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Elater PIWICEUS. 

 Ater, nitidtis, griseo-pubescens ; capite confertim, prothorace antice, 

 laterihiisque fortius et crehrius punctatis ; elytris coccineis,profi(nde punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis eonvexis. Long. 5^ lin. 



Hab. : Awomori Bay, extreme North of Nipon. 



This very distinct species is at once recognised by the deeply im- 

 pressed and punctate stria", of which the two next the suture are 

 relatively less deep, and by the second and third interstices being wider 

 than the others. 



Elatee cakbunculus. 



Sub-elongattis, ater, nitidus puhe cinereo tectiis ; eapite confertim, thorace 

 sparsim, jninctatis ; elytris punctato-striatis interstitiis sub-rug ulosis, pi anis ; 

 antennis longis, sub-serrutis. Long. 3f lin. 



Hab. : Awomori Bay. 



This neat little species comes in the carhonicolor group, so far as 

 the puncturing and general sculpture go, but it is more slender, with 

 much longer antennfe. 



CuTPTOHTPXtrS TELLURIS. 

 Longiusculiis, niger, nitidus, subtiliter griseo-pubescens ; eapite thorace- 

 que punctatis, elytris striatis, interstitiis eonvexis, crebre punctatis ; antennis 

 nigris, articulo secundo tertioque necnon tibiis et tarsisflavis. 



Long. If — 2 lin. 

 Hab. : Haagi. 



This species is distinct from all others described from Japan : the 



base of the thighs in the anterior and middle legs is yellow. I am 



much indebted to Mr. Hiller for my specimens. He found the 

 insect, I believe, in some numbers. 



Caediophorus rameus. 



Elongiusculus, parvmi nitidus, niger, pube brunneofulva incondita dense 

 vestitus ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis eonvexis, punctatis, apicibns 

 rvfescentibus ; abdominis apice subtus rufo ; anten7iis piceis, pedibus brun- 

 neis. Long. 5i lin. 



Closely allied to C. pauper, but not quite so parallel, and the 

 punctuation is a degree coarser ; the antenuiB are longer, and the 

 colour of the pubescence and legs is brown. I had two specimens 

 formerly from an old hedge in Kawachi,but this summer I have received 

 the species in numbers from Kii. C. pauper seems confined to the 

 Yokohama district. 



Melanotus cafdex. 



Niger, 7iitidus, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace quam latitudo sua hand 

 longiore, punctata, in medio anguste canaHculato, IcBvi ; elytris punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis parum eonvexis; antennis tibiis tursisque rufo-piceis. ■ 



Long. 3f — 4y lin. ('. 



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