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Japanese specimens have the legs darker, dark pitchy, 
Avith femora sometimes black, and the elytral interstices 
not punctured, except towards the sides of the elytra. 
But in a series of specimens taken by Mr. Lewis at Kiu- 
Kiang on the Yang-tsze, I find all gradations, though 
none in which the pvuictuation entirely fails. The peculiar 
form of the thorax at once distinguishes the species, in all 
its varieties ; it is much more nearly square than in any 
of its near congeners, dilated very slightly at one-third the 
length, and thence very gradually, straightly and mode- 
rately narrowed to the base ; the hind angles are rectangular 
and somewhat raised. 
Subfam. Oz^ninzE. 
Eustra plar/iata, Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Col. Birmaniro, 
p. QQ ; Cliaud. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bclg. t. xi. (Revis. 
Ozcn. p. 31,). 
Nagasaki, at roots of large trees and in moss. 
I believe this is the most northern locality in which a 
species of the singular group OzcenincB has been found. 
The subfamily may be always recognized by the curious 
break, or fold, in the lateral margin of the elytra, near the 
apex. Eustra is distinguished as a genus by its acumi- 
nated palpi. The Japanese specimens agree precisely 
with Schmidt-Gocbcl's excellent description, and it is sin- 
gular that the species should not yet have been found in 
any intermediate locality between Birmah and Japan. 
Subfam. ScARiTiNiE. 
Scarites aterrimus, Moraw. Beitr. z. Kilfcrf. Ins. Jcsso, 
p. 21, t. 1, f. 8. 
Hiogo and Simabara, on sandy beaches ; also Hakodadi 
and the coast of Manchuria. 
A species distinguished by its rather short, broad form, 
the dilated and rectangular head in front of the eyes, and 
the broad thorax, Avith the anterior margin deeply arcuate^ 
emarginate, and anterior angles much produced. The 
dentiform process at hind angles of the thorax is scarcely 
perceptible, and the elytra are strongly striated, Avith the 
stria} faintly crenated. The exterior edge of the middle 
tibia3 have only one spine. Out of fourteen specimens 
only tAvo present the tAvo posterior dorsal punctures of the 
elytra, described by MoraAvitz ; the rest are impunctate. 
