116 Mr. G. Lewis on 
but it is broader and wholly black; the antenn: are shorter 
and stouter, especially the terminal joint, and the legs and 
tarsi are also thicker. 
Hab. Higo. One example. 
Drilaster awxillaris, Kies. (Pl. VI. fig. 6.) 
Drilaster axillaris, Kies. Deutsche ent. Zeit. p. 311 (1879). 
Hab. Main island and in Yezo. 
In the collection of the Rev. H.S. Gorham there is an 
undescribed species from Borneo. 
MELYRINI. 
Laius niponicus, sp.n. (Pl. VI. fig. 8.) 
Niger vel cyaneo-niger, nitidus, griseo-pubescens ; antennis rufis, 
apicibus exceptis ; elytra rufo-fasciatis ; femoribus nigris vel rufis, 
tibiis tarsisque rufis. 
Long. 33-33 mill. 
Black, or with a bluish tint, shining, with grey pubescence ; 
the head densely punctured, eyes prominent; the thorax also 
densely punctate at the sides, more or less smooth in the 
middle, as wide as long; the elytra with a wide red fascia, 
which widens out both at the suture and on the epipleural 
margin; the legs, femora usually black, but sometimes the 
anterior and intermediate pairs are red; tibia and tarsi red, 
claws infuscate ; the antenne, five or six apical joints blackish, 
the rest red, the third joint in male is formed like a wide 
lobe-shaped plate excavated on the upper surface, in the 
female it is simply enlarged. 
Hab. Hakodate sand-hills ; also at Kobé. 
Laius Kiesenwettert, Lew. 
Laius Kiesenwettert, Lew. Cat. 1874, no. 1215. 
Lawus flavicornis, Kies. Berl. ent. Zeit. xviii. p. 283 (1874). 
The first name is proposed because Kiesenwetter’s name 
was occupied by Fabricius. 
Malachius vitticollis, Kies. 
I know not this species, nor do I remember having seen a 
species of Malachius in Japan with a pale-coloured thorax 
and black centre. I think the type is a Chinese specimen I 
gave to Herr Kiesenwetter, and he has made an error in 
publishing the locality, and I do not propose to give it a place 
in the Japanese Catalogue at present. 
