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shape, narrower, less rotundate, dilated anteriorly, and with 
less prominent hind angles. 
A. rujiscapis, n. sp. 
A. striato forma et colore simillimus, at difFert thorace 
minus cordato, eljtris striis nullomodo punctatis, scapoque 
antennarum rufo. Oblongus, vix convexus, teneo-niger, 
subnitidus, scapo antennarum piceo-rufo ; thorace quadrato 
mox pone angulos anticos leviter dilatato deinde usque ad 
basin paulo sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis rectis ; 
elytrorum striis latis, paulo impressis, nullomodo punctatis, 
6 — 8 obsoletis. 
Long. If lin. 
Nagasaki ; one example. 
A. secticollis, n. sp. 
Angustus, depressus, niger; supra obscure a3neus toto 
subtiliter sculpturatus, subopacus ; thorace cordato, angulis 
omnibus prominulis, linea dorsali profunde insculpta et 
uti'umque marginem attingenti ; elytris hand profunde sed 
distincte striatis. 
Long. 1^ lin. 
Tango ; one example. 
Much narrower than A. reficulatus. Dark bronze in 
colour, the whole upper surface rendered almost opake by 
minute punctures standing extremely close together, but 
never confluent. The dorsal line of the thorax forms a 
sharply-cut furrow, extending from the anterior to the 
posterior margin. 
A. cuprascejis, n. sp. 
Angustior, depressus, nigro-ceneus, elytris fusco-cupreis, 
late striatis et costatis ; fronte hand punctato ; thorace 
angustiori, angulis prominulis, antice vix rotundato postice 
gradatim angustato, supra nitido, linea longitudinali an- 
tice abbreviata. 
Long. 1^ — IJ lin. 
Hiogo ; several examples. 
Much narrower than A. striatus, but broader than 
A. secticollis; surface of head and thorax moderately 
shining, without denser and coarser punctuation. In the 
middle of the forehead is an isolated puncture, obsolete in 
some examples, but no other punctuation is visible. The 
thorax is conspicuously narroAver, and less rounded an- 
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