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RKSUM li. 

 My study convinces mo that Gen. Ceplialoon iiii^Iit be classified to a new 

 faniil)' ])cifcctly independent from Oedemeridac t(j wliich it has hitherto been 

 IjelonLjcd- l""vcn though Ccplialooii closcl)' lescmblcs to Ocdcmcridae and Melo- 

 idae, tiie foIlowinL; characteristics will determine what I want to argue and en- 

 able the f.unil}' to i)e independent and rankend next to Meloidae. 



Head antl thorax projectincj and bcndint; ; antenna eleven jointed, 

 filiform, and little lonL;er than head and thorax taken to<;ether, head 

 fan-shaped, narrow at the b.ise and broad at the ajjex ; the Collum not 

 cons[iicuous to observe; pronotum i^radually becoming broader back- 

 wards, sliijhtly cur\-cd at middle of the sides; elytra lon<,^ and slender; 

 the leq.s slender, the hind-let; extraordinaly developed than others; the 

 claws on each leg with an empodium and serratetl teeth within. 

 According to F. Bokchmann the insects in Ja|)an that Ijelong to Cepha- 

 loidae are two species. But after a careful study I am quite convinced that he 

 has made a great mistake in treating the s])ecies under the different genus, and 

 moremer that the genus and the species which were announced to be found 

 in Corea by G. Jacoiisox must be added to this famiK'. So in my opinion, 

 the family in Japan, containes two genera, tlirce species and fi\e \arieties al- 

 together, and they are as follows : 



1, Vephalooii pallens Wotscir'lskv 



Habitat: Saghalien. 



Cephaloon palkns Motsciiulsky \-ar. cinctipenne Hevden 



Habitat: Saghalien. 



Cephaloon palkns Matschulskv \'ar. nigroinaculatum var. nov. 

 This \'ariety differs from the typical species in the following points : 



1. Some black spots on the vertex. 



2. Fore- and hind- margins black, with a longitudinal black line from the 

 middle of the fore-margin. 



3. Meso- and meta-sternum black. 



4. Suture of the abdomen beneath and the lateral sides black. 

 I labitat : Saghalien. 



