Stap hy lin idee of Jap an, 55 



of the head sjDaringly furnished with rather large punc- 

 tures. 



Found once in great numbers in large fungi, growing on 

 fir trees at Hiogo, October 2nd, 1870. 



Though I have not been able to consult Motschoulsky's 

 description of the genus Xanthophyus, I possess a speci- 

 men of his X. serpentarius received by Mr. Janson from 

 Motschoulsky himself, and I have no doubt it is congeneric 

 with the insect here described. The more important of 

 the generic characters of X. angustus are these. External 

 frontal farrows of head obsolete, middle ones distinct and 

 moderately long ; last joint of maxillary palpi subulate, 

 much shorter than the preceding joint ; upper marginal 

 line of thorax wanting, except at the base ; middle coxjb 

 moderately distant. 



103. Lathrohiiim digne, n. sp. Alatum, subdepressum, 

 nigrum, nitidum, antennis ely trisque rufis, pedibus testaceis ; 

 thorace oblongo, fortiter punctato, elytris hoc longioribus 

 subtilius punctatis. Long. 4 — 4^ lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmentis ventralibus 6 et 7 medio longi- 

 tudinaliter impressis, hoc apice profundius triangulariter 

 exciso, emarginationis margine densius nigro-setoso. 



Var. ? Elytris nigris. 



Rather closely allied to L. fulvipenne, but with the 

 elytra longer and brighter red. The antennae, and head 

 and thorax, are very similarly formed to the same parts of 

 fulvipenne ; the punctuation of head and thorax is a little 

 coarser than in fulvipenne. The elytra are just a little 

 longer than the thorax, bright red, a little infuscated about 

 the scutellum, moderately sparingly and finely punctiu'ed. 



The legs are yellow. 



The male has a dee[) triangidar notch at the extremity 

 of the 7th segment beneath ; each side of this notch pro- 

 jects backwards, forming an acute angle, and the margin of 

 the notch is very densely set with black pubescence ; both 

 the 6th and 7th segments are distinctly impressed along 

 the middle. 



Five specimens : at Tango and Hiogo, in sandy places. 



The variety alluded to will perhaps prove to be the repre- 

 sentative of a distinct species, but as I have only seen a 

 single female individual of it in bad condition, I cannot 

 speak positively. 



104. Lathrohium nudum, n. sp. {L. multipunctato 

 affinis). Nigrum, nitidum, elytris fortiter, profundius 



