254 Mr. H. W. Bates' supplement to the 



Eucalathus colpodo'ides. 



E. ceneolo multo minor et gracilior. iEneo-niger, 

 antennis, palpis, tarsis (interdum tibiis) et trochanteribus 

 fulvo-rufis, elytris viridi- vel cupreo-auratis fere sicut in 

 Calatho metallico ; capite ovato, post oculos baud tumido, 

 collo supra transversim depresso ; thorace quadrato 

 antice perparum rotund ato, postice modice et recte 

 angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, basi medio late 

 sinuato, margine laterali vix perspicue incrassato, valde 

 refiexo, fovea utrinque basali magno et profundo ; elytris 

 basi angustis, margine basali valde arcuato, humero 

 haud producto, punctulato-striatis, striola scutellari sat 

 elongata. Long. 11 — 12 mm., $ , ? . 



Nikko, Nantaizan and Niobozan. 



At first sigbt resembles tbe metallic species of Colpodes ; 

 but the colour is of different lustre from that seen in any 

 species of Colpodes, and nearest resembles that of the 

 European Calathus metallicus. 



Crepidactyla melantho. 



C. nitida minor et gracilior ; nigra, antennis pal- 

 pis tibiis et tarsis fulvo-rufis vel piceo-rufis ; thorace 

 relative parvo, quadrato postice paullo magis quam 

 antice angustato, lateribus modice arcuatis, margine 

 refiexo, angulis obtusis rotundatis, medio basi sinuato, 

 fovea utrinque basali lata et profunda ; elytris elongato- 

 ovatis, prope basin angustatis, humeris obliquatis, pro- 

 funde striatis, interstitiis convexis tertio bi- vel tripunc- 

 tato ; tarsi 4 posterioribus utrinque bisulcatis. Palpi 

 labiales mas et foem. securiformes ; apice oblique truncati 

 ( $ ) angulo exteriore acutissimo ; maxillares subcylin- 

 drici, truncati. Long. 12 mm., $ , ? . 



Sapporo. 



The male labial palpi differ from those of Pristodactyla 

 cyclodera in having their outer apical angle pro- 

 longed and acute. If Pristodactyla be limited to those 

 species in which the terminal joints of the palpi are 

 cylindrical (though truncated), P. cyclodera must be 

 removed to Crepidactyla, which genus again is scarcely 

 to be distinguished from Taphria, the only structural 

 difference being the more developed grooves of the 

 posterior tarsi, 



