1887.] JAPANESE ESDOMYCHIDiB. 643 



Ancylopus, Costa. 



1. Ancylopus melanocephalus, Oliv. 



Mr. Lewis says this insect was very abundant in the middle of 

 March in Mississippi Bay, Yokohama, under stones and also under 

 planks which had been washed up by the sea. At Nagasaki it was 

 abundant in garden-refuse early in the spring. 



Danae, Reiche. 

 ( Oediarthrus, Gerstaecker. Coniojpoda, Gorham.) 



1. Danae oRiENTALis. 



Coniopoda orientaiis, Gorham, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. ix. p. 20.5. 



Hab. KiusHiu : Nagasaki, Ichinchi, Kobe. 



None of the specimens captured exhibit the peculiarity of a 

 swollen ninth joint of tbe antennas, yet as many liave been met with, 

 it is hardly likely but that we have received both sexes. If this 

 is so, perhaps the generic name Coniopoda will have still to be 

 retained for this insect. All the species are rare in collections, and 

 I have not enough specimens to examine them in detail. D. orientaiis 

 occurs in haystack-refuse in early spring. 



Lycoperdina, Latreille. 



1. Lycoperdina dux, Gorh. Ent. Mo. iVIag. vol. ix. p. 205. 



Very few specimens of this species have at present been obtained — 

 at Hiogo in puff balls on the ground in fir- woods, three examples, and 

 one at Yokohama. 



2. Lycoperdina, sp. inc. 



\ few specimens of a Lycoperdina, apparently distinct from L. dux, 

 were obtained by Mr. Lewis at Sapporo ; these specimens are of a 

 light chestnut-yellow colour, with the exception of the legs and 

 antennae, which are brownish yellow. The thorax is transverse 

 instead of being nearly quadrate, as in L. dux. Three of the 

 specimens are female and one a male, but I do not feeJ disposed to 

 describe the species upon the specimens before me, as they may not 

 be fully matured. 



3. Lycoperdina castaneipennis, Gorham, Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 vol. xi. p. 151. 



Apparently commoner than L, dux; Mr. Lewis met with specimens 

 at Nikko, in the Main Island, and Sado, in October, from a kind of 

 puflfballs which grew in quantities on standing but rotten beeches ; 

 also one example at Nagasaki in March 1881. 



4. Lycoperdina mandarinea, Gerst. Mon. Endom. p. 212*. 

 Hah. China: Hongkong'. Japan: Kiushiu : Nagasaki, Hiogo. 

 Met with again by Mr. Lewis in Yezo, at Tomakouiai, two speci- 

 mens. 



