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thorax, ovate, convex, finely but distinctly punctured, the 

 punctures irregularly arranged in striae. 



Graptodera fulvipennis. 



Anguste oblonga, nigra, nitida, abdomine elytrisque 

 obscure fulvis, his intra marginem costa elevatS, instructis. 



Var. xV. Elytrorum costa obsoleta. 



Long. 21—3 lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki ; also China. 



Antennas robust, basal joint produced at the apex 

 beneath into a short stout tooth. Face sparingly clothed 

 Avith white hairs, vertex glabrous, smooth, impunctate ; 

 encarpte subquadrate, very distinct, separated from each 

 other by a deep groove. Thorax about one-third broader 

 than long, sides distinctly margined, nearly parallel, 

 bisinuate ; anterior angles laterally produced, acute, hinder 

 angles armed with aii acute tooth ; above smooth and 

 shining, finely and somewhat distantly punctured ; basal 

 groove very shallow, nearly obsolete in the middle, more 

 deeply impressed on either side, terminated at each end 

 by a short, deeply impressed longitudinal sulcation. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, flattened 

 above, finely punctured. 



Genus Herm/EOPHAGA, Foud. 



Mon. Alt. 299. 



HermcEophaga Adamsii. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigro-cterulea, nitida, pedibus 

 antennarumque basi obscure fulvis, antennis extrorsum 

 femoribusque posticis piceis ; elytris subcrebre punctatis. 



Long. ^ lin. 



Hah.—Tsn Sima (Mr. A. Adams); also Nagasaki 

 (Mr. Lewis). 



Head smooth, encarpee transverse, ill-defined ; carina 

 broad, scarcely elevated, jaws and four lower joints of 

 antennas obscure fulvous, the rest nigro-piceous. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long, sides parallel, slightly 

 rounded ; anterior angles produced laterally into an acute 

 tooth ; , above convex, minutely and rather distantly punc- 

 tured, basal groove distinct, but not very deeply impressed. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, subacutely rounded at the 

 apex, convex, irregularly punctured, the punctures vary- 



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