8 Mr. David Sharp on the 



than 2nd, 4 — 10 strongly transverse. Head strongly but 

 not closely punctured. Thorax transverse, a little narrowed 

 in front, strongly and rather closely punctured, its form 

 very similar to that of fuscipes. Elytra not so long as 

 the thorax, closely and strongly punctured, blackish, 

 obscurely reddish at the extremity, the outer angles 

 rounded. Hind body a little narrowed towards the ex- 

 tremity, rather strongly and moderately closely punctured, 

 (the punctuation is closer and deeper but not coarser than 

 in fuscipes). The legs are red, the hind tarsi long and 

 slender, with the basal joint distinctly longer than the two 

 following. 



Three specimens. 



12. Aleochara japonica, n. sp. Nigra, antenuarum basi, 

 pedibusque testaceis, elytris apice rufis ; capite, thorace, 

 elytrisque dense subtiliter punctatis ; abdomine apicem 

 versus attenuate, fortiter minus crebre punctato, segmento 

 penultimo apice emarginato. Long. 2\ — 3^ lin. 



Allied to A. hipunctata, but with the hind body more 

 strongly and much less densely punctured. Antennae 

 blackish, the base yellow, and the apical joint also a little 

 paler, 2nd and 3rd joints subequal, joints 4 and 5 each 

 about as long as broad, the penultimate joints transverse, 

 but not strongly so. Head finely and moderately closely 

 punctured. Thorax convex, transverse, finely and closely 

 punctured, and with a rather dense depressed pubescence, 

 the part of the front margin behind the head faintly reddish. 

 Elytra shorter than the thorax, closely and rather finely 

 punctured, their apical part reddish, and the humeral 

 angle indistinctly paler, the outer angle rounded. Hind 

 body distinctly narrowed towards the extremity, strongly 

 but not densely punctured ; on each segment the punc- 

 tuation at the base is closer than at the extremity. The 

 apical segment -distinctly emarginate, the sides of the 

 emargination a little crenidate in some specimens, probably 

 the $ . The legs are reddish, the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsi about as long as the three following together. 



I have specimens from Hong Kong, which are either 

 a variety, or a very closely allied species ; they have the 

 antennge rather shorter and paler, the mar-gins of the thorax 

 reddish, and the red marks of the elytra more distinct 

 and of greater extent. I consider them a variety of A. 

 jaj>onica. 



