Mr. D. Sharp on the Bnickidfe of Japan. 35 



Bruchus terrennSj n. sp. 



Oblon^o-ovalis, niger, griseo subvariegatus ; autennarum basi pedi- 

 biisque anterioribiis et intermediis rufis ; abdoinine elongato, 

 pygidio obliquo. Long. 2| millim. 



Antennae short ; second, third and fourth joints small, .5-10 

 transverse. Eyes rather small, widely separated. Thorax 

 conic-transverse, coarsely punctate, black, slightly variegated 

 with grey. Elytra quite finely striate, black, extensively but 

 rather indefinitely mottled with grey. Under surface grises- 

 cent. Femora unarmed ; hind tibial digitate at extremity. 



This is readily distinguished from the other species by the 

 more elongate ventral rings and less horizontal pygidium. 

 The front coxjb too are smaller and scarcely project beyond 

 the extremity of the prosternum. 



Yokohama, Nagasaki, Ichiuchi, and Yuyama. Five 

 examples. 



Bruchus icfhaniiSj n. sp. 



Oblotigo-ovaiis, niger, griseo-pubescens, pygidio abdouiinisque eeg- 

 inentis ultiruis rufescentibus : antennarum basi fiisco-rnta ; pedibua 

 anterioribus et intermediis rufis, femoribus basi tarsisque fiiscis ; 

 supra variegatus, protborace elytrisque nigris, illo basi, his satura 

 late fasciisque transversis griseis. Long. 3^ millim. 

 Var. Supra ubiqae griseo-pubescens, vis subfasciatus. 



AnteuntB short, rather stout; three or four penultimate 

 joints transverse, the four basal joints dark above, red beneath, 

 the rest black. Eyes moderately large, widely separated. 

 Thorax transverse-conic, very coarsely punctate, black, largely 

 grisescent at the base in the middle, less so on each side, and 

 with a few minute grey flecks. Elytra with intense black 

 pubescence, but broadly grey along the suture, and with three 

 slender, irregular, grey, transverse fascite. Pygidium large, 

 reddish grey, densely griseo- pubescent, submaculate on either 

 side ; the four apical ventral segments coloured like the 

 pygidium, basal segment darker. Hind femora unarmed ; 

 hind tibia with two equal digits at the extremity of the lower 

 face. 



The variety, though appearing very diflerent, has nothing, 

 so far as I can see, to distinguish it from the type form, except 

 the nearly uniform griseous colour of the upper surface, in 

 which, however, the same markings as are present in the type 

 can be detected, they being of a slightly different tint of grey 

 from the ground-colour. 



This is larger than B.jajwmcus, and is readily distinguished 



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