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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  IS'ikko, 
  June 
  1880; 
  one 
  specimen. 
  

  

  This 
  distinct 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  North- 
  

   American 
  0. 
  lateralis, 
  Grav. 
  

  

  Owyporus 
  humeralis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigorrimus, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  palpis, 
  pedibus 
  elytrorumquo 
  plaga 
  

  

  elongata 
  humerali 
  flavis. 
  

   Long. 
  10 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna; 
  ratlier 
  long-. 
  Head 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  fovea 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  in 
  front. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  narrowed 
  

   behind, 
  transversely 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  

   and 
  less 
  deeply 
  so 
  in 
  front. 
  Elytra 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  elongate 
  

   humeral 
  patch 
  yellow, 
  the 
  disk 
  with 
  numerous 
  irregular 
  

   punctures, 
  the 
  shoulders 
  much 
  produced. 
  Legs 
  rather 
  long, 
  

   clear 
  yellow 
  ; 
  hind 
  coxse 
  black. 
  

  

  Nikko; 
  one 
  example. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  0. 
  longipes, 
  though 
  very 
  different 
  in 
  colour 
  ami 
  

   distinct 
  in 
  other 
  respects 
  ; 
  the 
  example 
  is 
  a 
  female, 
  while 
  the 
  

   unique 
  exponent 
  of 
  0. 
  longipes 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  sex. 
  

  

  Oxyporus 
  hoplites, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  nitidus, 
  ano 
  piceo 
  ; 
  elytris 
  ad 
  latera 
  antrorsum 
  vage 
  flaves- 
  

   centibus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  palpisquc 
  piceo-rufis, 
  illis 
  extrorsum 
  obscuri- 
  

   oribus 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  posterius 
  latiore, 
  lateribus 
  ante 
  basin 
  elevatis, 
  

   subito 
  constrictis 
  angulo 
  Libero 
  formantibus 
  ; 
  elytrorum 
  humeris 
  

   acutis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  9 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  rather 
  long, 
  penultimate 
  joint 
  only 
  slightly 
  trans- 
  

   verse. 
  Head 
  slender, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  fovea 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  near 
  

   the 
  front; 
  mandibles 
  very 
  long, 
  the 
  left 
  one 
  sinuate 
  exter- 
  

   nally 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  right 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  tooth. 
  

   Thorax 
  short. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  shoulders 
  prolonged 
  in 
  front, 
  

   a 
  little 
  sinuate 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufescent 
  there, 
  

   the 
  disk 
  bearing 
  numerous 
  coarse 
  punctures. 
  Legs 
  elongate, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  red. 
  

  

  Two 
  badly 
  preserved 
  examples, 
  without 
  locality. 
  

  

  This 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  two 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  as 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  genus 
  if 
  intermediate 
  forms 
  are 
  not 
  discovered. 
  

  

  Oxyporus 
  gnatho, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigerrimus, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  articulo 
  ultimft 
  tarsisquo 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  

   elytris 
  sangnineis, 
  angulo 
  externo, 
  sutura 
  maculaque 
  communi 
  

   discoidali 
  nigris 
  ; 
  fcborace 
  ad 
  latera 
  posterius 
  angulato. 
  

  

  Lonj>-. 
  1 
  1 
  millim. 
  

  

  