StaphyUnida; of Japan, 59 



at the base, densely and finely punctured. Legs pale sordid 

 yellow. 



A single female individual, from Mitzuyama, Nagasaki. 



110. Latkrobium crassicorne, n. sp. Nigrum, capite 

 tlioraceque opacis, fortiter ruguloso-punctatis ; antennis 

 piceo-rufis, pedibus rufis, elytris £eneis, thoracis longitu- 

 dine. Long. 5 lin. 



Mas latet. 



Allied to L. stilicoides, but twice the size, much stouter 

 and more coarsely sculptured. Antenna; very stout, dark 

 red, pitchy red at the base, the terminal half of the 11th 

 joint paler than the rest. Head broader than the thorax, 

 densely rugosely pvmctured. Thorax rather longer than 

 broad, the front angles entirely rounded ; it is a little nar- 

 rowed behind ; it is coarsely and densely rugosely ptmc- 

 tured. Elytra about as long as the thorax, of a brassy 

 colour, closely and finely punctured. Hind body very 

 densely and finely punctured, a little narrowed at the base. 

 Legs red. 



A single female individual, from Maiyasama, Hiogo, 

 July, 1871. 



111. Cryptohium apicatum, n. sp. Nigrum, puncta- 

 tissimum, subopacum, antennis pedibusque testaceis, elytris 

 apice summo rufcscente. Long. 4^ lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmentis ventralibus 3 et 4 medio linea 

 elevata transversa pube brevi vestita, 6° basi fovea magna 

 setigera, 7° apice profundius triangulariter exciso. 



This species is remarkable from its very dense and 

 coarse punctuation. Antennte yellow, rather shorter than 

 head and thorax, 10th joint longer than broad. Paljii 

 yellow, mandibles dark red. Head large, oblong, a little 

 broader than the thorax, coarsely and very densely punc- 

 tured, the hind angles rounded, the eyes prominent. 

 Thorax narrower than the elytra, much longer than broad, 

 a little rounded at the sides, and just a little narrowed 

 behind ; it is very coarsely and closely punctured, but is 

 nevertheless distinctly shining, the punctures leave only 

 a very narrow space along the middle impunctate. Elytra 

 scarcely longer than the thorax, coarsely, deeply and 

 densely punctured, black, with the extremity rufescent. 

 Hind body black, closely and finely punctm-ed. Legs pale 



