32 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Densely black, little opaque, with short griseous pubes- 

 cence ; the head small, rather densely punctured ; the thorax 

 opalescent, punctured like the head at the sides, less closely 

 and more iinely on the disk, somewhat elongate, feebly 

 widening out behind the middle, base markedly excavated ; 

 the elytra punctate-striate, strise liglitly impressed, interstices 

 flat and rugosely punctulate; the antennas densely black, 

 second joint very small, third narrower and slightly longer 

 than the fourth ; the legs black, knees and claws reddish, 

 lamellar process on the third joint of the tarsus pale. 



Hah. Miyanoshita. Two specimens. 



Anchastus rujipes^ sp. n. 



Ater, subnitidus, fulvo-pubescens ; capite parro ; thorace panim 

 elongato, azureo-micaute, leviter punctulato ; antcuuis rufo- 

 brunncis ; pedibus rufis. 



L. 7-7| miU. 



Black, little shining, with tawny pubescence ; the thorax 

 somewhat long and narrow, gradually widening out to the 

 base, evenly but sparingly punctulate, opalescent ; the scu- 

 tellum obtuse behind, obscurely and rugosely punctured, 

 depressed in front ; the elytra, stride finely and clearly punc- 

 tured, interstices rugose ; the antennge reddish brown, second 

 joint very small, third similar in size and shape to the fourth ; 

 the legs clear red. 



In outline A. mus is very similar to this species, but the 

 colours of the antennae and legs are conspicuous distinctions. 



Hab. Nikko and Yuyama. Two examples. 



Elater, Linn. 

 Section I. Thorax and elytra differ in coloiu:. 



Elater mponicics, sp. n. 



Ater, nitidus, nigro-pubesceus ; thorace subtiliter pimctulato ; 



elytris lutcis puiictato-striatis, quarta parte postica nigris. 

 L. 10I-14A mill. 



Densely black, shining, with black pubescence ; the head 

 punctured evenly, not coarsely nor densely, frontal carina 

 c!e])rcssed in tlie middle ; the thorax with an opalescent tint, 

 finely and thinly jnnictulate, esi)ecially on the disk ; the 

 elytra clear yellow, a])iccs black, the two markings together 

 forming a cordate si)ot, near the soutellum on the third and 

 fourth interstices are two small, nearly obsolete, discoloured 

 disks ; the legs and antcnnw densely black, claws reddish. 



