120 Mr. Daniel Sharp on ike 



17. Bn/axis alienus, n. sp. Obscure rufus, an tennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis, elytris minus Itete sanguineis ; 

 prothorace trifoveolato; antennis articulis penultimis trans- 

 versis ; pedibus tenuioribus, tibiis posticis curvatis. Long. 

 1—1 lin. 



Mas, major, antennis longioribus validioribusque, arti- 

 culo 6° contiguis multo majore; pedibus elongatis, tibiis 

 anticis apice intus exciso, intermediis calcari ante-apicali 

 valido instructis, posterioribus apice abrupte curvatis. 



This insect will probably ultimately be separated as a 

 diflcrent genus from Bryaxis, the maxillary palpi being 

 differently formed : these organs, in fact, a good deal 

 resemble those of the genus Tyehus, but at the same time 

 are not longer than in ordinary Bryaxis ; the antennae 

 appoach also the genus Tychus, but their insertion is the 

 same as in Bryaxis. The antennae are yellow, and are thus 

 formed in the male: 1st joint rather stout, 2nd joint rather 

 small, subquadrate ; 3rd joint longer and more slender than 

 2nd ; 4 and 5 rather slender, similar to one another ; 6th 

 joint much longer and considerably stouter than the con- 

 tiguous ones ; 7th joint small ; 8, 9 and 10 transverse, each 

 of them broader than its predecessor, and a little produced 

 on its inner side; 11th joint very stout, pointed. Head 

 rather small, being distinctly narrower than the thorax, 

 with a large fovea on the front part, and two smaller ones 

 on the vertex. Thorax small, not above half the width of 

 the elytra, the sides dilated in the middle ; it has a large 

 pubescent fovea on each side, and a third smaller but dis- 

 tinct one, without pubescence, in the middle; the extreme 

 base is punctured, but elsewhere its punctuation is scarcely 

 visible. The elytra are redder than the other parts, much 

 longer than the thorax, each with a distinct sutural stria, 

 and a curved stria between this and the shoulder. Hind 

 body rather long, rather finely margined, the first dorsal 

 segment nearly as long as the two following together. In 

 the female the antennre are both shorter and thinner than 

 in the other sex ; the 6th joint is longer but not stouter 

 than the contiguous ones, and the apical joint is very much 

 smaller than in the male. 



About a dozen specimens from Hiogo and Nagasaki. 



Obs.~A male individual, from Nagasaki, is rather more 

 slender in form, and darker in colour, and appears to have 

 the antennae and palpi stouter: but these differences are 

 not sufficiently decisive to warrant its being considered a 

 distmct species ou this single specimen. 



