36 Mr. D. Sharp on the Bruchlda3 of Japan. i 



from it by the different colour of the antennse and hind legs, 

 and the absence of the raised grey callosity in front of the 

 scutellum. 



Nagasaki. Two specimens of the typical form and one of 

 the variety. 



Bruchus ademptus^ n. sp. 



Minus elongatus, niger, griseo variegatus : pygidio abdominisque 

 segmentis duobus ultimis rufis ; antennis pedibusque auterioribus 

 et intermediis flavis ; femoribus posterioribus dente elongate 

 armatis. Long. 2i-2| millim. (capite inilexo). 



Antennas short and rather stout, clear yellow, penultimate 

 joints strongly transverse. Eyes rather prominent, widely 

 separated. Thorax conic, coarsely and densely punctate, 

 griseo-pubescent. Elytra rather finely striate, with elongate 

 small marks of grey pubescence. Hind femora armed be- 

 neath with a rather long tooth on inner margin, and with a 

 slight obtuse prominence on the outer margin ; hind tibia 

 with mucro at the apex. 



Tlie armature of the hind femora distinguishes this from all 

 the other Japanese species except B. scutellaris ; the two 

 species are so dissimilar in colour that they cannot be mixed. 



One example was found at Yuyama, May 10, 1881, and a 

 second, in which the variegation of the upper surface is much 

 less conspicuous, at Nagasaki. 



Bruchus japonicus. 



Mylabi-is {Bruchus %, Linn.) ;aj)owzco, Harold, Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. 



xxii. p. 87 (May 1878). 

 Bruchus fulvipes, Reel. C. R. Ent. belg. xxii. p. Iv (April 1879). 



Nagasaki, Junsai [Lewis] ^ Hagi [Hiller). 



Bruchus comptus, n. sp. 



Minutus, brevis, niger, albido-pruinosus ; thorace ante scutellum 

 densius albido-pubescente ; antennis pedibusque flavis ; femoribus 

 muticis. Long. Ig millim. 



Antennae pale yellow, rather short, thicker externally ; 

 penultimate joints transverse. Eyes widely separated. Tho-i a ■ 

 rax conic, coarsely punctured, with a rather scanty white 

 pubescence evenly distributed, except that it is concentrated 

 so as to form a white mark, or rather two marks joined in 

 front of the scutellum ; this latter minute and obscure, not 

 densely pubescent. Elytra pubescent, like the thorax ; as 

 also are the pygidium and under surface. 



This is allied to B. iaponicus, but is only half the size, 



