386 Mr. G. Lewis on 
Geotrupes auratus, Motschulsky. 
Geotrupes auratus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. 1857, p. 31; Jekel, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. 1865, p. 587 ; Waterh. /. c. p. 97. 
Geotrupes purpurascens, Waterh., Lew. Ent. 1895, p. 150. 
Hab, Japan, common in all the islands. At Nanai near 
Hakodate, on the 17th September 1880, I observed it in great 
profusion. A note in my diary says “ 50 specimens occurred 
in one of their attractions and this repeatedly. Many scores 
were alive and crawling about without abdomens; a species 
of Corvus had been feeding on them, but only eating the 
softer part of their bodies.” At Kashiwagi I found only the 
blue variety and captured about 30 examples. The colour- 
varieties are noticed in the Ent. p. 150 (1893). Waterhouse 
records specimens from Tartary and Heyden from Manchuria. 
Celebes has been given in error. 
The colours of this species are blue-black, blue-green, blue, 
golden green, golden red, and bright copper, with some inter- 
mediate tints. The smallest specimen I have measures 
14 mill., the largest 21 mill. 
Geotrupes levistriatus, Motschulsky. 
Geotrupes levistriatus, Motsch, Etud. Ent. p. 32 (1857), 9 ; Waterh. 
1. c. p. 97 (1875), g & Q. 
Geotrupes Deyrollei, Jekel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. v. p. 586 (1865), 
Geotrupes ameus, Jacobsohn, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvii. p. 120 
(1893), ¢. 
Jacobsohn’s description corresponds with the female cha- 
racters of this species, but he states that his type is a male. 
The descriptions by Motschulsky, Jekel, and Waterhouse 
were presumably unknown to Jacobsohn, as they are not 
referred to by him. 
Hab. Japan, abundant (in many varieties) in all the islands 
and occurs also in Manchuria. The locality “ Celebes ” has 
been given in error, owing to a small series of Japanese species 
in the British Museum being so labelled by Mr. Bowing before 
presentation to that institution. Occurs also on Ketoi, one of 
the Kurile Islands. 
Trox chinensis, Bohem. 
Trox chinensis, Bohem, Eugen. p. 52 (1858). 
Trox obscurus, Waterh. 1. c. p. 98. 
This species is smaller than 7. ¢nclusus, Walker, but both 
species belong to the section of the genus in which the scu- 
tellum is coarctate at the base. The genus Zrox is now 
divided into 4 or 5 genera. 
Hab. Simabara. Four examples in 1869. I did not meet 
with it on my second visit to Japan. ” 
