Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of Japan. 133 
Pratypus, Hbst. 
The five species in this collection are all new; the 
males of two alone are represented. 
TABLE. 
1. Elytra with impressed striz 
with rows of fine punctures REAR Morice re ir 
2. Apex of elytra with a small terminal impression, unarmed . 3 
declivous and convex, with two small tu- 
bercles ondeclivity . . . modestus, 9 
produced at externalangles. . . . tata oe 
3. Prothorax quadrate, with a narrow patch of close eacennee 
round sulcus, the anterior two or three large 
and porelike, elytra pilose from base to apex 
modestus, 3 
oblong, with a broad cordate patch of uniform 
punctures rovnd sulcus, elytra glabrous before 
apex a: HK i Gay “Wewisd, ig 
4. Interstices spined at summit aE apie decuenty of elytra ; 4th 
abdominal segment with two spines . .  lewisi, Q 
Interstices not spined, 4th abdominal segment unarmed 
severini, 
5. Terminal impression oval, with an inferior emargination not 
reaching middle . . . . calamus, 
lunate, emarginate to middle . hamatus, 
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Platypus modestus, sp. n. 
Ferrugineus, prothorace subquadrato, sparsim piloso ; elytris 
sulcatis, sulcis postice latioribus, interstitiis subconvexis, nitidis, 
rarius pilosis ; apice convexe declivi, interstitiis opacis, granulatis, 
pube densiore vestitis. Long. 5 mm. 
Mas. Fronte valde concava, opaca, fundo bifoveolato ; protho- 
racis sulco congerie punctorum circumdato, punctis inaequalibus, 
depressione elytrorum postica parva, subtriangulari, granulata. 
Fem. Fronte quam minime concava, opaca ; prothorace medio 
utrinque impresso, subaequaliter punctato, punctis in utroque sulci 
latere paullo crebrioribus; declivitate ad apicem interstitii 31 
spinula ornata. 
Four specimens, Nikko and Shimidzu Toge. 
Rather robust and not elongate; ferruginous, with bead and 
apex of elytra darker, the latter nearly testaceous at base, 
