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Phiwosinus minutus, sp. n. 
Ovalis, niger, subnitidus, antennis pedibusque infuscatis ; capite 
granulato, fronte subconcava, pilis flavis circumdata, supra os 
carinata; prothorace transverso, antice contracto, lateribus in 
medio fortiter rotundatis, supra subtilissime reticulato et disperse 
punctato, punctis asperatis, elytris cylindrico-convexis, striato- 
punctatis, interstitiis planis subrugosis, uniseriatim  subtiliter 
tuberculatis et squamulis erectis vestitis, lo, 30, 50 in margine 
apicali spinula unica armatis. Long. 1-5 mm. 
One example, Ichiuchi. 
Black ; head not rostrate, closely granulate, front impressed, 
concave, strongly punctured round margin, with a few longish hairs, 
carinate above mouth. Prothorax transverse, strongly contracted 
towards apex, base bisinuate, its angles broadly rounded, sides 
slightly rounded, more strongly at contraction, surface convex with- 
out median elevation; scantily pubescent, closely reticulate and asper- 
ately punctured, the punctures strongest towards apex, sparser over 
sides behind middle. Scutellum piceous, shining, punctiform. Elytra 
scarcely wider than prothorax and less than twice as long ; basal 
margins conjointly nearly straight, crenate at sides only ; sides 
straight to middle, thence uniformly rounded; above shortly 
cylindrical and very strongly rounded at apex, pitchy-black with 
punctured strie, the punctures not close, interstices flat, shining, 
subrugose, with irregular rows of erect scales and minute tuber- 
cles, Ist, 3rd, 5th and 7th with one or two stronger tubercles 
towards apex and a sharp pointed spine just above lower border of 
elytra. Legs piceous with tarsi lighter. Third joint scarcely 
bilobed. 
The smallest species as yet in the genus, with a 
deceptive resemblance to Phleophthorus rhododactylus, 
Marsh. (spartii, auct.), but separable by the point of 
attachment of the antennz, the broader and anteriorly 
contracted thorax, which is finely reticulate as_ well 
as punctured, and the apical spines of the elytral 
interstices. 
Phleosinus perlatus, Chap. 
Chap., Scol. Jap., p. 198. 
Originally from Hiogo ; one or two fresh specimens are 
without indication of locality. The only sexual character 
