132 Mr. G. Lewis on new Japanese Histeride. 
Europe forests relatively occupy an insignificant area, and 
such trees as grow in favourable situations never attain to the 
vigour and consequent stature of those in the Kast. 
List of Species, arranged generically. 
Hololepta depressa, n. sp. 
parallela, n. sp.* 
amurensis, Jevtter. 
Platysoma pini, n. sp.* 
Lewisti, Marseul *. 
-——- yagans, N. sp. 
rasile, n. sp. 
celatum, n. sp. 
lineicolle, Marsev. 
Hister japonicus, Marseul. 
12-striatus, Sch. 
punctulatus, Wied.* 
aino, 0. sp. 
Jekeli, Marseul. 
concolor, n. sp. 
— Pirithous, Marseul. 
— cadaverinus, Hoffm. 
—— boleti, n. sp. 
—— agnatus, N. sp. 
—— sutus, n. sp. 
—— navus, Marseul. 
depistor, Marseul. 
—— japanus, Motsch. 
margine-punctatus, Lewss. 
simplicisternum, Lereis. 
The new species are :-— 
Carcinops 14-striata, Steph. 
Epierus lucts, n. sp. 
Paromalus musculus, Marseul. 
Notodoma fungorum, n. sp.* 
Hetzerius gratus, n. sp. 
optatus, n. sp. 
Dendrophilus Xavieri, Marseul. 
Triballus semen, n. sp. 
Saprinus speciosus, Zr. 
pecunius, Marseul. 
nitidus, Payh. 
sine, Marseul. 
Gnathoncus rotundatus, Z7/. 
Tryponzeus fagi, n. sp.* 
venator, n. sp.* 
Plegaderus Marseuli, Reitter. 
Onthophilus flavicornis, n. sp. 
ostreatus, Lewis. 
silvee, n. sp. 
arboreus, n. sp.* 
Abreeus bonzicus, Marseul. 
Bacanius niponicus, Lewis. 
Acritus Komai, Lewis. 
Myrmidius ovalis, Beck. 
Hololepta depressa, n. sp. 
H., plane proxime affinis, nigra, nitida; pronoto stria marginali 
tenuissima ; elytris striis 2 dorsalibus abbreviatis ; pygidio dense 
punctato. L. 63 mill. 
Exceedinely like the European 1. plana ; the head and pro- 
sternum are both narrower, and the pygidium thickly and 
rather coarsely punctured. 
Distributed sparingly from the Kumagawa in Higo to the 
Ishikari river in Yezo. All the specimens taken were resting 
under bark, and generally on the lateral branches 12 or 14 
feet from the ground. 
Hololepta parallela, n. sp. 
H. elongate proxime affinis, parallela, valde plana, nigra, levissima ; 
fronte non tuberculata; elytris stria subhumerali brevissima ; 
