the Elaterkliv of Japan. 259 



Cori/mbites prcenobilis, s[). n. 



Klongatus, purpureo-oeneus, nitidis, griseo- vel fulvo-pubescens ; 

 tborace lateribus ck-nsc, in mt'clio toimiter, punctatis : elytris 

 punetato-striiitis, intcrstitiis siibrugosis, punctulatis. 



L. ld-22 miU. 



Bronzy, witli a purjjle tint, sliininc,^, pubescence grey or 

 fulvous; the head deeply, not closely punctured, punctures 

 round, elevated in front of the eyes ; the thorax visibly 

 canaliculate longitudinally, much more closely punctured at 

 the sides than on the head, disk finely and sparsely punctu- 

 late ; the scutellum finely and closely punctulate ; the elytra 

 rather more metallic than the thorax, ]>unctate-striate, inter- 

 stices finely rugose and punctulate, strife nearest the suture 

 fine ; the antennie and legs infuscate, tibii^i little paler. 



To be placed next to C. serrifer, Cand., a species found at 

 Kobe and Nikko. 



Ilah. Idzu, Yokohama, and Yuyama. There are specimens 

 also in the British Museum. 



Corymhites hypocrita^ sp. n. 



Fusco-niger, nitidus, griseo-pubescens ; elytris subobsoletc striatis ; 



antennis nigris, pcdibus infuscatis. 

 L. 10 mill. 



Dusky black, shining, with grey pubescence ; the head, 

 surface uneven, rather densely punctate j the thorax widest 

 in the middle, less coarsely and more sparingly punctured 

 than the head, hind angles carinate, somewhat acute and 

 turned outwards (in this respect like C. pruinosus, Motsch.), 

 thoracic lateral rim well-marked ; the elytra, stria3 very fine, 

 in some lights obliterated by the punctuation of the inter- 

 stices, interstices finely and somewhat thickly punctulate ; 

 the antennae rather long, not serrate, third joint shorter than 

 the fourth and more than twice as long as the second, coloured 

 like the body ; the legs not quite so dark. 



Superficially this species looks like an Athous. 



Hab. Nikko. Two examples. 



Corymbites notabilis, Cand. 

 Corymhites notahilis, Cand. Mem. Liege, 1873, p. 25. 



I have an example which is obscurely brassy above, not 

 brown. The punctures on the thoracic disk of all the speci- 

 mens are fine and S[)arse ; Cand^ze^'s description of the punc- 

 tuation aj'jplies to the sides only. 



IJab. Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Yuyama. 



