110 Mr. G. Lewis on 
ATHEMUS, gen. nov. 
The characters of this genus are, in a great part, the same 
as those of Themus; but it may be separated on several 
important characters. The head is less robust, the thorax 
longer than broad, with the lateral edges less explanate, and 
the basal portion is occupied by two lobe-shaped raised areas ; 
the antenne has the second joint much shorter than the third, 
and the legs are notably stouter, a character especially observ- 
able in the tibie. 
There are sexual characters also. The female has a con- 
spicuous inner process within the anterior and intermediate 
claws; the male has long antennal grooves in joints 4 to 8, 
and the hind tibie bent. 
Type: Telephorus suturellus, Motsch. 
I have a species from Shanghai which is, perhaps, un- 
described. 
Athemus suturellus. 
Telephorus suturellus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. p. 10 (1860). 
Var. Cantharis lutewennis, Kies. Berl. ent. Zeit. p. 273 (1874). 
Var. Telephorus melanopus, Har. Deutsche ent. Zeit. p. 74 (1878). 
Var. T. roninus, vel sp. nov. 
The type of this species is described as having pale tibie 
and infuscate femora, with the sutural margin dusky. 
Kiesenwetter described a variety in which the female has a 
diffused dusky spot before the apex of the elytra. Harold’s 
species is another colour-variety with black legs. I found a 
small colony at Miyanoshita under the large trees of a dense 
forest which are entirely black (var. roninus). Harold (1. ¢. 
p- 74) notices the sexual characters of this species. 
Hab. Found in all the islands abundantly. 
Athemus attristatus. 
Cantharis attristata, Kies. Berl. ent. Zeit. p. 272 (1874). 
It is very doubtful whether this is or is not a variety of 
the last, but it is considerably less in size. I have only six 
specimens. In colour it differs from A. roninus, var., in 
having the thoracic lateral margins, and sometimes the tarsi, 
wholly pale. Sometimes the antenne are testaceous, some- 
times black. 
Hab. Nikko. Taken in the dense forest above the temples. 
Telephorus insulsus, Har. 
Telephorus insulsus, Har. Deutsche ent. Zeit. p. 76 (1878). 
Hab. Miyanoshita and Oyama, in Sagami. Appears very 
early in the spring in the flowers of Edgworthia. 
