38 Mr. G . Lewis on 



Elater canalicolh's, sp. n. 



Ater, nitidus, nigro- vel grisco-pubescens ; thorace in medio longi- 

 tudinaliter canaliculato, disco subtiliter punctiilato, lateribus 

 punctis vix diffcrentibus ; elytris coccineis ; antennis pedibusque 

 nigris. 



L. 10^-13 mill. 



Black, shining, with a black or griseous pubescence ; the 

 head evenly, somewhat coarsely, and rather densely punc- 

 tured; the thorax sometimes with an opalescent tint, finely 

 punctured on the disk and sides, at the angles the punctuation 

 is narrowly larger, in the female the punctuation is generally 

 larger than in the male, median channel well-marked, evanes- 

 cent behind the neck ; the elytra punctate-striate, interstices 

 usually rugose ; the antennae — third joint longer than the 

 second and more cylindrical than that of E. pwniceus, and 

 with the legs densely black, claws reddish. 



Ilab. Bukenji (common), Oyama, and Miyanoshita ; under 

 bark of an Abies (Kuromatzu). 



The three preceding species, with perhaps two others from 

 the Korea, form a section in the genus peculiarly Eastern. 



Section 11. Thorax aud elytra correspond in colour. 



Elater hypogastricuSj Cand. 



Elater hypogastneus, Cand. M^m. Liege, 1873, p. 9. 



Ilie abdominal segments are sometimes black. 



Hob. Nagasaki, i\Iiyanoshita, Oyama, Sado, and Junsai. 



Elater nigroventrisy sp. n. 



Ater, nitidus, fulvo-pubescens ; thorace parcc punctiUato ; abdomiue 



nigro ; antennis iufuscatis ; pedibus rufo-brunncis. 

 L. 12 miU. 



Black, shining, with tawny pubescence ; the head rather 

 wide, rather densely punctured, carina well-marked above the 

 antennae; the thorax also rather wide, widening to the base 

 gradually from anterior angle, feebly and sparingly punctu- 

 late on the disk, punctures larger and closer laterally, median 

 channel feeble and not visible beyond the middle ; the scutel- 

 lum rather wide, not acuminate behind, very obscurely 

 punctured; the elytra, striiv; 1 and 2 somewhat lightly 

 impressed aud punctures scarcely visible, outside strias clearly 



