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  Dr. 
  D. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  

  

  Legs 
  very 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  middle 
  and 
  front 
  tibia? 
  armed 
  with 
  

   strong 
  but 
  distant 
  spines. 
  

  

  Hakodate, 
  on 
  the 
  sand-hills. 
  

  

  This 
  distinct 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  near 
  B. 
  talpa, 
  Gyll. 
  

  

  Bledius 
  pallipes. 
  

   Oxytelm 
  pallipes, 
  Gray. 
  Mon. 
  Col. 
  Micr. 
  p. 
  197. 
  

  

  Sapporo 
  ; 
  one 
  example. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  some 
  doubt 
  whether 
  this 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  

   as 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  from 
  European 
  examples 
  ; 
  but 
  

   the 
  differences 
  are 
  apparently 
  slight. 
  

  

  Platy 
  steffi 
  us 
  Quedenfeldti. 
  

  

  Platystethus 
  Quedenfeldti, 
  Weise, 
  Deutsche 
  eut. 
  Zeitsclir. 
  xxiii. 
  1879, 
  

   p. 
  147. 
  

  

  No 
  locality 
  more 
  special 
  than 
  " 
  Japan 
  " 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Oxytelus 
  yregarius, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Piceus 
  ; 
  antennarum 
  basi 
  pedibusque 
  flavis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  brunneis 
  ; 
  capite 
  

   tboraceque 
  subtilissime 
  strigosis, 
  opacis, 
  sequalibus 
  ; 
  abdoraine 
  

   nitidulo. 
  

  

  Long. 
  2|-3| 
  millim. 
  

  

  Antennas 
  short, 
  the 
  basal 
  four 
  joints 
  yellow, 
  the 
  others 
  

   nearly 
  black, 
  fourth 
  joint 
  minute, 
  fifth 
  a 
  little 
  broader, 
  trans- 
  

   verse, 
  sixth 
  to 
  tenth 
  each 
  strongly 
  transverse. 
  Head 
  entirely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  sculpture 
  that 
  renders 
  it 
  opaque, 
  and 
  

   extends 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  front, 
  otherwise 
  even. 
  Thorax 
  strongly 
  

   transverse, 
  also 
  dull 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  sculptured, 
  with 
  traces 
  

   of 
  a 
  median 
  groove, 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  a 
  still 
  more 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  groove. 
  Elytra 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  obsoletely 
  

   sculptured. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  procured 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  eight 
  immature 
  examples 
  at 
  

   Nikko, 
  18th 
  August, 
  1881. 
  

  

  The 
  sculpture 
  brings 
  this 
  species 
  near 
  0. 
  laticornis 
  } 
  but 
  in 
  

   size 
  it 
  is 
  nearer 
  to 
  0. 
  mtmulus. 
  

  

  Oxytelus 
  iners. 
  

  

  Oxytelus 
  iners, 
  Weise, 
  Deutsche 
  ent. 
  Zeitschr. 
  xxi. 
  1877, 
  p. 
  94. 
  

  

  Hagi, 
  on 
  the 
  shore. 
  

  

  This 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   allied 
  to 
  0. 
  piceus. 
  

  

  