82 Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford on the 
TOMICINI. 
Cryprureus, Er. 
C. pusillus, Gyll, has ie been recorded from 
Japan by Hichhotf (Rat. Tom., p. 74), who examined 
specimens taken by Hiller in Nipon, and could discover 
no difference between them and Huropean examples. 
-Mr. Lewis has taken a series on Fujisan and at Subashiri 
in which the pubescence on the elytra is scanty, fine 
and less distinguishable than in Kuropean specimens, but 
which have no other well-marked distinguishing fea- 
tures. ‘The prothorax is rather strongly narrowed 
behind, but its shape is variable in Huropean examples. 
Crypaauus, Er. 
At present the Japanese Cryphali are represented 
by a single specimen only in Mr. Lewis’s collection. As 
the genus is very common in the Oriental region, and 
there are some ten Huropean species, it is probably much 
more numerous in Japan than it appears to be at present. 
Cryphalus exiquus, sp. n. 
Oblongo-ovalis, convexus, opacus, niger, squamosus ; prothorace 
semi-orbiculato, margine antico bituberculato, anterius tuberculis 
discretis in plaga postice producta exasperato, posterius rugose 
punctato ; elytris latitudine longioribus, lineato-punctatis, inter- 
stitiis squamosis setis erectis raris ornatis. Long. 1:3 mm. 
One example, Fukushima. 
One of the smallest species in the genus. 
Oblong-oval, convex, dull black with a covering of grey scales. 
Head with front subconvex, reticulate, punctured at sides, im- 
pressed over mouth and with an obtuse median elevation separated 
above from vertex by a sharp transverse shining carina; eyes 
oblong-oval, anteriorly emarginate ; antenne testaceous with club 
deeply infuscate, roundish oval, its basal joint shining, with- 
superior apical border rounded, fringed, remaining joints pilose 
with border less strongly rounded. Prothorax narrowed towards 
apex, rather broader than long, its base bisinuate with narrowly 
elevated margin, basal angles rounded when seen from above, 
sides and apex rounded throughout, the latter more strongly, its 
