Pselophidce caul Sci/dmccnidce of Japan. 123 



sime pubescens, vix punctulatus; prothorace trifoveolato, 

 foveola intermedia lateralibus minore. Long, vix 1 lin. 



Mas, antennis articulis 10 et 11 magnis, 10°, 9° abiiipte 

 majore, femoribus auterioribvis subtus ultra basin denticnlo 

 minutissimo ; tibiis posterioribus intusapiceunco satvalido; 

 abdomine seg-mento ultimo ventrali impressione mao-na 

 insignis. 



Obs. — Species nostri europaei B.juncorum certe affinis; 

 sed major, magis concolor, cum capite prothoraceque baud 

 (vel -sax) punctulatis, hoc minus transverso. 



This species is closely allied to the B. cubitus, but is 

 rather smaller and the male characters are different and 

 much less striking. The antenntc resemble in structure 

 those of B.juncorum, except that in the male the two last 

 joints are very much larger than they are in the female. 

 In the male sex these organs have the 4th joint rather 

 shorter than the contiguous ones ; the 5th and 6th joints 

 rather long and similar to one another; the 7th and 8th 

 joints small, scarcely transverse ; the 9th joint also small, 

 but distinctly broader than the 8th; lOtli joint very large 

 in proportion to the 9th, transverse; llth joint large and 

 stout, obtusely pointed. In the female the antennae are 

 relatively a little shorter than in the male, and have the 

 lOth and llth joints very much smaller. 



Found on Mitzuyama, Xagasaki. Five individuals. 



Besides these, Mr. Lewis has sent me a single sj^ecimen 

 of a male Bryaxis, which may prove to be either a variety 

 of B. mundus, or to belong to a closely allied but distinct 

 species. It differs chiefly in the antennas being stouter, the 

 7th, 8th and 9th joints distinctly stouter, and in its thorax 

 being rather shorter and more transverse. Should it prove 

 to be a distinct species from B. mundus, it is probable that 

 the individual I have alluded to in my description of B. 

 cubitus, as being possibly the female of that species, may 

 rather prove to be the female of this species : in which case 

 the female of B. cubitus yet remains unknown. 



2 1 . Bryaxis pull us, u. sp. Rufulus, sat nitidus, tenuissime 

 pubescens, vix punctidatus ; prothorace trifoveolato, 

 foveola intermedia minore ; elytris basi sine impressione 

 inter striam suturalem et striam discoidalem. Long. 

 % lin. 



Mas, tibiis anticis intus ante aplcem dente obtuso ; 

 abdomine segmento ultimo ventrali medio impresso, im- 

 pressione minus discreta. 



