Lamellicorn Coleoptera of Japan. 93 
margine postico leviter bisinuato haud marginato. Scu- 
tello elongato, levi. Elytris thoracis latitudini equalibus, 
at duplo longioribus, apicem versus arcuatim attenuatis, 
singulis novem-costatis (costis sexto octoque abbreviatis), 
sulcis inter costas singulis bi-carinulatis et inter carinulis 
subtiliter crenato-striatis. Tibiis anticis extus tridentatis. 
Tarsorum posticorum articulo primo elongato, calcare 
+ longiori, articulo quatuor sequente sequante. 
Long. 34 mill.; lat. 13 mill. 
I have no named species with which to compare this 
species. 
Hab.—Osaka. “ Taken in September in some numbers 
from rotten tomatoes.” 
Ammecius nitidulus, sp. nov. 
Statura Amm. gibbi, at niger, nitidus, elytrorum humeris 
rotundatis. 
Niger, nitidus, convexus. Capite parce subtiliter punc- 
Ae ates ne obsolete trituberculata ; clypeo obsolete 
punctulato, antice ruga transversa instructo, apice emargi- 
nato, angulis obtusis ; ; genis prominulis rotundatis. 
Thorace transverso, antice angustato, convexo, basi mar- 
ginato, crebre punctato (punctis minutis majoribusque 
intermixtis), angulis posticis obtusis. Scutello basi vix 
punctulato. LElytris basi thorace vix latioribus, postice 
ampliatis, convexis, nitidis, leviter crenato-striatis, inter- 
stittis fere planis, parce subseriatim subtilissime punctu- 
latis, lateribus minus  nitidis  subtilissime aciculatis, 
humeris obtusis. Pedibus nigro-piceis; tarsis piceis. 
Lone. 2 lin. 
This species resembles Amm. gibbus in general form, 
The head is similar, except that the angles made by the 
anterior emargination are rounded; the cheeks are a little 
more prominent. ‘The thorax is similar, except that the 
posterior angles are more obtuse. The elytra are relatively 
longer, and have the shoulders obtuse. 
Hab. —Nagasaki. One specimen. Coll. Lewis. 
Saprosites japonicus, sp. nov. 
Elongatus, parallelus, niger, nitidus. Capite convexo, 
subtiliter crebre punctulato, antice leviter emarginato, 
genis prominulis subacutis, margine piceo. Thorace 
capite paulo latiori, sat transverso, “postice paululo angus- 
