MR. H. W. BATES ON 



[June 19, 



This seems to show that the source and perhaps the epoch of immi- 

 gration of tropical forms have been different for the two countries. 

 It is, however, too soon to generalize with confidence on these points, 

 seeing that we at presen^faiow scarcely a tenth of the species of 

 Coleoptera almost ce^fcamly existtwgjn Korea. I put forward these 

 considerations, ^sj*ggested by the examination of a large portion of 

 Mr. Leech^alcquisitions, chiefly to showMEhat interesting problems 

 lie bejfcreus in the fauna of this country, aM.tliat an attractive 

 lies open for future travellers and residents. ^ s v Ss ^ 



Fam. CICINDELID^E. 



CICII^DELA CHINENSIS, De Geer, Ins, 4, t. 17. f. 23. 



Two examples, closely resembling the richly-coloured form pre- 



CICINDELA G&MMATA, Faldermann, Mem. Acad. Petrop. ii. 

 (1835), p. 14, t. 3. f. 1; Kolbe, Archiv f. NaUifgesch. Berlin, 

 1886, p. 164, t. xi. 



Taken abundantly at Gensan, and found also by Dr. Gottsche 

 between Soul and Fusan. X?n the Amafr it reoccurs as a rather 

 well-marked variety. Faldermann Ascribed it from Mongolian 

 specimens taken by Bung more t^afi half a century ago. To Herr 

 Kolbe belongs the credit of resuscitating this species, which had been 

 by most authors suppressed a^ra synonym of C. sylvatica, from which 

 it is very distinct. 



CICINDELA RADDEI, Morawitz, Bull. Acad. Petrop. iv. p. 188 

 (1862). 



Three exaufffues, agreeing well with the above-cited description. 



JAPANENSIS, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1&3, i. p. 202. 

 ny examples taken at Gensan. Common in Japan and on 

 the Asiatic mainland as far south as the Yang-tsze. 



\ 

 Fam. 



CARABUS VAN^*<^LXEMI, Putzeys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xviii. 

 p. 2. 



Gensan. One exampleianly, differing from Japane^specimens 

 in the fainter granulations of the interstices, and possibly indicating 

 a distinct local variety. 



CARABUS TUBERCULOSUS, Dejean, S^Cren. Col. v. p. 549. 

 Gensan, one example. 



CARABUS BILBERGI, M^rfierheim, Hummel's lifc$. vi. p. 25. 

 One example, appja^ntly an elongate variety of thisNiDecies. 



CopTOLABjwrS SMARAGDINUS, Fischer, Ent. Russ. ii. 



Two .examples of a rich uniform golden-coppery colour, Uieupex 



