On new Species of ll'iAieinlee. 291 



nearly smooth. Scutfl/mn siihtrian;^ul:ir, impunctatc. 

 Elytra rather wider than thorax, at tlu; base, a little tlis- 

 tciuled posteriorly, apiecs obtusely rounded ; they arc elosely, 

 distinetly and ru'^osc-ly punctured. Anfenme thick and 

 elonj:ate. Tihia straight. Front tarsi rather narrow and 

 relatively slender. 



L'nderside shinin;;, violaceous, with close, shallow, inditi- 

 nite sculpture ; terminal ventral segment obconical, simple. 



We have but one similarly {^littering metallic species 

 [L. princcps) , which, however, has the head smooth; the 

 elytra are somewhat attt-nuatcd posteriorly, tlie tibiie arcuate, 

 the anterior tarsi stouter, and the body is decidedly more 

 nifescent. 



Lenjith 3j ; breadth U Hue. 



South Island. The donor and exact locality are, unfortu- 

 nately, not recorded. 



XX X II r. — On new Species of Histeridae and Notices of others, 

 ^y G. Lewis, F.L.S. 



This is the thirty-fifth paper on the Histeridae in this series. 

 In the first paper (1884), which dealt exclusivelj with the 

 Japanese species, I suggested that it was probable that 

 Teretrius was the only genus likely to occur in the islands, 

 but not at the time known as existent. Lately in tli(! south 

 of the Archipelago a species of Plaiylister has been found, 

 and in the Museum of Paris there is a Japanese species of 

 Afendelius. In other families also discoveries have been 

 made from time to time of subtropical and tropical forms, 

 which show that such are more common in Japan than it was 

 at first supposed. I now look f«ir the finding of Teretriosomuj 

 Plaaius, Apobletes, Eblisia^ and probably other genera not 

 yet characterized. 



I also think that the Japanese fauna may eventually be 

 found to have something more in common, though in a less 

 degree, with that of North America. The curious and 

 probably subcortical Ilttferius oplatus, Lew., is somewhat 

 similar to, but not congeneric with, Mtlanetctrius infernalis, 

 Fall. Unfortunately both these sj)oci(s are known only by 

 single examples, and have not been brought together for 

 comparison. Tiie Japanese lletisrius yratus, Lew., is also 

 very similar to II. Irunneipennis^ liand. 



