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27. Paraphloeobius(?) brevis spec. uov. 



c?. Niger, griseo et ochraceo pubescens, oculis siuuatis, carina lateruli pro- 

 thoracis fere ad apicem coutiiuiata, tibiis modiis et posticis breviter mncronatis. 



LoDg. (cap. excl.). 6'5 mm. 



1 c? from Hoozan. 



In the type of the genus, P. tricolor Jord. (1912), the eyes are not distinctly 

 sinnate, and the lateral carina of the prothorax does not extend beyond the centre 

 of the sides. 



In P. brevis the rostrum is more than twice as broad as long, bearing a distinct 

 round apical sinus. Antenna not reaching base of prothorax, segments 2 — 4 nearly 

 equal in length, 5 a little shorter, 6 and 7 quite short, 8 triangular, club black, 

 flat, broad, 10 twice as broad as long. Prothorax half as broad again as long, 

 evenly and rather strongly convex ; dorsal carina slightly and evenly concave, 

 lateral angle a little over 90" with the tip rounded, at apical margin three white 

 spots, and several others on the disc, all small and inconspicuous, in centre a 

 blackish dot. Scutellum greyish white. Elytra cylindrical, basal callosity fairly 

 distinct, with a black spot, interspaces 1, 3, 5, etc., very feebly raised, ochraceous, 

 indistinctly variegated with white and l)lack, suture slightly depressed from behind 

 middle to apex, the latter as well as the jiygidium white. Underside greyish 

 white ; legs short, tibiae with an indistinct subbasal spot and the apex blackish ; 

 inner surface of hindtibia convex before middle and then incurved ; the mncro of 

 mid- and hiudtibiae short but quite distinct. 



28. Phloeobius gigas F. (1775). 

 A small series from Hoozan. 



29. Apolecta paraplesia spec. nov. 



<? ? . Speciei ^1. leicisi Sharp (1S91) dictae similis, elytris sine fascia trans- 

 versa tota nigra, antennis segraento 1" mnlto minus abrupte incrassato, tibiis auuulo 

 lato mediano griseo distinguenda. 



Long. (cap. excl.). 7 — 9'5 mm. 



6 c? cj and 7 ¥ ¥ , from Kosempo and Fuhosho. 



The greyish clay pubescence has a greenish tint. The pronotum bears on each 

 side three or four confluent spots ; the spots of the elytra are also confluent for the 

 greater part, but there is a broad transverse space in the middle which bears only 

 a small number of spots. 



While in A. lewisi the lirst segment of the antenna is quite abruptly dilated, 

 it is much more gradually widened from near the base in the new species. The 

 centre of the pronotum is elevate longitudinally, as usual; the carina is so strongly 

 curved in the middle as to form nearly an angle ; it does not reach the basal edge 

 of the pronotum, which edge is elevate except towards the sides. The elytra are 

 moderately depressed along the suture and posteriorly gradually rounded-declivous 

 without indication of a tubercle. The claws are reddish brown, being much darker 

 than in lewisi. 



