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Eyes large, ovate-elliptical, convex, latet-al, in the middieofthe 

 head. Antennœ stout; scapes reaching the posterior corners of the 

 head, shghtly curved and gradually thickened above; funicuhis 



1 1/4 tiines longer than the scapes, firsl fiiniciilar joint 2 times as 

 long as broad, joints 2-7 nearly as long as broad, joints 8-10 forming 

 a club, eacli joint longer than broad, joint 9 a little longei- as well 

 as broader than joint 8, the terminal joint as long as the two pre- 

 ceding joints together. Thorax rather narrow, anteriorly about hait 

 as broad, but 1 12 as long as the head Proiiotuni high, very 

 convex anteriorly, with the latéral angles very prominent, l'ro- 

 mesonotal suture indistinct. Mesonotum high, a littie narrov^er 

 than the pronotum, broader than long, narr'owed posterior'ly. Meso- 

 epinotal dépression very well-marked. Kpinotum with a short 

 convex basai surface, the declivity abrupt, oblique, concave, about 



2 times longer than the basai surface. Epinotal spines stout, 

 straight, acute, about 13 the length of the basai surface, directed 

 outward, backward, and upward. Pétiole obcordate, about as broad 

 as the epinotum, a little longer than broad, convex posteriorly. 

 Postpetiole about half as long as the pétiole, a little broader than 

 long, with 2 small tubercles situated above in a pair and marked 

 with a médian longitudinal dépression between them, very shortly 

 pedunculale posteriorly. Gaster ovate, very convex dorso-ventrally, 

 tiearly as long as the head and thorax together, but a little broader 

 than the head, acute at the extremity. Legs moderate, rather 

 stout. 



Mandibles and clypeus shiny, the former being striated. Head 

 shiny, finely punctuate ; cheeks striate. Thorax and the tirst seg- 

 ment of the gaster with coarse, scattered, piligerous punctures. 

 Gaster smooth and shiny. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen sparsely but distinctiy pilose ; clypeus 

 with long testaceous hairs ; while scapes and tibiae being destitute of 

 erect hairs. Head, thorax, and the basai joint of gaster minutely 

 pubescent with appressed hairs; also the scapes and tibiae are 

 pubescent. 



Greyish brown oi- pale brown; head, postpetiole, Ihe posterior 

 part of the gaster, upper part of the antennse, femora, and tibia- 

 darker or dark brown. Mandibles yellowish red. 



Hab. : Japan : the Island of Hondô (Y. Nawa). 



Nearly allied to Cv siihnuda Mayr and to Cr. labofiosu Kr. Smith 

 var. Matsumurai Forel, but differs from the former by its more 

 arched thorax, and from the latter by its longer antennal scapes, by 

 the longer, thinner and sharply pointed epinotal spines, by the form 

 of the pétiole, and by its lighter colour; from the Europeau 

 Cr. scntellaris Oltv., the présent species may at once be distin- 



