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88 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on the 
angulis anticis rotundatis, lateribus sub-rectis, margine 
postico rotundato, leviter bisinuato, basi marginato, Seu- 
tello brevi, apice rotundato, basi punctato. Elytris ad 
basin thoracis latitudine, postice ampliatis, leviter crenato- 
striatis, striis sub humeris inter puncta vix perspicuis ; 
interstitiis 1—4 convexiusculis sat crebre fortiter punctatis, 
5—7 fere planis crebre confuse punctulatis, interstitio octo 
convexo, punctato ; apice marginibusque piceo-rufis; re- 
gione dorsali nigra, testaceo-maculataé. Antennarum claya 
nigra. Pedibus piceis. 
‘Long. 24 lin. 
The disk of the elytra is black; each elytron with ten 
yellowish spots within the black, the 1st and 2nd are on 
the extreme base of the Ist and 2nd interstices, the 3rd 
spot elongate on the 3rd interstice at a little distance from 
the base; the 4th on the 4th interstice and placed at the 
centre of the 3rd spot; the 5th is on the 3rd interstice, 
with its basal end a little above the lower end of the 3rd 
spot; the 6th spot is on the Ist interstice, a little above 
the 5th spot and leaving a very small black spot between 
this 6th and the Ist spot; the 7th spot is on the Ist inter- 
stice a little below the 6th; the 8th is a little below the 
5th: the 9th (on the 3rd interstice) brackets together the 
8th and 5th spots; the 10th is small and placed on the 
4th interstice at the lower outer end of the 9th spot. 
This species is closely allied to A. tessulatus, Payk., 
but is at once distinguished by its very strong punctuation. 
Hab.— Nagasaki. Scarce. 
Aphodius obsoletus, sp. nov. 
A, immundo affinis, at opacus, latior, capite genis paulo 
prominulis. 
Parum conyexus, oblongo-ovalis, opacus, luteus, vertice, 
prothoracis disco elytrorumque sutura infuscatis. Caput 
planiusculum, subtiliter crebre punctulatum, fronte mutica, 
clypeo antice vix emarginato, genis vix prominulis, 
Thorax subtilissime sat dense punctulatis, punctis majoribus 
intermixtis. Elytra subtiliter crenato-striata, interstitiis 
planis, coriaceis, impunctis. 
Long. 3 lin.; lat. 1} lin. 
Very close to A. ¢mmundus, Creutz., but more opaque. 
Head of the same form, but with the cheeks very slightly 
prominent, obtuse. Thorax as in A. tmmundus. LElytra 
