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2. Episomus mundus, n. sp. 



Squamosus, subtus cretaceo-albidus, supra fuscus, utrinque late 

 albido-plagiatus, apiceque albido, antennarum apice nigro ; supra 

 vage sculpturatus, hand tuberculatus. Long. 14 mm. 



Slightly smaller than E. turritus, with more slender 

 limbs, and at once distinguishable by the absence of 

 tubercles on the elytra. The surface is very densely 

 covered with extremely minute scales, and the system of 

 coloration is more like that of E. turritus than of other 

 species of the genus. There is a single very deep groove 

 along the middle of the rostrum, but no lateral rugce. 

 The thorax has no transverse folds or grooves, and it is 

 only obsoletely and sparingly rugose, but there is a 

 broad longitudinal impression along the middle con- 

 sisting of two parts separated on the disc. The elytra 

 seen in profile, ai"e at first flat or nearly so, but then rise 

 greatly so as to be very convex ; they are sculpture with 

 series of irregular, large, not deep pits, separated only 

 by quite small interstices. A single specimen only has 

 been found of this elegant insect, it does not appear to 

 be related to any species but E. turritus. 



Yuyama, in Kiushiu, May 12th, 1881. ^ 



GROUP V. 



Myosides. 



Myosides, Roelofs, Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique, xvi., 1873, 

 p. 164. 



This genus comes near to Coenopsis, from which it is 

 distinguished by the larger interval between the eye 

 and the scrobe, the former being placed also nearer to 

 the thorax. 



1. Myosides seriehispidus, Roelofs, Ann. Soc. ent. 

 Belgique, xvi., p. 165, pi. ii., fig. 4. 



Apparently not uncommon, about Nagasaki in March ; 

 two specimens were also met with on the Main island at 

 Miyanoshita in April. 



2. Myosides pyrus, n. sp. 

 Dense fusco-squamosus, subpyriformis, setis erectis tenuibus 

 parce vestitus ; elytris minus brevibus, basin versus fortiter 

 angustatis. Long. 3i mm. 



