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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  Othius 
  fulvipennis. 
  

   Pcederus 
  fulvipennis, 
  Fabr. 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  i. 
  2, 
  p. 
  537. 
  

   Hakone 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen 
  only. 
  

  

  Xantholinus 
  pauper, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Augustus, 
  brunneo-testaceus 
  ; 
  elytris 
  pedibusque 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  capite 
  

   oblongo, 
  opaeo, 
  crebre 
  fortiter 
  puuctato 
  ; 
  thorace 
  crebre 
  punctato, 
  

   linea 
  mediana 
  laevigata. 
  

  

  Long. 
  o| 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna} 
  stout, 
  with 
  short 
  scape, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  

   moderately 
  long, 
  subequal, 
  fourth 
  to 
  tenth 
  transverse. 
  Head 
  

   obscure 
  red, 
  dull, 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  anten- 
  

   nary 
  grooves 
  large 
  and 
  deep, 
  the 
  lateral 
  grooves 
  absent. 
  Tho- 
  

   rax 
  slender, 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  a 
  broad 
  space 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle 
  smooth, 
  but 
  the 
  sides 
  distinctly 
  and 
  numerously 
  though 
  

   not 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  not 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   paler 
  in 
  colour 
  than 
  it, 
  moderately 
  closely 
  and 
  distinctly 
  

   punctate. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  species, 
  not 
  well 
  located 
  in 
  Xanthoh'nus 
  ; 
  

   but 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  genus, 
  and 
  its 
  differ- 
  

   ential 
  characters 
  from 
  Xantholinus 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  important, 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  desirable 
  to 
  treat 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  genus 
  at 
  present. 
  

   The 
  terminal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpus 
  is 
  slender 
  and 
  

   about 
  intermediate 
  between 
  that 
  of 
  Xantholinus 
  and 
  Lepta- 
  

   cinus. 
  The 
  prothoracic 
  pleura 
  is 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  not 
  abbre- 
  

   viate, 
  and 
  its 
  superior 
  line 
  is 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

   simple, 
  the 
  middle 
  coxas 
  moderately 
  distant, 
  the 
  legs 
  rather 
  

   shoit, 
  and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  spinulose. 
  

  

  Chiuzenji 
  and 
  Nikko, 
  August 
  1881 
  ; 
  one 
  example 
  from 
  

   each 
  locality. 
  

  

  Xantholinus 
  tubulus 
  } 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Subcylindricus, 
  niger, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  elytris 
  pedibusque 
  runs 
  ; 
  

  

  capite 
  oblongo-ovali 
  parce 
  sat 
  fortiter 
  punctato 
  ; 
  thorace 
  seriebu3 
  

  

  dorsalibus 
  circiter 
  10-punctatis. 
  

   Long. 
  7-8 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna} 
  stout, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  moderately 
  long, 
  

   subequal. 
  Head 
  black, 
  very 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  but 
  with 
  numerous 
  rather 
  fine 
  punctures 
  elsewhere. 
  

   Thorax 
  not 
  slender, 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  black 
  and 
  very 
  

   shining, 
  with 
  two 
  rather 
  irregular 
  dorsal 
  series 
  of 
  punctures, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  strongly 
  curved 
  series 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Elytra 
  about 
  

  

  