98 Mr. G. Lewis on 
Fig. 6. Solpuga Monteiri, sp. n. Mandible of male. 
Fig. 7. Solpuga hostilis, sp. n. Mandible of male. 
Fig. 8. Solpuga Derbiana, sp. n. Mandible of male. 
Fig. 9. Solpuga Marshalli, sp. n. Mandible of male (inner view). 
Fig. 9a. Ditto. Ditto (outer view). 
Fig. 10. Gluvia nigrimanus, sp. n. Mandible of male. 
XIV.—On the Dascillides and Malacoderm Coleoptera of 
Japan. By G. Lewis, F.L.S. 
[Plate VI. | 
THIS paper is supplementary to those written by Kiesenwetter 
in 1874 and 1879; the first was published in the ‘ Berliner 
ent. Zeitschrift,’ xviii. pp. 241-288, and the second in the 
‘Deutsche ent. Zeitschrift,’ xxiii. pp. 305-320. But this 
paper does not include the Lycide nor the Lampyride, as a 
revision of these sections was given by Gorham in the Trans. 
Ent. Soc. Lond. pp. 393-411 (in 1883), and the Cleridee, also 
included in the Malacodermata, have been dealt with by 
myself in the Ann. & Mag. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) x. pp. 183- 
192, in 1892. A note on the synonymy of the last paper will 
be found at the end of this memoir; and I hope to describe 
and figure during the current year a remarkable new species 
with pectinate antenne, and, perhaps, allied to Zenerus. 
The numbers of species at present known from Japan in 
the various families are represented by the following 
figures :—Dascillides 27, Telephoride 39, Drillide 5, Mely- 
ride 19, Lycide 20, Lampyride 8, and Cleride 23, making 
a total of 141 species. 
Owing to some authors using the name of Cantharis for 
Telephorus, species are recorded in the ‘ Zoological Record ’ 
of 1879 (Ins. p. 65) amongst the Cantharide; it is very 
inconvenient using two names, such as T'elephorus and Can- 
tharis, of different genders, as the species, when transferred 
from one to the other, require different specific terminations. 
In Kiesenwetter’s paper of 1879 no sizes are given for his 
species ; but it is not a matter of great importance, as the 
measurements of species in this section of the Coleoptera 
necessarily take a wide range, as individuals vary greatly in 
size, and entomologists seeking to name their specimens by 
Kiesenwetter’s descriptions will not be misled by the omissions. 
