StapliyliiddcB of Japan. 43 



minus dense punctatis, tenuiter pubescentibus. Long. 

 5 lin. 



JNIas, tarsis anticis valde dilatatis^ abdomine segmento 

 7" ventrali late excise. 



This rather distinct species of jPA27o;2iA?<5 is an allj of 

 P. punctipennis, Woll. ; it differs from that species in the 

 following points of form, colour and sculpture. P. 

 Lewisius is a rather broader insect, and its head and 

 thorax are notably broader ; the-antennfe are black, Avith 

 the base and extremity sometimes rather paler ; the head 

 and thorax extremely shining, and excessively black ; the 

 elytra are brassy, and are more coarsely, but not so closely, 

 ])uncturcd ; the legs are more infuscated ; the punctures of 

 the discoidal series of the thorax are fewer in number. 



Common at Nagasaki. 



79. Philo?ithus soIidus,-n.siJ. (Sec. 5, Er.) P. scyha- 

 lario affinis. Niger, nitidus, pedibus testaceis, coxis an- 

 terioribus tibiisque infuscatis, elytris fusco-nigris margine 

 apicali (interdumque sutura) anguste flavescente ; ab- 

 domine obsolete versicolore. Long. 5 lin. 



Mas, tarsis anterioribus vix dilatatis. 



This species is rather larger than P. scyhalarius, and is 

 notably broader, and has the front tarsi but little dilated 

 in the male. The antennae are moderately long, blackish ; 

 the basal joint generally paler, and sometimes the a])ical 

 joints are obscurely paler ; all the joints are longer thau 

 broad. The head is narrower than the thorax ; this latter 

 is much narrowed to the front. The elytra are about as 

 long as the thorax, the hind margin narrowly, but dis- 

 tinctly, yellowish, and the suture often obscurely pale ; 

 they are rather strongly punctured. The hind body is 

 considerably narrowed towards the extremity ; it is rather 

 strongly and moderately closely punctured ; it is obscurely 

 iridescent on its upper side, and the segments on the 

 under side have the hind margins reddish.. The legs are 

 yellowish, the tibia? more or less infuscate, the front coxEe 

 much darker than the femora. The middle coxre rather 

 Avidely separate. 



Common at Nagasaki. 



This species also occurs in Northern China. 



80. Philonthus mutans,T\.&^. (Sec.5,Er.) P.varianti 

 affinis. Niger, nitidus, elytris fusco-nigris, capite ovato. 



