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Abdomen castaneous, verj- little exposed. 



/-'■'/« moderate, rufeseent. 



I ' tide r parts castaneous, mouth and venter paler. 



Diffirs from others in its small size, narrow form, dark castaneous colour, short 



pubescence, and fine and close sculpture. 

 Habitat, Asia. Found in Japan by Mr. Lewis. 



Sacium longipes, sp. n. 



L. c. iV^^e lin- - I'lS-l^i.') mm. — Ovale, convexum, nitidum, pilis flavis parce 

 vestitura, piceo-castaneum, pronoto rufescenti ; pronoto modico, ovaliter rotundato, 

 remote non profunda punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, linea basali sat 

 profunda, margine anteriori modice reflexa, margine basali sat profunde sinuata, 

 angulis sat acutis; elt/trix sat brevibus, pronoto vix latioribus, plus quam sesqui 

 longioril)us, ))rope humeros latissimis, profunde at remote punctatis, interstitiis 

 glal»ris, nitidissimis, stria suturali leviter impressa, laterilius marginatis, rufes- 

 centibus, apicibus latis, modice rotundatis, rufescentibus ; pygidio rufo ; pedibus 

 Iffite tlavis ; antennis brevibus, robustis, laete flavis, clavis valde incrassatis, articulo 

 septimo parum incrassato. 



Bodi/ oval, convex, shining, sparingly clothed with yellow hair, dark castaneous 

 with the thorax rufeseent. 



Head tlavesceut, eyes moderate, antennfe short and robust, bright yellow, with the 

 club much incrassated and the seventh joint slightlj' enlarged. 



Thorax moderate, ovally rounded in front, remotely and not deeply punctured, with 

 the interstices smooth and very shining, basal line rather deep, anterior margin 

 moderately reflexed, basal margin rather deeply sinuated with the angles 

 rather acute. 



Sciitelluin rather large, rounded, deeply juinctured. 



Elytra rather short, scarcely broader and more than one-half longer than the 

 thorax, widest near the shoulders, deeply and remotely punctured, with the 

 interstices smooth and very shining, sutural stria faint, sides margined, 

 rufeseent, extremities broad, moderately rounded, rufeseent. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, and rufous. 



Leas moderate, bright yellow. 



I'lider parts castaneous. 



Differs from other in its short and broad form, rufeseent and attenuated thorax, 

 short robust and bright yellow antennae, and sculpture. 



Habitat, Asia. Found in Syria, near Haifa (Reitter). 



Sacium Marseulii. 



S. Mdrseulii, Matthews, Wien. Ent. Zeit. ix. p. 151, 1890. 



L. c. -j*j lin. = 1 mm. — Late ovale, valde convexum, nitidum, sat profunde punc- 

 tatum, pilis flavescentibus parce vestitum, pallide castaneum ; pronoto magno, antice 

 ovaliter rotundato, sat late reflexo, et modice pellucido, modice punctato, interstitiis 

 nitidis, linea basali profunda, margine basali fere recta, angulis acutis; elytris bre- 

 vibus, pronoto sesqui lougioribus, iiaud latioribus, ad humeros latissimis, punctis 

 urabilicatis confertim iinpressis, interstitiis leviter alutaceis, stria suturali profunda, 

 lateril)us leviter marginatis, apicibus vix rotundatis ; pygidio castaneo ; pedibus 

 atque antennis modicis, Itete flavis, harum articulo seiitimo hand incrassato. 



Body broadly oval, very convex, shining, rather deeply punctured, sparingly 

 clothed with yellow hair, pale castaneous. 



