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Japan, which has, however, a much wider thorax, rufous 

 antennae, &c. 



D. stenoderus, Putzeys (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1873) 

 from Shanghai, seems to be a nearly-allied species, but 

 rather larger, 5 mm. 



Dyschirius glyptu/rus. 



D. Yezoense simillimus, seel multo minor, tibiis anticis 

 denticulo inferiori-exteriori distincto, etc. Obscurius 

 aeneus, politus, scapo calcaribus tarsisque anticis tes- 

 taceo-rufis, pedibus piceo-rufis (femoribus anticis obscu- 

 rioribus) palpis nigris ; mandibulis angustis (extus baud 

 dilatatis) acutissimis ; thorace ovato nee subtrapezoidali; 

 elytris sicut in D. Yezoense elongato-ovatis sed striis 

 parum impressis conspicue (versus apicem exceptis) 

 punctatis, juxta apicem 7ma et 8va oblique aequaliter pro- 

 funde insculptis. Long. 3£ mm. 



Hakodate, on the sand-hills. 



Similar to D. Yezoensis in outline of thorax and 

 elytra, but of darker brassy hue, and distinguishable by 

 the acute external denticulation of the anterior tibiae at 

 the base of the terminal spine, which latter is curved, 

 and is equal in length to the spur, both, as well as the 

 tarsi, being pale red. The mandibles are narrow. The 

 elytra are scuptured at the apex, similarly to those of 

 D. Yezoensis, politus, and allies, but the 7th and 8th 

 striae are relatively much more deeply and equally im- 

 pressed, and run obliquely for a longer distance, and 

 are the more distinct as the ninth interval is more tumid 

 at the apex, making the latter appear broadly obtuse. 



Broscosoma elegans. (PI. XIII. , fig. 7). 



Valde convexum ; politissimum, antennis partibus 

 oris pedibusque piceo-fulvis ; elytris breviter ovatis 

 (humeris nullis) valde punctato-striatis. Long. 8| — 

 9 mm., $ , ? . 



Niohozan and Nantaizan, at 7000 to 8000 feet eleva- 

 tion. 



This elegant and curious Carabid is distinguished from 

 the only others known of the genus [B. Baldense and 

 B. Ribbei), by the ovate, almost gibbous, deeply punctate- 

 striate elytra. The facies is rather that of Disphcericus 



