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yellow, coxfe pitclij yellow. Under side of Lead coarsely 

 and moderately closely punctured, distinctly shining. 



A mountain species, found under stones on Mitzuyama, 

 Nagasaki. 



1/ 112. Cryptohium jjectorale, n. sp. SubcyHndricum, 



fortiter punctatum, nigrum, elytris laste rufis, pedibus 

 albidis, antennis pectoreque rufis. Long. 3^—4 lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmentis ventralibus 3 et 4 medio linea 

 transversa pube brevi erecta, 6° medio profunde longitu- 

 dinaliter impresso, apice exciso, 7° profundius triangu- 

 lariter exciso. 



Antennfe slightly shorter than head and thorax, reddish- 

 yellow, 10th joint longer than broad. Mandibles and palpi 

 red. Head elongate and narrow, about as broad as the 

 thorax, the hind angles rounded, the eyes prominent ; it 

 is dull, being entirely covered with coarse punctures. 

 Thorax much narrower than the elytra, cylindric, the sides 

 but little rovmded ; it is black and shining, coarsely punc- 

 tured with a broad impvmctate line along the middle. 

 Elytra slightly longer than the thorax, bright red, the 

 extreme base blackish, this colour sometimes extending 

 along the suture ; they are deeply and coarsely punctured. 

 Hind body black, finely and moderately closely punctured. 

 Legs very pale yellow, the coxa? reddish. The meso- and 

 meta-sterna red. 



Common in marshes at Hiogo and Nagasaki. 



i/ 113. Cnjptohium japonicum, n. sp. Nigrum, nitidum, 



pedibus sordide testaceis, antennis rufis, articulis inter- 

 mediis infuscatis ; elytris thorace brevioribus, crebre for- 

 titer ruguloso-punctatis, subopacis. Long. 4^ — 5 lin. 



]\Ias, abdomine scgmento 7° ventrali apice latius minus 

 profunde triangulariter exciso. 



Antennae shorter than head and thorax, reddish, joints 

 3 — 6 darker in the middle, 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 

 10th about as long as broad. Palpi yelloAV. Head oblong, 

 about as broad as the thorax, shining black, very coarsely 

 and rather closely punctured, the punctures wanting to- 

 wards the front, the space between the antennal elevations 

 less shining becaixse finely strigose. Thorax about as 

 broad as the elytra, longer than broad, straight at the 

 sides, shining black, coarsely bi^t only moderately closely 

 l>unctured, and with a broad space along the middle 



