the Elateridai of Japan. 195 



and well raised ; the tliorax closely and clearly punctured, 

 convex, gradually but slightly widening to base, hind angles 

 short and blunt ; the scutelluui closely punctulatc, pubes- 

 cent ; the elytra punctate-striate, interstices rugose and some- 

 what closely j)unctulate ; the antcnnaj black, second and third 

 joints equal and shorter than those of L. niponeiisis\ the legs 

 slender, thighs intuscate, tibia3 and tarsi pale. 



h\ some respects this species resembles the last. 



Hub. Nikko. 



Limonius marginipennis, sp. n. 



./Eneus, nitidus, griseo-pubescens ; scutello postico minutissimc 



tuberculato ; elytris margine angusto rufescentibus, 

 L. 8-9 mill. 



iEneous, shining, with grey pubescence ; the head densely 

 punctured, depressed between the antennse, carina not promi- 

 nent ; the thorax convex, widest at the base, evenly punc- 

 tured, punctures not large, not very closely set ; the scutellum 

 punctulate, with a minute (but remarkable) smooth boss on 

 the posterior edge; the elytra punctate-striate, interstices 

 punctulate (iu one example the punctuation of the interspaces 

 obscures the striae), outer margin red, under the humeral angle 

 the red margin is very narrow, but it widens gradually out 

 from thence to the apex ; the antennai black, the third joint 

 visibly longer than the second ; the legs also black, knees 

 and claws reddish. 



Ilah. Nikko district. One example came from bark under 

 snow on Niohozan in June. 



Limonius hrunneuSj sp. n. 



llufo-bruiJueu8, nitidus, sat longe brunnco-pubcscens ; thorace 

 sequalitcr, baud dense, punctate ; elytris punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis tenuiter et sparse punctulatis ; autennis, cpipleuris pedi- 

 busque rufis. 



L. 10 mill. 



Reddish brown, shining ; the head, frontal carina feebly 

 arched, with two depressions behind it, surface closely but 

 not densely punctate ; the thorax somewhat elongate and 

 rather parallel laterally, with a feeble median canaliculation, 

 punctures very clear and less closely set than those of the 

 head; the scutellum somewhat densely punctured, with a 

 minute smooth carina ; the elytra punctate-striate, strise some- 

 what fine, interstices rather convex, punctuation very fine 

 and scattered ; the epipleura, abdomen, hind angles of the 



