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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  this 
  occurs 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  (Trans. 
  

   Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1885, 
  pt. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  332). 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  in 
  decaying 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  elevated 
  forests 
  of 
  Central 
  and 
  

   South 
  Japan. 
  

  

  Osorius 
  viicrops, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Parvus, 
  rufus, 
  fortiter 
  puuctatus, 
  minus 
  parce 
  pilosus 
  ; 
  tibiis 
  externe 
  

  

  tenuiter 
  spiuosis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  thoraee 
  vix 
  longioribus. 
  

   Long, 
  vix 
  3 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antenna? 
  rather 
  short, 
  moderately 
  stout, 
  first 
  joint 
  less 
  

   elongate 
  than 
  usual. 
  Head 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   coarsely, 
  irregularly, 
  subobsoletely 
  punctured, 
  eyes 
  small. 
  

   Thorax 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  till 
  near 
  the 
  

   hind 
  angles, 
  then 
  much 
  narrowed, 
  foveolate 
  at 
  the 
  hind 
  

   angles, 
  lateral 
  margin 
  very 
  fine 
  ; 
  the 
  surface 
  vaguely 
  sculp- 
  

   tured, 
  with 
  an 
  irregular, 
  smooth, 
  raised 
  space 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Elytra 
  short, 
  coarsely 
  but 
  subobsoletely 
  punctate. 
  

   Hind 
  body 
  tliiek, 
  rather 
  closely 
  but 
  indistinctly 
  punctured, 
  

   finely 
  pubescent. 
  Legs 
  slender, 
  tibia? 
  only 
  slightly 
  spinose 
  

   externally. 
  

  

  Nagasaki, 
  March 
  1st, 
  1881 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Group 
  OXYTELINA. 
  

  

  Bledius 
  curvicornis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Nigricans 
  ; 
  antennarum 
  basi 
  pedibusque 
  pallide 
  flavis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  testa- 
  

   ceis 
  plaga 
  magna 
  communi 
  triangulari 
  nigricante 
  : 
  prothorace 
  

   transverse-, 
  medio 
  canaliculato, 
  obsolete 
  punctato 
  ; 
  antennarum 
  

   articulo 
  basali 
  valde 
  elongate 
  

  

  Long. 
  4| 
  millim. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  obsoletely 
  and 
  rather 
  sparingly 
  punctate, 
  dull, 
  with 
  

   scanty 
  flavescent 
  seta?, 
  very 
  definitely 
  canaliculate, 
  base 
  

   rounded, 
  hind 
  angles 
  absent. 
  Elytra 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   closely 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  finely 
  punctate. 
  Hind 
  body 
  shining- 
  

   black. 
  Legs 
  very 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  tibia? 
  very 
  

   densely 
  spinose 
  externally, 
  hind 
  tibia? 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  fine 
  hairs 
  only. 
  In 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   antenna 
  is 
  extremely 
  long, 
  curved, 
  dilated, 
  and 
  sulcate 
  at 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  each 
  armed 
  in 
  front 
  

   with 
  a 
  slender 
  spine 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  forehead 
  there 
  are 
  

   two 
  minute, 
  contiguous, 
  acute 
  tubercles, 
  and 
  the 
  tubercles 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  antenna? 
  are 
  inserted 
  are 
  very 
  prominent. 
  

  

  Sand-hills, 
  Niigata, 
  in 
  September 
  1881. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  an 
  ally 
  of 
  B. 
  verves 
  and 
  B. 
  mloticus 
  } 
  Er. 
  

  

  