46 Mr. David Sharp on the 



antennarum basi piceo-testaceo ; abdomlne dense punc- 

 tate, opaco. Long. 3^ lin. 



]\Ias latet. 



This species is closely allied to P. micans, and differs 

 as follows. The basal joints of the antenna? are paler, 

 and the penultimate joints are shorter. The thorax is 

 pitchy and not black in colour. The elytra are smoky 

 rather than black in coloiu", and the suture is even a little 

 reddish, and the legs are less infuscate. From P. sericavs 

 its more elongate "form, its longer an tenure, and densely 

 punctured, opaque, black hind body readily distinguish it. 

 The head appears to have no silky reflection, and that of 

 the thorax is only slight. 



A single female specimen, from Orakami INIarsh, Na- 

 gasaki. 



8S. Philo7ithusprolntus,n.S]). (Sec. 7,Er.) Elongatus, 

 depressus, niger, elytris nigro-reueis subtilitcr punctatis; 

 pedibus piceis, antennis articulo ultimo ferrugineo ; ab- 

 domine crebre punctato, segmentis anterioribus, basi trans- 

 versim depresso. Long. 3i — 4 lin. 



Mas, tarsis anterioribus fortiter dilatatis. 

 Similar in form to P. astutus, but much larger, and 

 with an additional puncture (or more) in the thoracic ' 

 series. The antennaj are elongate and slender, rather 

 longer than head and thorax, black, pitchy at the base, 

 the terminal joint a little paler, the 3rd joint longer than 

 2nd, the 10th much longer than broad. Head narrow, 

 slightly narrower than the thorax, very black and shining, 

 a large space in the middle impuuctate, the hind angles 

 much punctured. Thorax narrower than the elytra, 

 longer than broad, straight at the sides and scarcely 

 narrowed in front, very black and shining, the discoidal 

 series of punctures rather irregular, 7 or 8 in number, the 

 punctures rather large. Elytra larger than the thorax ; 

 brassy black, rather finely and not densely punctured, 

 distinctly shining. Hind body elongate, black, each of 

 the segments at the base closely and rather strongly, at 

 the extremity more sparingly and finely punctured, seg- 

 ments 2 — 4 strongly transversely impressed at the base. 

 Legs pitchy, or pitchy red, the tarsi elongate and paler. 

 In garden refuse at Nagasaki. 



80. Philonthus Kohcnsis, n. sp. (Sec. 7, Er.) Niger, 

 nitidus, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis, coxis anticis 



