Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan. 287 



Lebia sylvarum. 



L. japonicce affinis ; L. idee ejus sectionis similis, 

 thorace castaneo-rufo testaceo-marginato, sed differt 

 elytris prope apicem flavo-faseiatis. Supra piceo-nigra 

 nitida, thorace castaneo-rufo, testaceo-rufo marginato, 

 elytris macula magna angulata anteriori discoidali 

 fasciaque prope apicem (antice unidentata) margineque 

 testaceo-flavis ; partibus oris, antennis pedibusque 

 testaceo-rufis ; corpore subtus flavo-testaceo ; oculis 

 prominentibus, capite fere laevi ; thorace transversim 

 quadrato, postice vix angustato, margine explanato- 

 reflexo recto, angulis posticis haud productis subrectis, 

 dor so subtiliter ruguloso ; elytris profunde striatis, inter- 

 stitiis convexis ; tarsorum articulo 4to bilobato. Long. 

 6£ mm. 



Higo ; in moist forests at an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Lebia Iolanthe. 



L. japonica minor et angustior, oblonga, supra nigra, 

 thorace rufo, antennis palpisque nigris illarum articulis 

 2 basalibus fusco-testaceis, elytris margine laterale et 

 apicale maculisque ovalibus utrinque duabus (prima 

 discoidali ante medium, secunda apicali juxta suturam) 

 flavo-testaceis ; corpore subtus pedibusque flavo-tes- 

 taceis ; capite subtilissime punctulato, prope oculos 

 ruguloso, oculis prominentibus ; thorace transversim 

 quadrato, postice perparum angustato, margine explanato- 

 reflexo, sinuato, angulis posticis acutis, dorso subtilissime 

 coriaceo ; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis subconvexis 

 alutaceis ; tarsorum articulo 4to bilobato. Long. 5 — 

 5£ mm. 



Ontake ; Subashiri ; on Arctium. 



Addenda. 



The following species, overlooked by Mr. Lewis on the 

 first arrangement of his new material, have to be added 

 to the foregoing Supplement. They include one Palae- 

 arctic genus, Penetretus, new to the Japanese fauna, 

 and increase the total number of described species to 

 408:— 



