( 205 ) XI. Supplement to the Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan, chiefly from the collection of Mr. George Lewis, made during his second visit, from February, 1880, to September, 1881. By H. W. Bates, F.K.S., F.L.S. [Read June 6th, 1883.] Plates XII. and XIII. During his second visit to Japan, in 1880 and 1881, Mr. Lewis made an extended tour through the islands, and collected industriously, with the aid of his Japanese assistants, in the central and northern parts of the main island and in the southern part of Yezo, as well as in the southern provinces, where most of his material was obtained on the former occasion. The map appended to the present paper and the itinerary at the end of these introductory remarks will enable the reader to form a better idea of the extent of his excursions through the islands than could be given by a detailed description. The result of his labours, as far as relates to the Geodephaga, is the discovery of 118 new species, besides the detection of a number previously known from other regions, but not from Japan, which, with a few discovered by other collectors, enable me to add 159 species* to the list of the Geodephaga given in my first paper, " On the Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan," published in these Transactions for the year 1873, pp. 219—322. The following is a list of the species to be added to that given in the paper above referred to : — CICINDELID^] . NEBRiiNa: . Cicindela Niohozana. Nebria Lewisi, Bates. „ ovipennis. „ Sadona. „ novitia. ,, s&viens. „ Niponends. „ reflexa. (= Sumatrensis, Herbst, var.). ,, Japonica. „ chalceola. CABABIBvE. „ Snowi. Elaphein^:. ,, jamata, Mots. Elaphrus dauricus, Mor. Leistus crassus. „ Alecto. * Including the " Additions to the List of Geodephagous Cole-optera of Japan," by myself, in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1876, p. 1, and a species described by Mr. Lewis in Ann. & Mag., Dec, 1879. TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1883. PART III. (AUG.) R
XI. Supplement to the Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan, chiefly from the collection of Mr. George Lewis, made during his second visit, from February, 1880, to September, 1881
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