166 Pawe1JALoszYNsKland Shuhei NoMURA References JALoszYNsKIP.,2006.RevisionofHoraeomorphusScHAUFUss(Coleoptera,Scydmaenidae)ofEastMalay- sia,SingaporeandSundaIslands.Genus,Wroclaw,17:19-66. JALoszYNsKIP.,S.NoMURA&IDRls,A.G2007.AnewHot'aeomorphusfromtheMalayPeninsula.Elytra, Tokyo, 35:307-311. Elyt1・a,Tokyo,36(1):166,May30,2008 A New Record of MalthzKus M amsafz(Coleoptera,Cantharidae) fromMinamidaito Is.,Southwest Japan Kazuhir0 TAKAHASHI 239-11Nagamochi, Hiratsuka,259-1217Japan Malthinusnakanishii TAKAHAsHI,2006isa remarkablespeciesfirst describedfrom Kita- daitoIs.,SouthwestJapan. Uptotheprestnt, thishasbeenthesoleknownlocality. Recently, I hadanopportunitytoexamineaspecimencollectedonMinamidaitoIs.,whichalmostcoincides withthepresentspecies. AfteracarefulexaminationI haveconcludedthat thisspecimenfrom MinamidaitoIs.perfectlyagreeswiththespecimensfromKitadaitoIs. Thefollowinglocalityis asecondknownplaceofoccurrenceof thisrarespecies. Material examined. 1 , Eastcoast of MinamidaitoIs.,OkinawaPref.,10-IV-2007, M. NAKANISHI leg. Distribution. Japan. (KitadaitoIs andMinamidaitoIs) Finally,IwishtoexpressmyheartythankstoMessrs. MotooNAKANlsHIofMatsusakaand Hiroshi OToBE of Tsu for their kindness in providingme the opportunity to examine the above-mentionedspecimen. Reference TAKAHASHI, K.,2006. A newspeciesof thegenusMalthinils(Coleoptera,Cantharidae) from Kitadaito Island farofsouthwestJapan.Elytra,Tokyo,34:353-356.