Lamellicorn Coleoptera of Japan. 85 
truncato, sat crebre subtilissime punctulato punctis majori- 
bus interspersis, basi obsolete marginato; angulis anticis 
obtusis, lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis rotundatis. 
Scutello triangulari, vix punctulato. Elytris thoracis lati- 
tudine, parallelis, haud profunde crenato-striatis, inter- 
stitiis subplanis, levibus. 
Long. 5 mill.; lat. 2 mill. 
Very close to Aph. ferrugineus, Muls., but rather nar- 
rower. Cheeks a little more decidedly prominent. Base 
of the thorax distinctly margined. Striz of the elytra 
more impressed and the interstices less flat. Basal joint 
of the posterior tarsi one-third longer than the calcar of the 
tibia, equal to the two following joints taken together. 
Hab.—Hakodadi. Coll. Brit. Mus. 
Aphodius impunctatus, sp. nov. 
Elongatus, convexiusculus, parallelus, nitidus, fere im- 
punctatus, piceo-castaneus. 
Long. 4 lin.; lat. 14 lin. 
Head broad, rounded in front, with the anterior margin 
slightly reflexed; the clypeus sparingly and finely punc- 
tured, with the centre slightly raised, the cheeks rounded 
and very slightly prominent. Thorax scarcely longer than 
the width of the head, one-fourth broader than long, a 
little narrowed in front, convex, with a few punctures on 
the sides, the front margin nearly straight ; the anterior 
angles slightly prominent, the sides slightly rounded ; the 
posterior margin gently bisinuate, the posterior angles 
rounded, the base margined. Scutellum triangular, with 
the sides straight and the apex acute, impunctate. Llytra 
the same width as the thorax, with the sides very nearly 
parallel, conjointly rounded at the apex, each with nine 
well-defined (but lightly impressed) strize, which are obso- 
letely but moderately thickly punctured, and the eighth of 
which is abbreviated at the shoulders; the interstices flat 
and impunctate. Basal joint of the posterior tarsi as long 
as the spur on the tibia. 
Hab.—Japan. “ Taken in the sandy district of Sima- 
bara in autumn.” 
Aphodius pallidicinctus, sp. nov. 
Elongatus, convexiusculus, nitidus, nigro-piceus ; elytris 
piceis, marginibus thoracisque lateribus testaceis. Capite 
