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slightly narrower tlian the elytra; the eyes large ; it is a 

 little flattened but scarcely excavate between the eyes, the 

 middle part a little raised, coarsely punctui'cd. Thorax 

 much narrower than the elytra, cylindric, slightly nar- 

 rowed behind, its greatest Avidtli in front of the middle, 

 coarsely and closely punctured, but quite shining. Elytra 

 along the suture ratlier shorter than the thorax, their 

 length at the sides decidedly greater than at the suture, 

 shining black, and very coarsely punctured ; the punctures 

 not so close at the extremity as at the base. Hind body 

 narrow and elongate, the basal segments constricted at the 

 base, and in the constricted part with a glittering white 

 ])ubcsccnce; the basal segments only moderately strongly, 

 the apical ones finely and sparingly, punctured. Legs 

 long, moderately stout, entirely pale yellow. 



The male has on the underside a deep notch at the 

 extremity of the 7th segment of the hind body, and has 

 the pubescence on the 5th and 6th segments more marked 

 in the middle near the extremity than elsewhere. 



Five specimens ; found among dead leaves at the Copper 

 Temple, Nagasaki. 



162. Oxi/porus annularis, Gebl. A single specimen 

 only of an Oxijporusha?: been brought back by Mr. Lewis. 

 It appertains apparently to one of two species which I 

 possess firom Eastern Siberia. The O. annularis of Gebler 

 has been united to maxillosus as a variety thereof; but 

 these specimens at any rate are distinct from maxillosus. 



Ivawatchi, September. 



163. Osorius an^iistulns, n. sp. Nigro-piceus, clytris 

 rufo-brunneis, antennis pedibusque rufis, capite rugoso ; 

 thorace crebre fortiter punctato, lineii longitudinali media 

 laevigata. Long. 21 — 3 lin. 



Antennai as long as the head and half the thorax, red, 

 the first joint narrower in the middle than at the extremity, 

 about as long as the four following joints together ; 3rd 

 joint rather shorter than 2nd ; 6tli much broader than oth ; 

 7 — 10 about similar to one another; each about as long 

 as broad. Head, except the back ])art, irregularly rugose, 

 and subopaque ; the hinder part of this rugose portion di- 

 vided in the middle by a smoother space ; the part of the 

 head in front of the insertion of the antennas deflexed, and 

 reddish. Thorax rather broader than the elytra, shining 

 black, with the margins reddish, very coarsely punctured. 



