Mr. D. Sharp on the Brucliid* of Japan. 37 



and is readily distinguished by the ahnost unicolorous surface 

 and shorter antennas. 



Kobe, June 8, 1881 ; Hosokute, July 22, 1881. Three 

 examples. 



Bruchus pusiUinius. 



Bruchus pusillimus, Sharp, Biol. Cent.-Am. Col. v. p. 479. 



Mr. Lewis brought three individuals of this species, which 

 he noted as found in cargo and probably imported. 



Bruchus lautuSj n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovalis, niger, asqualiter griseo-pubesceus ; antennarum basi 

 pedibiisque aiiterioribus testaceis, illis extrorsum pedibusque 

 posterioribus fuscesceutibus ; prothorace conico ; an tennis serra- 

 tis, maris valde elongatis, feminae mediocribus. Long. 3 millim. 



Eyes large, very prominent, very deeply emarginate, mode- 

 rately distant in the female, more approximate in the male. 

 Antennte slender, feebly serrate internally ; in the male rather 

 longer than the insect, with the second joint very short, 

 scarcely half as long as the third ; in the female much shorter, 

 with the second joint less abbreviated, but shorter than the 

 third. Thorax conic, about as long as it is broad at the base, 

 coarsely punctate. Pubescence evenly distributed, not spotted. 

 Elytra rather deeply striate. Pygidium closely covered with 

 grey pubescence. Hind femur simple ; tibia with short stout 

 apical muci'o. 



Found sparingly ; usually one or two examples in a locality. 

 Otsu, Fukiu, Fukushima, Junsai, and Hakodate, by sweep- 

 ing in August. 



Bruchus scutellaris. 



Bruchus scidellaris, Fab. Syst. El. ii. p. 399. 



Mylabris chiaensisj liar. Deutsch. eut. Zeitscbr. xxii. p. 87. 



Harold {loc. cit.) considers this insect to be the Bruchus 

 {Curculio) chineiisis, Linn. ; but I am not able to adopt this 

 view, the evidence appearing to me to be against its probability. 

 He also treats the Chinese B. adustus, Motsch., as a synonym 

 of this species ; but this also appears to me improbable ; 

 indeed the measurements given by Motschoulsky quite contra- 

 dict this conjecture. 



Nagasaki {Lewis), Hagi {Hiller), Tokio {Hoffman, teste 

 Harold). 



Sjtermophagus complectus, n. sp. 

 Rotundato-ovalis, niger, fusco-pubescens, subvariegatus ; elytris 



