RhyncJiopho7'ous Goleo'ptera of Japan, 107 



acuminate. Eyes coarsely facetted. Thorax much 

 narrower than the elytra, nearly straight at the sides, 

 and almost as broad behind as in front, the base very 

 feebly bisinuate ; the surface squamose, but with a few 

 large punctures, rendering it uneven. Elytra densely 

 squamose, and with minute and very short sette, rising 

 from among the scales; the interstices a little convex, 

 and the series of punctures quite distinct. Legs rather 

 long, densely squamose, slender, hind femora with a 

 distinct small tooth, the others almost imperceptibly 

 dentate. 



Higo, a Province in Kiushiu : one specimen. 



2. Myllucerus hlllerl. 



Myllocerus hilleri, Faust, Stett. ent. Zeit., 1., 1889, 

 p. 222. 



Minor, dense griseo-squamosus, variegatus, setis erectis armatus, 

 antennis rufis, baud crassis, sat dense setosellis ; femorihus dente 

 parvo instructis. Long. 4-5 mm. 



Antennfe not long, rather slender, 2nd and .3rd joints only 

 moderately long, the 3rd scarcely so long as the 2nd. Rostrum 

 flat in front, not carinate or impressed, eyes rather small, quite 

 lateral. Thorax small, greatly narrower than the elytra, not 

 in the least sinuate at the base, very slightly nari'ower at the base 

 than in front ; the surface densely squamose, the squamosity paler 

 at the sides, the numerous setae emei'ging from the squamosity 

 very minute. Elytra extremely finely striate, the strife not 

 visibly punctate, densely squamose, the .squamosity sordid grey, 

 with some very irregular nearly white patches, and a few darker. 

 The erect sette very distinct. Legs slender, rather short. 



This insect reminds one of the European Pseudo- 

 myllocenis sinuatus, but the claws are not connate. 

 Amongst the Japanese species it can only be confounded 

 with Myllocerus griseus, or viridulus, but is very 

 distinct from them by the smaller thorax, smaller eyes, 

 and by the very conspicuous setee of the elytra. It also 

 differs by the flat front of the rostrum, and by the 

 extreme shallowness of the excision that forms the 

 buccal cavity. 

 , It was found in considerable numbers at Oyama. 



