30G IMr. II. ^y. Bates en the 
name cannot stand, as the piior longicornis of Fairmairc 
(1858) is a true Brachinus. 
The species varies much in certain points. In form : 
the degree of convexity of the elytra is very variable, and 
so is the amount of abbreviation of the costai before the 
apex. In colour : the antcnnnj are sometimes concolorous 
tawny-red, but most Ircquently more or less dusky-red, the 
duskiness commencing at the third joint in some examples 
and not before the fifth in others; beneath the episterna are 
sometimes I'cd, and the sides of the abdomen dusky; more 
frequently the metathoracic episterna are dusky, like the 
sides of the abdomen ; but in some examples the •whole 
a])domen is fuliginous, and iu rare cases the mesothoraoic 
episterna are dusky and not the metathoracic. All grada- 
tions are found, and the variations do not occur in con- 
junction. 
B. mcompttis, n. sp. 
Testaceo - rufis, abdominis lateribus irifliscatis, elytris 
cyaneo-nigris ; capite postice baud gradatim angustato ; 
thorace fortiter cordato, postice sinuato, angulis posticis 
hand productis, supril dense pubescenti, ]iunctulato, parum 
nitido ; elytris oblongis postice leviter dilatatis, costis octo 
modice elevatis vix nitidis. 
Long. 2\—U lin. 
Hiogo; Nagasaki. 
The eyes are much more prominent than in B. crepitans, 
and the sides of the head behind the eyes are parallel. 
The thorax is much more rounded on the sides anteriorly 
than in B. crejntans, and more abruptly sinuate-angustate 
behind ; its surface is dotted with dense erect pubescence. 
The elytra are also pubescent on the somewhat obtuse 
costa3 as well as the interstices. 
B. Lcicisii, n. sp. 
Latus, sordide fulvo-testaceus, pectoris lateribus et ab- 
domine fuscis ; elytris acute costatis, nigro-fuscis, plagis 
utrinque duabus flavo-testaceis, prima pone medium, dis- 
coidali transversa dentata, secunda apicali quadrata cum 
margine apicali flavo conjuncta. 
Long. 5 lin. ; lat. elytror. 2\ lin. 
Satsuma. One example. 
A remarkable species, approaching in form B. nohilis, 
but with the elytra more convex and dilated posteriorly. 
The head is short, and narrowed almost immediately 
