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singulis utrinque seriatim subtilissime punctulatis. Pedi- 
bus piceis. 
$. Clypeo discrete subtiliter punctulato ; tuberculo fron- 
tali intermedio fortiore. Thorace elytris paulo latioribus, 
latera versus punctis adspersis. 
?. Clypeo parce obsolete punctulato; tuberculis fronta- 
libus sequalibus. horace elytris paulo angustioribus, sat 
parce punctato. 
Long. 3—33 lin. ; lat. 1{—1} lin. 
This species closely resembles A. sordidus, but differs 
in having the interstices of the elytra distinctly more 
convex. 
Hab.— Nagasaki, &e. Common. 
Aphodius uniplagiatus, sp. nov. 
Elongatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, elytris piceo-rufis 
plaga triangulari nigra (basi ejus in scutello, vertice in sutura 
ad apicem) notatis. Capite subtiliter punctulato, antice 
leviter emarginato, lateribus obliquis, genis prominulis. 
Thorace antice fere truncato, lateribus rufescentibus mar- 
gineque postico leviter rotundatis; basi marginato. Scu- 
tello triangulato, vix punctulato. Llytris sat fortiter 
crenato-striatis, insterstitlis convexiusculis, levibus. Pedi- 
bus nigro-piceis, tarsis rufescentibus. 
é. Fronte obsolete trituberculaté; thorace sat parce 
distincte punctato. 
@. Fronte obsolete unonodos’i; thorace densius punc- 
tato. 
Long. 2—2} lin. ; lat. 1 lin. 
This species resembles Aph. ferrugineus, Muls., in 
general form, but is smaller; the thorax has the base dis- 
tinctly but finely margined, and it is more strongly punc- 
tured. The elytra are red, with the exception of a large, 
black, triangular patch, the vertex of which nearly reaches 
to the apex of the elytra; the striz are somewhat deep, 
asin Aph. quadrimaculatus. 
Hab.—Simabara. are. 
Aphodius uniformis, sp. nov. 
Oblongus, convexus, nitidus, rufo-castaneus. Capite 
crebre subtiliter punctulato, antice truncato leviter emar- 
ginato, lateribus obliquis, genis prominulis obtusiusculis ; 
fronte obsolete trituberculata. Thorace transverso, antice 
