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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  Pinophilus 
  Letoisius. 
  

  

  Pinophilus 
  Lewisius, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  77. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  mountain 
  species 
  and 
  apparently 
  very 
  rare, 
  but 
  

   has 
  been 
  again 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  Mitzuyama 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  

  

  Procirrus 
  Leioisii, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Rufo-brunneus, 
  opacus, 
  densissime 
  punctatus 
  ; 
  autennis, 
  palpis 
  

  

  pedibusquc 
  flavis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  protborace 
  brevioribus. 
  

   Long. 
  8 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  short, 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  joints 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  four 
  

   following, 
  terminal 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  penultimate. 
  Head 
  sub- 
  

   elliptical, 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Thorax 
  oblong, 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  scarcely 
  

   narrowed 
  behind, 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  Elytra 
  very 
  

   densely 
  punctured, 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  thorax. 
  Hind 
  

   body 
  thick, 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  yellowish 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  P. 
  Lefebvreij 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   head 
  more 
  truncate 
  behind, 
  the 
  thorax 
  less 
  slender, 
  and 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  much 
  smaller 
  ; 
  probably 
  apterous. 
  

  

  Nagasaki, 
  April 
  4th, 
  1881 
  ; 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  *. 
  

  

  (Edichirus 
  Letoisius. 
  

  

  CEdichirus 
  Letoisius, 
  Sharp, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  1874, 
  p. 
  76. 
  

  

  This 
  elegant 
  insect 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  

   about 
  Nagasaki 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1881, 
  and 
  a 
  colony 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  Miyanoshita 
  in 
  May 
  1880 
  ; 
  single 
  examples 
  also 
  

   were 
  procured 
  at 
  Hitoyoshi 
  and 
  Kiga. 
  The 
  series 
  thus 
  

   secured 
  consists 
  of 
  about 
  thirty 
  individuals 
  and 
  shows 
  that 
  

   the 
  species 
  is 
  somewhat 
  variable; 
  the 
  dark 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   knees 
  is 
  specially 
  an 
  inconstant 
  character 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  exhibited 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  following 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  is, 
  I 
  believe, 
  the 
  only 
  nondescript 
  

   Procirrus 
  extant 
  in 
  collections 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Procimis 
  fusculus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Fuscus, 
  opacus, 
  densissime 
  punctatus 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  palpis 
  pedibusque 
  fusco- 
  

  

  testaceis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  prothorace 
  fere 
  brevioribus. 
  

   Long. 
  8 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Dacca, 
  Ind. 
  or. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  P. 
  Lefebvrei 
  and 
  P. 
  Lewisii, 
  though 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  both 
  by 
  the 
  darker 
  colour, 
  and 
  in 
  respect 
  of 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  

   thorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  it 
  is 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  two. 
  

  

  