432 i^Jr. G. Lewis on 



elytra, a form suitable to and often seen in species which live 

 under stones. 



Hub. Kobe. I took an example from under a stone on the 

 beach; Perileptusjaponicus^ Bates, was running plentifully 

 with it. 



Pyrochroa higonicp.^ sp. n. 



I propose this name for a species which appears to be found 

 only in the south of Japan. It is closely similar to Pyrochroa 

 japonica, Heyd., but the vertical protuberance on the head is 

 at the apex very distinctly divided into two lobe-shaped 

 bosses. I referred to this form in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (5) XX. 1887, p. 171, but thought at that time the differences 

 I noticed were merely individual. I see now that the tarsi of 

 the specimens are stouter and shorter, especially noticeable in 

 the basal joints of the intermediate and hind tarsi, and there 

 can be no doubt the differences are specific. All my specimens 

 come from the southern island of Kiushiu. 



L. 11 mill. 



Hah. Oyayama and Yuyama. Three or four specimens. 



Pyrochroa japonica, Heyden. 



A figure is given of the profile of the head of this species, 

 to give an idea of the curious cephalic protuberance in the 



Fiff. 7. 



male (fig. 7). The colour of the thorax varies in both the 

 above species ; sometimes the lateral margins are infuscate, 

 sometimes the central area also, and in other specimens the 

 thorax is wholly red. 



Pyrochroa episcopalisj sp. n. 



Atra, subopaca, pubeseens ; capita antice rufo-testaceo, palpis piceis ; 



thorace nigro : elytris obscure rufo-eoccineis. 

 L. 12 mill. 



The head black between the antennae ; face and mouth- 

 organs reddish testaceous ; palpi pitchy brown. In the male 



