318 Mr. G. Lewis on 



interstices flattish, quite flat in male, less so in female, 

 rugose ; the antemige and legs infuscate, claws pale ; in two 

 specimens there is a sutural dusky band, not, however, well- 

 marked. 



There are no spots on the head of this species like those of 

 L. miniatus, Cand., but in facies it resembles small examples 

 of it. In this and the two previous species the anterior tro- 

 chanters are pale. 



Hah. Miyanoshita and Subashiri. Nine examples. 



Note. — Since the second part of the paper was printed I 

 have received a new species of Limonius from Herr von 

 Schonfeldt, viz. : — 



Limonius eximius, sp. n. 



Capite thoraccque viridi-aureis, sparse cinereo-pubescentibus ; scu- 

 tello pcrspicue carinato : elytris obscure purpureo-tinctis, inter- 

 stitiis punctatis ; antennis nigris ; pedibus iufuscatis. 



L. 64 mill. 



Greenish golden on the head and thorax, metallic, with 

 ashy pubescence ; the head punctate, punctures somewhat 

 deep, not closely set, frontal carina well-marked, with the 

 edge feebly sinuous, forehead conspicuously impressed, 

 impression extending backwards triangularly between the 

 eyes ; the thorax narrowest anteriorly, punctured less deeply 

 than the head, especially on the disk, hind angles obtuse ; 

 the scutellum coarsely and roughly punctured laterally, with 

 a median smooth carina ; the elytra dark bronze, with a 

 purple tint, punctate-striate, interstices very feebly trans- 

 versely rugose, almost flat and punctate ; tlie antenna? black, 

 joints 2 and 3 small and equal, 4 to 10 triangularly dilated on 

 the inner edge ; the legs, tibiae, and tarsi infuscate, femora 

 obscurely brown. 



This species in general facies resembles L. tqnt'coUis, Lew. 

 The frontal impression is similar, but the tliorax is more 

 finely ])unctured and less narrowed anteriorly, the scutellum 

 is less wide but similarly punctate and carinate, the clytral 

 interstices are not conspicuously rugose, but distinctly punc- 

 tate only ; the antennre also are less dilated. The type 

 examples of both species are males. The two species men- 

 tioned above, with L. approxfnians, Lew., and L. aiin'ferj 

 Cand. (from N. America), appear to form a small group in 

 the genus ; all have a more or less distinct scutellar carina. 



JIab. Main island {Jlerr Itoesing). 



