198 Mr. G. Lewis on 



rufis, nitidissimis ; elytris opacis, punctato-striatis, iaterstitiis 

 dense punctatis ; autennis pedibusque nigris. 

 L. G| mill. 



Purple-black, head and thorax golden red, with crimson 

 tint, very shining ; the head clearly, deeply, not very closely 

 punctured, frontal carina feebly emarginate, impressed between 

 the eyes ; the thorax convex, punctate like the head, faintly 

 canaliculate ; the scutellum strongly punctate, distinctly 

 carinate ; the elytra purple-black, punctate-striate, interstices 

 densely rugose and punctured, opaque ; the antennae densely 

 black, second and third joints very small and equal, 4 to 7 

 triangular, rather widely dilated on the inner edge ; the legs 

 pilose, black. 



Evidently somewhat similar to L. aurifer^ Lee. 



Hab. Nikko. One specimen from the forest near the chief 

 temple in June 1880. 



Limonius approximans, sp. n. 



Obscure a;neus, nitidus, griseo-pubcscens ; antennis nigris ; thorace 



angulis posticis pedibusque rufis. 

 L. G^ mill. 



Somewhat brassy, shining, with grey pubescence; the 

 head clearly, not closely punctured, frontal carina feebly 

 emarginate ; the thorax convex, evenly, not densely punc- 

 tured, hind angles narrowly red ; the scutellum carinate and 

 obscurely punctured ; the elytra deeply punctate-striate, 

 interstices rather flat, rugose, and little closely punctured ; 

 the antennaj densely black, second and third joints small 

 and equal, 4 to 10 rather wide, much less dilated than 

 those of L. ignicoUis and not much more so on the inner than 

 on the outer edge ; the legs clear red. 



Hob. Nikko. Two examples only. 



Athous umhratilis, sp. n. 



Brunneus, subnitidus, cinerco-pubescens ; elytris bifasciatis cum 



marginibus anguste castaneis ; antennis pedibusque forrugincis. 

 L. 17-211 mill. 



Brown, with ashy pubescence ; the head with a median 

 impression behind the antenna"", not very closely punctured 

 (punctures coarser in female) ; the thorax darkest in tjie 

 median area, reddish brown at the sides, laterally rather 

 closely punctured (punctures in female larger and ocellate), 

 in median region jmnctures much less close and in male 

 rather fine ; the elytra punctate-striate, interstices sparsely 



