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nan-ower than the elytra, impunctate, with three fovefe, of 

 which the middle one is smaller than the lateral ones. 

 Elytra much longer than the thorax, with an imjiression 

 at the extreme base between the two stri». 



Except in the structure of the antennae the male appears 

 to me only to differ from the female, by possessing a small 

 projection at the extremity of the middle tibias on their 

 inner side. 



^^agasaki; seven specimens. 



23. Bryaxis crassij>es, n. sp. Brunneus, obscure rufes- 

 cens ; prothorace crebre punctato, bifoveolato ; elytris 

 punctulatis: iiedibus crassiusculis. LonsT. ^ lin. 



Mas, tibiis intermediis apice nitus unco armatis ; abdo- 

 mine segmento ultimo ventrali transversim foveolato. 

 Fern, latet. 



This curious little Brj/nxis has at first sight somewhat 

 the ajipearance of a Bi/thinus ; it is remarkable (in the male 

 sex at any rate) by its stout legs, the hinder tibia? being 

 particularly broad and laterally comjiressed. The antenna; 

 are rather short and slender; 3rd joint more slender, and a 

 little shorter than 2nd ; 4 — 9 differing little from one 

 another; 10th broader than 9th, rather transverse ; 11th 

 joint moderately stout, more than twice as long as the 10th, 

 pointed. Head short and broad, but narrower than the 

 thorax, with the usual three foveie, almost impunctate. 

 Thorax short and broad, but naiTOwer than the elytra, 

 closely and distinctly punctured, with a fovea on each side, 

 and also with an extremely minute one in the middle. 

 Elyti'a rather short, but longer than the thorax, finely 

 punctured, with a sutural stria, and a second stria, which 

 does not reach quite to the extremity, between this and 

 the shoulder. First dorsal segment of hind body with two 

 distinct fine lines at the base ; they are moderately distant 

 but diverge very considerably. 



A single specimen. Nagasaki. 



24. Bytliinus japonicus, n. sp. Fuhiis, sat nitidus, 

 capite prothoraceque punctatis, opacis ; elytris sat crebre 

 fortiter punctatis ; palpis articulo ultimo anguste securi- 

 formi. Long. ^ lin. 



Mas, antennis articulo secundo raagno, globoso ; pedibus 

 plus minusve incrassatis. 

 . Allied to B. puncticoUis, but of narrower and more 



