Stoj)hylinidcc of Jaiiav. 27 



ventrall profnnde triangnlariter exclso, scgmeuto 6° medio 

 ante apicem longitudinaliter imprcsso. 

 Fcni., tarsis auticis leviter dilatatis. 



This elegant species is allied to Q. impressus by the 

 punctuation of its elytra, and to the uttenuotus group by 

 its large and prominent eyes. Antenna? rather short, not 

 thickened to'Nvards the extremity, the basal joint yellow, the 

 others infuscate ; 3rd joint considerably longer than 2nd, 

 10th quite as long as broad. Head shining black, with 

 four punctures between the eyes ])laced as in scintillans. 

 Thorax piceoits, very shining, distinctly narrowed in front, 

 Avith the usual punctures. Scutellum shining, impunctate. 

 Elytra as long as the thorax, of a beautiful shining-green 

 colour, with a sutural and two discoldal rows of distant 

 large punctures, besides this only obsoletely punctured. 

 Hind-body narrowed towards extremity, of an obscure 

 pitchy-yellow colour, but very strongly iridescent, the side 

 mai-gins distinctly yellowish. The Inflexed margin of the 

 thorax and the legs yellow, the tiblaj infuscate. 



Three specimens, Nagasaki. 



53. Quedius Lcicisius, n. sp. Niger, nitidus, pedibus 

 testaceis, tibiis et coxis anterioribus infuscatis, elytris 

 fortiter subseriatim punctatis, abdomine minus evldenter 

 vcrsicolore ; oculis magnls. Long. 4 lin. 



INIas, tarsis anticis valde dilatatis, abdomine segmento 

 V° ventrall triangulariter exciso. 

 Fern., tarsis anticis leviter dilatatis. 



This species is greatly allied to the Q. jn^etiosus; in 

 form and structure, and even in sculpture, it seems quite 

 siiuilar, but the colour is different and the male characters 

 dissimilar. The stigmatic plate of the thorax is mem- 

 branaceous. 



Two specimens, in a marsh at Hiogo. 



54. Creophilus maxillosus, Lin. A considerable num- 

 ber of a species of Crcop/tiJus, brought by jMr. Lewis from 

 Japan, should, I think, be referred to as a variety of 

 C. maxillosus. They differ considerably from our 

 European individuals in the disappearance (to a greater 

 or less extent) of the white pubescence of the upper 

 surface, and this not as the result of abrasion. The 

 specimens, however, are very discrepant among them- 

 selves as regards the very characters by which they are 



