2^22 [Novemfier, 



Liodes castanea in ttat respect ; tlioiigh, the interstitial punctures 

 being smaller, tlie irregularly gemellated and more coarsely punctured 

 striae are more evident than in that insect. 



A single specimen ( $ ) was found by Mr. Greorge Lewis in 1869, 

 among dead leaves, at an elevation of 2500 feet, near Maiyasan Temple, 

 Hiogo, Japan. 



Anisotoma circikipes, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexiuscula, testaceo-ferruginea, elytrorum suturd laterihusque tenuiter 

 piceseentihus , antennarum clavd fused, articido apicali conico, latitudine prcecedentihus 

 duohus suhcequali ; prothoracis disco sat crehre fortitcrque, lateribus fortius , punctatis, 

 his a iasi truncato apicem fere truncatum versus leviter rotundatis, angulis omnibus 

 rotundato-ohtusis ; scutello crehre fortiter punctata ; elytris fortiter punctatis, certo 

 situ quaei ohlique transversim suhstrigosis, striarum punctis vix regularihus, inter- 

 stitiaruni ceque fortihus, paulo mirius crehris ; strid suturali postice profunde impressd, 

 scutellum versus regulari evidenterque gemellatd. Long. corp. 1% lin. (Anglic). 



Mas pedum intermediorum tarsis leviter dilatatis ; posticorum angulo exteriors 

 sultus rotundato, haud prominulo, tihiis leviter clongatis, arcuatis, ad apicem 

 intus curvatis, leviter incrassatis, tarsis crassiusculis. 



Fern, ignota. 



Hab. Nagasaki, Japan. 



In facies nearly resembling a pale example of A. litiira, Steph. 

 {ornata, Fairm.), to which it is closely allied in the external male 

 characters, but the club of the antenna? is not so stout, and the punc- 

 tuation of the elytra, as in the preceding species, is quite unlike that 

 of any of the genus known to me, being nearest to that of Hijdnohius 

 punctatus, though not so coarse. 



A single ( (^ ) example was taken by Mr. Gr. Lewis, among dead 

 leaves, in a valley behind Suwosama Temple, Nagasaki. 



As certain E-ussian and American Colcoptera are found also in 

 Japan, I add the diagnoses of two species of Anisotoma likely to 

 occur in the latter country. 



Anisotoma convexa, Motschoulsky, Bull. Mosc, 1845, part ii, p. 367. 



Suihe^nisphcerica, ferruginea, punctatissima, nitida, antennarum clavd infuscata, 

 elytris profunde punctato-striatis. $ ; corpore subovato, tibiis postice incurvis. 



Long. If — larg. li lin. 



From Kamschatka : like A. cinnamojnea, but smaller, shorter, and 

 more convex. 



