204 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



piceis, subseriatim dispositis, prope suturam confusis ; tar- 

 sorum articulo tertio lato. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hub. — Japan ; a single example in Mr. Lewis's collec- 

 tion. 



Vertex and front smooth, impunctate, separated from 

 the eyes and encarpas by a deep groove ; encarps trans- 

 verse, contiguous ; antennte equal to the body in length, 

 filiform, entirely fiilvous, third joint rather shorter than 

 either the second or fourth. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, sides nearly parallel at the base, thence rounded and 

 converging to the apex, anterior angles obtuse, thickened ; 

 basal margin sinuate on either side the median lobe, the 

 latter very slightly produced, its apex truncate ; upper 

 surface distinctly punctured, the punctures finer and more 

 scattered in the middle of the disk. Elytra coarsely and 

 deeply punctm-ed, the punctures stained with piceous, very 

 irregularly placed near the suture, arranged in irregular 

 longitudinal rows over the rest of the surface. Third 

 joint of all the tarsi dilated and much broader than the 

 others. 



SphcRroderma Japana. 



Rotundato-ovata, convexa, cjeruleo-nigra, subtus nigra, 

 nitida, antennis longioribus, pedibusque piceis, illis basi, 

 genubus, tibiis anticis tarsisque omnibus piceo-fulvis ; 

 thorace subfortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter subseriatim 

 punctatis. 



Long. \\ lin. 



Hob. — Nagasaki. 



Vertex smooth, impressed on either side just above the 

 eyes with one or two large round fovete ; encarpre trans- 

 verse, oblong, contiguous ; eyes large, moderately pro- 

 minent ; antenna equal to the body in length, second, 

 third and fourth joints nearly equal in length, five lower 

 joints obscure fulvous, the rest piceous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides moderately rounded, parallel behind 

 the middle,^ converging towards the apex, hinder angles 

 acute, anterior obliquely truncate, thickened ; disk trans- 

 versely convex, coarsely but not very closely punctured. 

 Elytra rather broader than the base o'f the thorax, coarsely 

 punctured, interspaces shining, impunctate, the punctures 

 on the inner disk arranged in ill-defined longitudinal rows. 

 Third joint of tarsi only slightlv broader than the first. 



