the Cistelidge &c. of Japan. 429 



AntMcomorphus niponicuSy sp. n. 



F. suturali simillimus at minor ; elytris griseo-pubescentibus, obscure 



briinneis vel infuscatis ; antenuis pedibusque rufo-brunneis. 

 L. 4-4| mill. 



This species is much smaller than the last, but the punctua- 

 tion throughout is very similar ; the head, thorax, elytra, and 

 under surface are infuscate, or, rarely, the elytra are brownish ; 

 the legs and antenna* wholly reddish brown. 



Hab. Hitoyoshi, Ichiuchi, Fukushima, Kashiwagi, Nikko, 

 and Junsai. Apparently more widely distributed than the 

 other three species. 



Antkicomorphus crurah's, sp. n. 



llufo-testaceus ; capite, thorace tibiisque infuscatis. 

 L. 3i-3| mill. 



This species again is smaller than the last, but very similar 

 in sculpture ; the head and thorax are dusky above, usually 

 obscure reddish brown beneath ; tibiee and tarsi infuscate. 

 In two male examples the antennse are dusky ; in two females 

 they are reddish brown, and in the last markedly moniliform. 



Bab. Nara, Hitoyoshi, and Oyayama. Four examples 

 only, two of each sex. 



Antkicomorphus puberulus. 

 Anthicus puberulus, Mars. Aun. Soc. Eat. Fr. 1876, p. 467. 

 This species will also come into the genus Antlucomorphus. 

 Hab. Kobe (264) . A few examples taken on Maiyasan 

 in 1871. 



Anthicus UtorosuSj sp. n. 



Pieeo-niger, nitidus, hirsutus ; capite thoraceque nigris ; elytris 

 flavo-rufis, 4-maculatis, maculis piceo-nigris ; autennis elongatis. 

 L. 4 mill. 



Pitchy black, shining, clothed with long tawny-coloured 

 hair ; the head black, nearly smooth, with a few punctures ; 

 the thorax distinctly rather closely and coarsely punctate ; 

 the elytra bright orange-red, with the base and region of the 

 scutellum blackish, with a blackish band over the first 

 segment of the abdomen which touches the outer edge but 

 not the suture, apex also of the same dark colour, with the 

 anterior edge of the markings sinuous ; the antennee long and 

 slender, would reach to the anterior edge of the dorsal band. 



