244 [November, 



iii, 1867), for, in describing the markings of Fs. sexpunctatus, I said 

 " some of them often uniting and forming an oblique fascia before the 

 middle, broader on the inner margin." 



I am now quite convinced of the specific distinctness of Ps. major. 

 It is widely spread on the Continent. I have taken it at Paris, in the 

 Schwarzwald, and in Belgium (Dinant), and possess it also from Berlin 

 (Tetens), Finland (Beuter), and Switzerland (Bergiin, Zeller, Burgdorf, 

 Meyer-Diir) . 



The specific term " major " is unlucky, for the species is amongst 

 the smallest of the genus (as restricted) ; all Kolbe intended was to 

 indicate a form of sexpunctatus slightly larger than usual, and even 

 this is scarcely apparent. 



CiECiLitrs KoLBEi, Tetens. 



a Kolhei, Tetens, Ent. Nachr., xvii, p. 382 (1891). 

 A small species about the size and form of C. ohsoletus. Head shining dingy 

 yellowish ; nasus shining fuseescent. Antennse shorter than the wings, blackish, 

 the two basal joints yellowish. Thorax blackish. Legs yellowish. Abdomen 

 yellow, black at the apex. Anterior wings greyish, with strong blackish neuration, 

 which is margined with brownish, scarcely visibly so in the $ , but strongly so in 

 the ? (in which sex the wings are slightly shorter), where it forms a clouding under 

 the pterostigma, and the apical margin is occasionally broadly brownish, but the 

 amount of marking is very variable. 



The (J might sometimes be mistaken for very small C. flavidus 

 from casual observation. Mr. J. J. King took about twenty examples 

 on August 16th, 1892, just within the entrance to Tuddenham Fen 

 (Suffolk) from the village of that name, by sweeping dead and dry 

 stems of ragwort in the vicinity of Scotch Fir. Herr Tetens indicates 

 it from Fir in sandy places near Berlin, and he told me that he only 

 found it on the lower branches near the ground. I had practically 

 identified the species from his informal description. 



There can be no doubt that both the above-mentioned species are 



widely distributed with us, and that several others remain to be 



detected. 



Lewisham, London : 



October 6tk, 1894. 



A NEW SPECIES OF COR^BUS (BUFEESTIBJE) FEOM JAPAN. 



BT G. LEWIS, F.L.S. 



COE^BUS NIPOlSriCTJS, Sp. 01. 



Gyaneus, rohustus, nitidus ; elytris alho-fasciatis, apicihus conspicue 

 V-spinosis ; antennis pedibiosque concoloribus. Long., 10 mm. 



Deep rich blue, with part of the thorax, base and sides of the elytra, purple in 



