294 Mr. H. W. Bates on the 
A, obsctij'ipes, n. sp. 
A. spretce affinis, ])aululum latior, supra obscure fenea, 
antenuis articulis tribus basaliljus rufis, peclibus uigris, 
tibiis et tarsis piceis, $ til)iis intcrmediis curvatis. 
Long. 3^— 3f ^ $. 
Nagasaki ; several examples. 
Resembles A. sprcta, but a little broader, the thorax 
especially broader, and not so gradually narrowed in front. 
The antenna? have three red joints at the base, and the 
legs are black, a slight reddish pitchiness being observable 
on tibia? and tarsi on close examination ; the palpi black. 
The hind margin of the thorax is nearly straight, and the 
hind angles not at all produced, but rectangular, their 
apices being slightly rounded ; there is a distinct round 
fovea just within the angle, and a short oval one distant 
ffom the hind margin, and much nearer the dorsal line 
than the hind angle ; the base is smooth or nearly so. The 
elytra are strongly striated, the interstices convex, most so 
at the apex, which is considerably prolonged, as in A. 
acuminata. 
Group 5. Bipalmati. 
Subfam. Patrobinte. 
Patrohus Jlavipes, Motsclmlsky, Bull. Moscou, 1864, ii. 
p. 191; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, t. xiv. p. 40. 
!N^agasaki ; Yang-tsze-Kiang and Hong Kong, China. 
Diplous caligatus, n. sp. 
Depressus, nigro-piceus, antennis rufo-piceis, palpis tes- 
taceo-rufis, pedibus obscure piceis, femoribus testaceo-fulvis ; 
capite sulcis crebre piinctatis ; thorace cordato, antice 
rotundato post medium fortiter angustato, angulis posticis 
rectis ; supra rugoso-punctato, disco lajvi nitido ; elytris 
elongatis, profunde punctulato-striatis, stria 3'^ tripuuctata; 
subtus thorace et abdominis basi punctatis. 
Lon^. 5^ — 6 lin. $ $ , 
Epiittcfa'^ mesothoracica extus valde dilatata; epimera 
mctathoracica brevia, transversa. 
Var. (immaturus?) thorace et femoribus castaneo-rufis. 
Kawachi ; many examjiles. Under refuse on banks of 
rivers. 
Diplous is distinguished from Patrohus by its flattened 
body, and the broad bilobed fourth tarsal joint to the four 
