1873.] ^^^ 



Trib. II. Triplacini. 

 Genus Triplax, Hbst. 



T. JAPONICA, sp. n. 



Oblonga, IcBte ferrugi7iea, antennis {hasi excepfa) pecfore elytrisque 

 nigris ; cnpite tlioraceque fortiter parce punctatis, lioc vaJde transverso ; 

 scuteUo nigro^punctis raris impressis ; elytris punctato-siriatis (sfriis 9) 

 interst it Us fortiter sed parcius ptaictatis. 



Yar. antennis ferrugineis. L. c. 2 — 2i li)i. 



Nagasaki aud Hiogo. 



Resembles T. rwftpes, but is less ovate, the antenna? are mucli lon- 

 gei" and with only three joints red, the 3rd joint is longer than the 

 others, joints 4 and 5 are also elongate ; the maxillary palpi are 

 broadly dilated, the elytra immarginate. 



Grenus Cxktotriplax. 

 Tritoma, Fab. [nee Greoff.] : type, bipustulata. 

 C. Lewisii, sp. n. 



Ooata, tota ferriiginea, clypeo, antennis piedibusque nigris ; capite 

 tlioraceque parce punctatis, hoc basi sinuato, tenuissime marginato ; scu- 

 teUo magno, siib-Icevi ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis evidenter 

 punctuJatis ; abdomine pimctulato, lined, coxali vix ulld, metasterno la- 

 terihus fortius punctatis, mesosterno transverso, piano, prosteriio truncato. 



L. c. 22 lin. 



Ipongi, Nagasaki, in fungoid growth on rails. 



Antennae with the 3rd joint sub-elongate. 



Trib. IV. Erotylini. 



Genus Aulacochilus, Lac. 

 A. JAPONicus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, supra nigro-cyaneus, antennis pedibusque nigris; capite 

 tlioraceque fortiter parce punctatis ; scutello Icevi ; elytris seriatim 

 punctatis (seriebus 8), interstitiis evidenter parce punctatis, subtilissime 

 vix visibiliter pubescentibus, singulo vittd obliqud hasali (a basi prope 

 scutellum fere ad marginem pone hmnerum) , fascidque communi (antice 

 concavd) sub-apicali marginem hand attingenti, rufo-ferrugineis. 



L. c. 3i lin. 



On Maiyasan, Hiogo ; two examples. 



This is the first species from Japan. 



G. R. CuoTcu. 



Cambridge : Ocioher, 1872. 



