Genus Vol. 20(1): 43-48 Wrocław, 30 III 2009 Two new species of Veraphis CASEY from China (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae) Paweł Jałoszyński Os. Wichrowe Wzgórze 22/13, 61-678 Poznań, Poland, email: japawel@man.poznan.pl ABSTRACT. Two new species of Veraphis CASEY (Scydmaeninae, Eutheiini), V. spinosus n. sp. and V. modestus n. sp., are described. The type material has been collected in Western Sichuan, and this is the first report of the occurrence of Veraphis in China. Diagnostic characters, including male copulatory organs, are illustrated. Key words: entomology, taxonomy, new species, Scydmaenidae, Eutheiini, Veraphis, East Palearctic, China. INTRODUCTION Thirteen species and subspecies of Veraphis have been known to occur in Palearctis. Only one is known from the Western part of the region (Scandinavia); most species inhabit Japan (Jałoszyński & HosHina 2005). As all Eutheiini, species of Veraphis are rare, and certainly what is known about distribution of the genus is highly incomple- te. The occurrence of several species in Japan, Russian Far East, and North Korea, suggested a high chance of discovery of Veraphis in China. Indeed, materials recently collected in the mountains of Western Sichuan by Andreas Pütz, and kindly sent to me for study, included several specimens belonging to this genus. Two new species are described below, and the general distribution of Veraphis is therefore extended to subhimalayan areas of the Chinese Tibet. These two interesting species have been collected at altitudes 3500-4300 m, which is the highest known vertical range of this mysterious genus. The type material is deposited in the private collection of Andreas Pütz (Eisen- hüttenstadt, Germany; here abbreviated as CAP).