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XI. Supplement to the Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan, 

 chiefly from the collection of Mr. George Lewis, made 

 during his second visit, from February, 1880, to 

 September, 1881. By H. W. Bates, F.K.S., F.L.S. 



[Read June 6th, 1883.] 

 Plates XII. and XIII. 



During his second visit to Japan, in 1880 and 1881, Mr. 

 Lewis made an extended tour through the islands, and 

 collected industriously, with the aid of his Japanese 

 assistants, in the central and northern parts of the main 

 island and in the southern part of Yezo, as well as in 

 the southern provinces, where most of his material 

 was obtained on the former occasion. The map 

 appended to the present paper and the itinerary 

 at the end of these introductory remarks will enable 

 the reader to form a better idea of the extent of 

 his excursions through the islands than could be given 

 by a detailed description. The result of his labours, as 

 far as relates to the Geodephaga, is the discovery of 118 

 new species, besides the detection of a number previously 

 known from other regions, but not from Japan, which, 

 with a few discovered by other collectors, enable me to 

 add 159 species* to the list of the Geodephaga given in 

 my first paper, " On the Geodephagous Coleoptera of 

 Japan," published in these Transactions for the year 

 1873, pp. 219—322. The following is a list of the species 

 to be added to that given in the paper above referred to : — 



CICINDELID^] . NEBRiiNa: . 



Cicindela Niohozana. Nebria Lewisi, Bates. 



„ ovipennis. „ Sadona. 



„ novitia. ,, s&viens. 



„ Niponends. „ reflexa. 



(= Sumatrensis, Herbst, var.). ,, Japonica. 



„ chalceola. 

 CABABIBvE. „ Snowi. 



Elaphein^:. ,, jamata, Mots. 



Elaphrus dauricus, Mor. Leistus crassus. 



„ Alecto. 



* Including the " Additions to the List of Geodephagous Cole- 

 optera of Japan," by myself, in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1876, p. 1, 

 and a species described by Mr. Lewis in Ann. & Mag., Dec, 1879. 



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