Pselapliidce and Scijdmccnida; of Japan. 121 



18. Bn/axis profcrvus, n. sp. Palpis maxillaribus 

 elongatis : brunneus, capite trifoveolato ; prothorace glo- 

 bose, dense fortiter punctato, trifoveolato ; elytris obscure 

 rufescentibus, stria pleurali impressis. Long, vix 1 lin. 



This insect departs from the ordinary species of Bryaxis, 

 by its elongate and very slender maxillary palpi, and will 

 no doubt be ultimately separated as belonging to a distinct 

 genus. The maxillary palpi are yellow, and when ex- 

 tended their length is found to be equal to that of the eight 

 or nine basal joints of the antenna ; their 2nd joint is 

 elongate and slender, a little narrower in the midclle than 

 at the ends ; 3rd joint oval, very slender at its insertion ; 

 4th joint slender, twice as long as 3rd, pointed both 

 at extremity and insertion. Antennre rather stout ; 2nd 

 joint stout, shorter than 1st; 3 — 9 differing little from 

 one another; 10th joint much larger than the preceding 

 one, stout and transverse; 11th joint very large, obtusely 

 pointed, much curved on the outside, nearly straight on the 

 inside. Head narrower than the thorax, with two large 

 foveffi on the vertex, and a third on the front between the 

 insertion of the antenna; on each side of this frontal fovea 

 the head is elevated, so as to form a kind of antennal 

 tubercle ; eyes rather small, but prominent. Thorax 

 much narrower than the elytra, nearly as long as broad, 

 rounded at the sides and narrowed behind, very convex 

 transversely, so that, viewed in profile, there appears a 

 deep depression between its disc and the elytra; it is 

 closely and coarsely punctured, and quite opaque ; it has 

 three fovea?, one in front of the base in the middle, and one 

 on each side, the middle one not quite so large as the 

 lateral ones. The elytra are redder than the other parts 

 of the surface ; they are a good deal naiTOwed towards the 

 shoulders, without any projection at the humeral angle ; 

 they have the usual sutural stria, also a second stria 

 between this and the shoulder, and also a deeply impressed 

 line on the deflexed portion. The first dorsal segment of 

 the hind body is rather long, and has at the extreme base 

 behind the suture of the elytra a transverse patch of 

 pubescence, from each side of which proceeds a very fine 

 raised line, not reaching however to the extremity of the 

 segment ; it has also a small pubescent fovea on each side 

 at the front angle. The legs are straight ; the hind tibia3 

 Avithout apical spur. 



Kobe ; two specimens, though I cannot speak Avith any 

 certainty as to their sex — I guess them to be males. 



