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tlie second. Palpi pitcliy, their last joint long and slender, 

 paler than the rest. Head very narrow, not half as broad 

 as the thorax, with two punctures on the front between the 

 eyes, and with a few others along the inner margin and at 

 the back of tlie eyes. Thorax about as long as broad, 

 greatly rounded at the sides and much narrowed in front, 

 near the front on each side the middle with a series of five 

 punctures, and with two or three other punctures between 

 these and the sides. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra rather 

 longer than the thorax, moderately closely punctured. 

 Hind-body black with metallic reflections, very pointed at 

 the extremity, regularly, rather finely and not densely 

 punctured. The legs are pitchy, the tarsi dusky reddish. 

 A single specimen ; it is a male, and has the front tarsi 

 broadly dilated. 



51. Qaedius jajjonicus, n. sp. {Q. -punctatcllo affinis). 

 Niger, nitidus, elytris rufis, fortiter biseriatim punctatis; 

 antennis piceis, pedibus testaceis, tibiis infuscatis. Long. 

 3 lin. 



Allied to Q. piinctateUus , but with the antenna3 

 more slender, the elytra rather longer, and of a red colour, 

 and the thorax a little more narrowed in front. Antennjc 

 similar to those of punctatellus, but considerably more 

 slender. Head formed as in ■punctatellus, but Avith the 

 eyes notably larger, and with two additional punctures 

 placed in a line between the eyes, as in scintillans and its 

 allies. Thorax rounded at the sides, and considerably nar- 

 rowed in front, with the usual punctures. Scutellum 

 black, impunctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, red, a 

 little infuscate near the scutellum, impressed along the 

 suture, and in this impression with six or seven large 

 punctures, also with two discoidal, not very regular, rows 

 of punctures, and besides this only indistinct traces of 

 punctuation. Hind-body moderately cloi-ely punctured. 

 Legs 3^ellowish, with the tibia3 darker. The tarsi rather 

 more slender than m punctatellus. 



Very conunon in marshy places at Hiogo and Nagasaki. 



52. Quedius pretio'sus, n, s]i. Nigricans, nitidus, elytris 

 viridibus, abdomine late versicolore ; pedibus (cum coxis) 

 testaceis, tibiis infuscatis ; elytris fortiter, subscriatim ' 

 punctatis ; oculis magnis. Long, fere 4 lin. 



Mas, tarsis anticis valde dilatatis, abdomine segmcnto 1° 



