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leviter seel confertim tuberculato Bive alutaceo, iinpressione levi, ovali, in medio 

 disco utrinqne notato, lateribua marginatis, antice valde rotundatis, postice con- 

 tracts vix constrictis, margine basali fere recta, anguli ; elytris capita 

 pronoto param longioribus el latioribus, pone media latissimis, ordinibus obliquie 

 remote sal profunde asperatis, lat< ribus parum rotondatis, apicibus valde rotuudal 

 abdomine Bat obtuso, dilution, Begmentia duobua ultimis lsete flavia ; ped [ue 

 antennis longis, robut flavis. 



Body elongate, ratber depressed, moderately shining, translucidly castaneous, 



Bparingly clothed with grisi oils hairs. 



Head large and broad, much rounded in front ; eyes small and rather prominent ; 



antenna? long and robust, brigbl yellow. 

 /' wax large, broader but not longer than the head, widest at the middle, lightly 



but closely tuberculate or alutaceous, with a faint oval impression on each 



side on the disc, -ides margined, strongly rounded in front and contracted 

 t< riorly, basal margin nearly straight with the angles acute. 

 Scut, Hum rather sinail, triangular, closely asperate. 

 Elytra rather longer and broader than the head and thorax, widest behind the 



middle, remotely and rather deeply asperated in oblique row-, sides slightly 



rounded, extremities much rounded. 

 Abdomen obtuse, pale, with the two apical segments bright yellow. 

 /. . long and robust, bright yellow. 

 Viiil, r p 'lie ous, with the coxae, mouth, and all the ventral segments bright 



yellow. 

 /»)//'. rs from /'. Fauvelii in its larger size, broader and not constricted thorax, shorter 



elytra, and robust legs and antennas. 

 Habitat, Asia. A single specimen found by Mr. Lewis near Yokohama, in Japan. 



Ptinella Fauvelii, sp. n. 



L. c. , 7 ,, lin. = 0"87 mm. — Elongata, convexa, nitida, obscure castanea, pilis sat 

 longis griseis vestita; <-<>i>itr magno, lato, -at brevi, confertim tuberculato; oculis 

 magnis, prominentibus ; pronoto modico, capite vix longiori aut latiori, pone 

 medium latissimo, basini versus constricto, convexo, nitido, profunde et confertim 

 tuberculato, lateribus marginatis, antice rotundatis, margine basali fere recta, 

 angulia acutis, prominentibus; elytris sat longis, ovalibus, capite atque pronoto 

 sesqui longioribus, parum latioribus, pone media, latissimis, ordinibus transversis, 

 irregularibua confertim et n i peratis, lateribus marginatis et leviter rotun- 



datis, apicibus latis, rotundatis, diiutiorilms, extremis albidis; abdomine sat 

 obtuso, pallide castaneo, Begmentia quatuor apertia ; pedibua atque antennis 

 longis, gracilibus, la ite Savis. 



Bod ;i elongate, convex, shining, dark castaneous, clothed with rather long grey hair. 

 II. i, i large and broad, rather short, closely tuberculate; eyes large and prominent ; 



antenna? long, slender, bright yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, scarcely longer or broader than the head, widest behind the 



middle, constricted towards the base, convex and shining, deeplj and, clos 



tuberculate, Bides margined and rounded anteriorly, basal margin nearly 



Btraight, with the angles acute and prominent. 

 Scutellum moderati , triangular, deeply asperated. 

 Elytra rather long, oval, rather broader and one-half longer than the head and 



thorax, widesl behind the middle, closely and rugosely asperated in irregular 



in,, .sides margined and Blightly rounded, extremities broad, 



rounded, and paler, with the edge while. 



.!/,: ither obtuse, pale castan -. with four segments exposed. 



/. gs long and slendi r, bright yellow. 



Under parts castaneous, with the mouth and terminal bi gmentsof the venter yellow. 



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