124 Mr. David Sharp on the 



Again allied to the European B.juncorum and of about 

 the same size, but brighter in colour, with the antenna 

 longer and the head and thorax iinpunctate. From B. 

 mundus, to which it is also closely allied, its smaller size 

 and narrower form, and the want of the impression at the 

 base of the elytra between the two strife, readily separate 

 it; and the male moreover is very readily distinguished 

 by the different $ characters. The antennae are rather long 

 and slender, and differ in the two sexes only inasmuch as 

 that the two last joints are more elongate in the male than 

 in the female ; joints 3 — 9 are particularly slender, joint 10 

 not transverse in the male, and only slightly so in the 

 female, joint 1 1 rather slender. 



Mitzuyama (alt. 1,500 feet), Nagasaki. I have examined 

 ten specimens of this species. 



I find that in B. pullus and B. mundus the first dorsal 

 segment of the hind body has two very fine lines at the 

 base, Avhicli I cannot detect in B.juncorum. In B. pullus 

 these two lines are very fine and not easily seen, and are 

 placed very close to one another behind the suture of the 

 elytra, while in B. mundus they are more distinct and 

 much more widely separated, each being placed just behind 

 the termination of discoidal stria of the elytra. 



22. Bryaxls curtus, n. sp. Ivufo-testaceus, sat nitidus, 

 vix punctulatus; prothorace trifoveolato, foveola intermedia 

 minore ; antennis breviorlbus articulis duobus ultimis 

 cfeteris multo latioribus. Lone;. 5 lin. 



Mas, antennis articulis duobus ultimis validioribus. 



This little Bryaxis has the head and thorax small in 

 proportion to the broad after-body. The antennae are 

 yellowish, short, the two basal joints broader than the 

 following ones, 3rd joint small, shorter and more slender than 

 2nd, joints 4 — 9 small; in the male the 9th joint is trans- 

 verse and extremely short, the 10th joint is also very trans- 

 verse, more than twice as broad as the 9th, 1 1th joint very 

 large, as broad as the 9th, obtusely pointed, furnished at 

 tlie base on the inner side with a kind of tubercle, or tooth; 

 in the female the 9th joint is slightly broader than its pre- 

 decessors, the 10th joint is transverse, and about twice as 

 broad as the 9th, the 11th joint is moderately large, about 

 as broad as the 9th. The head is broad and short, about 

 as broad as the thorax, impunctate, with the usual three 

 fovea?. Thorax short in proportion to its Avidth, but much 



