from above they project but little 

 beyond the outline of the head. The thorax is somewhat quadrate, 

 widest in the middle, its greatest breadth equalling its greatest 

 length, which is 2^;^ lines, and the posterior angles are more acute 

 than in any other described species. The thorax of D. pandtirus 

 measures, in an avarage specimen, 3V2 lines in widtli and 4 in 



