the Cistelidas &c. of Japan. 447 



The following notes refer to the paper on the,. Tenebrionidte 

 published last year. 



1. Phellopsis suberea, Lew., and Pseudonosoderma amiirense, Heyd., are 

 distinct species. P. amurense is less elongate than P. suberea, as the 

 figures of the two species which have been given show, and tliere are 

 several other differences, notably the absence of cephalic nod ides in 

 Heyden's species. This note is made necessary, (1) by my stating that 

 P. suberea was represented in the Pascoe collection by a specimen from 

 E. Siberia (the example belongs to P. amurense), and (2) by Champion 

 concluding the two species were identical and stating that the names 

 were synonymous (Ent. M. M. xxx. p. 114, 1894). It was unfortunate that 

 Heyden made a new genus for amurense, and also that his name was 

 overlooked at the time, as the notice of it in the Zool. Record of 1885 

 occurs amongst the Byrrhidse. I have lately been able to set the matter 

 right through the kindness of Major L. von Heyden, who has sent me 

 over one of his two examples for comparison. 



2. Platyscelis strigicollis, sp. n. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, subnitida ; capite grosse et rugose punctato ; 



thorace undique punctato, utrinque strigoso ; elytris totis punctatis, 



costis vagis et evanescentibus. , 



L. 13 mill. 



Oval, convex, black, somewhat shining; the head roughly and coarsely 

 punctate, punctures sometimes confluent and a little strigose before the 

 reck ; the thorax more clearly punctate on the disk than on the head, 

 with a few confluent punctures, strongly strigose longitudinally on each 

 side from behind the eyes to the base, anterior angles obtuse, posterior 

 angles nearly rectangular, faintly turning outwards ; the scutellum very 

 narrow and transverse and usually covered by the thorax ; the elytra 

 much less clearly punctate than the thorax, punctures smaller and more 

 irregular, least dense on the disk, and sometimes vaguely arranged in 

 rows ; costfe vague and evanescent, lateral rim evenly and narrowly 



raised; the antennae, terminal joint reddish apically, otherwise like the 



legs, black. 



In size this species is intermediate between P. hypolithos, Pall., and 



P. ruf/ifrons, Eisch., and it ditfers from P. punctatissirna, Fairui., in the 



punctuation ; the last species I know by description only. 

 Hab. " Japan " {Heyne). 

 I am much indebted to Major L, von Heyden for an example ( $ ) of 



this species, which introduces a new genus to the Japanese fauna. There 



are eight examples in the Bates collection, labelled " Manchuria," which 



I believe belong to this species. 



3. Lichenum seriehispidum, Mars. 



Mr. J. J, Walker has taken this species on the coast of China ; and 

 Mr. Champion notes that the head is carinate, not canaliculate, as mis- 

 printed in the French ' Annals.' 



4. Epiphaleria. — P, 382, line 28, for mesosternum read metasternum. 



6. Leiochrinus, Westwood, 1883. 

 Fairmaire states (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 26, 1893) that Ades, Guer., 



