334 Mr. G. Lewis on a 



The narrow form of this species, the divergent direc- 

 tion of the projections on the epistoma, and the different 

 form of the abdominal sulci separate it from the others. 



There are five specimens in my cabinet from Yuyama. 



Niponius ohtusiceps, n. s. (PL VIIL, figs. 20 — 23). 

 Cylindricus, elongatus, brunneus, punctatus. Aiitennis pedi- 

 busque rufis, epistomo obtuso subfiircato, thorace grosse necnon 

 minute punctate. Elytris fasciis transversis medio nigris. Propy- 

 gidio punctate, pygidio bisulcato. Long. 4 mm. 



The colour separates this from all the others, and it 

 is also remarkable in having the propygidium without 

 fovse or sulci. The large thoracic punctures also are 

 interspersed with some of a fine grade which is peculiar 

 to it. The elytral striae are almost alike in all the 

 species, and are not consequently of use as discrimi- 

 nating characters. 



One example was taken at Oyayama near Kumamoto 

 in Higo, and eight others have come to me through a 

 collector I sent to the Ishikari Eiver in Yezo in 1883. 



