340 Mr. G. Lewis on Japanese Silphidse. 



determination is not correct. The type of nepalensis is in 

 the British Museum, and has been carefully examined and 

 compared by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse and myself with Japanese 

 specimens which are undoubtedly Kraatz's N. macuh'frons^ and 

 it is certain that the species are distinct. 



I have taken it at Nikko, Hiogo, and Yokohama. 



4. NecropJiorus montivagus^ n. sp. 



Pra^cedenti similis, sad multo minor ; antennarum clava partim 

 nigra; elytris fasciis duabus rufis. L. 11-14 mill. 



This species differs from N. maculifrons, Kraatz, in being 

 much smaller ; the antennee, especially the basal joint, stouter, 

 with the apical joint alone red. It has also no frontal red 

 spot, and the red fasciae of the elytra in most specimens are 

 less encroached upon by the black denticulation of the other 

 part. The thorax is rounder and anteriorly less widened. 

 The trochanters, like those of iV. maculifrons, are simply bifid. 



I obtained this insect first at Chiuzenji in June 1880, and 

 on August 22, 1881, I took a series of twenty near the water- 

 fall there, in bottles set with meat. 



5. NecropJiorus A-punctatus^ Kraatz. 

 Necropkorus 4-punGtatus, Kraatz, Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. 1877, p. 100. 



Kraatz considered this a variety of N. maculifrons ; but 

 beyond the colour there are other characters by which to 

 separate it. The hind tibise in the male are swollen on the 

 external surface, and the thorax is more rotundate. In the 

 female the hind tibias are like those of the male of N. maculi- 

 frons. 



I have one specimen in which the elytra are wholly black, 

 and twelve others with the red bands as described by Kraatz, 

 each having two isolated black spots. 



It occurs in Central and South Japan, and is not un- 

 common. 



6. Necrophorus latifasciatus, sp. n. 



Niger, vixnitidus; elytris transversim late fasciatis, fasciis duabus 

 rufis. L. 14-16 mill. 



This species is similar in outline to N. A-punctatus, Kraatz, 

 but differs in the following essential details : — The head is 

 much more enlarged behind the eyes, the thorax is dilated in 

 front (as in N. japonicus, Harold) , the elytra are more densely 

 punctured, with interstices somewhat coriaceous, the red bands 

 are broad and only touch the base of the elytron under the 



