Pselapliidoi and Scydmanidcc of Japan. Ill 



facetted. Thorax rather slender, narroAved to the front, 

 about as long as broad, clothed with Avhitish hairs, and 

 Avith a dense patch of these at the base in the middle. 

 Elytra nearly twice as long as the thorax : the basal fonr 

 dorsal segments of hind body sub-equal in length. Legs 

 very long, tibia? extremely slender, but distinctly thickened 

 at their apex. 



A single specimen only of this very distinct species has 

 been brought back by jNIr. Lewis. 



6. Ctenistes armatus, n. sp. Rufescens, nitidus, oculis 

 minoribus. Long. 1 lin. 



JNIas, metasterno medio ntrinque processu angnlato, 

 valde elevato instructo : antennis articulo 8°, 7° hand 

 duplo longiore. 



c? . Antennas about as long as the head, thorax and one- 

 third of elytra ; 1 st joint stout, projecting much beyond the 

 front; 2nd joint stout, but more slender than 1st, only 

 half as long as 1st, about as long as broad; 3rd joint more 

 slender tlian, but about as long as tlie 2nd; 4th interme- 

 diate in length between 3 and 5, about as long as broad ; 

 5 and 6 small, but not strongly transverse ; 7 about twice 

 as long as 6, and as long as broad, 8 longer than broad, 

 not twice as long as 7 ; 9th nearly as long as 7 and 8 to- 

 gether; 10th rather stouter, but not longer than the 9th; 

 1 Itli joint longer than any of the others, pointed at its 

 extremity. Head Avith two fovere, separated only by a 

 narroAv space between the eyes. Thorax about as long as 

 broad, narroAved toAvards the front, elytra shining reddish, 

 longer than the thorax. 



Nagasaki. A single specimen. 



Mr. LcAvis has also brought a female Ctenistes Avhich I 

 believe to be the female of C. armatus ; it has the meta- 

 sternum deeply impressed, but not armed : the 3rd joint 

 of its antennre is much more slender and slightly longer 

 than the 2nd; joints 4, 5 and 6 each a little shorter than 

 the one preceding it, 6th about as long as broad, 7th about 

 tAA'ice as long as 6th, 8th very small, 9th scarcely so long 

 as, but stouter than the 7th; 10th stouter than 9th, about 

 as long as 7th; 11th joint stout, nearly twice as long as 

 10th. 



A single specimen. 



7. Ctenistes medius, n. sp. Rufescens, nitidus. Long. 

 1 lin. 



Mas, metasterno medio utrinque tuberculo angulato. 



