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doubtful, but it may be placed at present next to Metopias, 

 and be considered to connect that genus with the remote 

 Ctenistes. My description of the maxillary palpi must 

 be interpreted with some discretion, as I am unable to 

 observe them in a satisflictory manner. 



3. Stipesa rudis, n. sp. Castanea, opaca, setulis bi'evis- 

 simis adpressis vestita. Long. § lin. 



Antennje reddish, 1st joint stout, twice as long as 2nd; 

 2nd scarcely so stout as 1st, about as long as broad; 3rd 

 shorter than and not so broad as 2nd, 4 — 8 extremely 

 short and transverse, not differing from one another ; 9th 

 abruptly larger than 8th, transverse ; 10th strongly trans- 

 verse, intermediate in width between 9 and 10; 11th joint 

 very large, its extremity rather pointed at the inner side. 

 Head rather narrower than thorax, obsoletely but densely 

 punctured so as to be quite opaque, with indistinct traces 

 of two foveas on its disc. Thorax scarcely so long as 

 broad, without projections or distinct angles, narrowed 

 from the middle to the front, and nearly straight from 

 the middle to the hind margin ; it is quite dull, its sculp- 

 ture being similar to that of the head. Elytra short, l)ut 

 longer than the thorax, not so dull as head and thorax, 

 with obscure sutural and discoidal stria?. Front tibia? 

 with their lower half a little bent outwards : four posterior 

 tibiae bisinuate, the middle ones only obsciu-ely, but the 

 posterior distinctly so. 



A single individual. Suwo-sama, Nagasaki. 



4. Tmesiphorus speratus, n. sp. Rufo-testaceus, capite 

 prothoraceque dense sculpturatis, opacis, elytris obsolete 

 punctatis, sat nitidis ; abdominis segmentis dorsalibus 

 duobus basalibus versus latera carinatis, medio mutico. 

 Long, vix 1 lin. 



Nearly as large as T. carinatus, Lee. Antenna? simi- 

 larly formed to those of T. carinatus, but shorter and 

 stouter (my only specimen of carinatus is a female, while 

 the individual of T. speratus I am describing is clearly a 

 male); 2nd joint short and stout, scarcely so long as broad; 

 3rd joint short, but scarcely so short as the following ones; 

 4 — 8 very short, especially the 8th ; 9th abruptly broader 

 than 8th ; 10th longer, and a little broader than 9th ; 11th 

 joint very stout, its lower and inner angle excised, and 

 above this excision it is obscurelv swollen or tuberculate. 



