Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan. 255 
short, oval outline tlie European Oo. Hispanicus, but more 
completely elliptical, the curve of the thorax being nearly 
exactly continuous with that of the elytra. The eyes, too, 
are less prominent, and the prosternal process does not 
project as a spine, but is Avedge-shaped. The dorsal line 
of the thorax is scarcely visible. As in Oii. Hispanicus, 
the 7tli elytral stria is obliterated, except near the apex. 
Laclmocrepis Japonicus, n. sp. 
Maxime elongatus, angustus, nigro-piceus ; palpis, an- 
tennis, tibiis et tarsis rufo-piceis ; thorace elongato, basi 
elytris haud latiori angulis obtusis, antice gradatim paulu- 
lum angustato, lateribus modice arcuatis, elytris punctu- 
lato-striatis, interstitiis plauis. 
Long. 5 hn. ; lat. 1^ lin. ? $. 
Nagasaki. Also found by Mr. Lewis at Kiu-Kiang, 
on the Yang-tsze, in China. 
This species is interesting as belonging to a genus 
hitherto known only as inhabiting the Atlantic States of 
North America. It is distinguished from Oodcs by the 
four basal tarsal joints in both sexes having their soles 
clothed with a dense brush of soft hairs, and by the 4th 
joint of the anterior tarsi in the $ being dilated. In the 
Japanese species the three basal joints of the S anterior 
tarsi are clothed in the middle with erect hair-scales (the 
so-called pajjillce of some authors), wdiich I do not detect 
in the 4th joint, in which soft hairs clothe the sole. I 
believe this is the case also with the North American 
species (L. parallelus, Say). 
L. Japonicus is rather smaller and much narrower than 
Z. parallelus, with finer elytral strife, and more rufous 
antennte and legs. The sides of the thorax, especially 
towards the hind angles, are rufe scent-pitchy, as in that 
species. 
Subfam. LiciNiN^. 
Rembus opacus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 67. 
Osaka. Three examples, all female. Chusan (Chaudoir). 
Long. 6 — 7^ lin. 
Black, subopake. Abbreviated juxta-scutellar stria 
present. Strias fine, but sharp, impunctate ; third inter- 
stice without punctures. Mandibles much more elongated 
and pointed than in the allied species. 
