Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan. 241 



Stenolophus projnnquus, Morawitz. 



Morawitz, I. c, p. 80. 



Throughout Japan. Common from Yokohama to 

 Hakodate. 



Stenolophus agono'ides. 



S. vespertino, proximo, etc., affinissimus, set differt 

 corpore (prsscipue elytris) longiori, thoraceque postice 

 gradatim sed valde angustato, angulis posticis distinctis 

 sed obtusis ; piceo-niger, antennarum articulis 2 basali- 

 bus, palpis, margine laterali thoracis pedibusque testaceo- 

 rufis, labro marginibus mandibulisque basi runs ; thorace 

 basi utrinque fovea lata sparsim grosse punctata, angulis 

 distincte reflexo-marginatis ; elytris chalybeato-iride- 

 scentibus, margine posteriori rufo, acute striatis, inter- 

 stitiis versus apicem angustioribus et convexioribus. 

 Long. 6g- mm. 



Niigata. 



Acupalpus marginatum, Lucas. 

 Lucas, Explor. Alger. Ins., p. 75. 

 Hakodate and Otaru, in South Yezo. 



Two examples, closely resembling others from Algiers 

 and European Turkey, with which I have compared 

 them. Piochard de la Brulerie considered A. marginatus 

 to be only a variety of the common European species, 

 A. dorsalis, F. 



Bradytus macros. 



B. ampliato major prsecipue longior ; magnus, gen. 

 Curtonoto simillimus, oblongus, piceo-fuscus vel niger 

 vix ameo-tinctus, antennis, palpis, thoracis margine 

 laterali pedibusque plus minusve piceo-rufis ; capite 

 thoraceque coriaceis, hoc confluenter punctulato (disco 

 laeviori) quam in B. ampliato longiori, prope basin 

 modice angustato, lateribus medio valde rotundatis, 

 basin versus rectis, angulis posticis subacutis, margine 

 basali utrinque late sinuato, fovea basali utrinque lata 

 baud profunda, carinula parum elevata ; elytris crenato- 

 striatis ; tibiis anticis extus apice late angulato-pro- 

 ductis, margine pluri-spinoso, subserrato. Mas, tibiis 

 posticis intus pilis mollibus perpaucis vestitis. Long. 

 11 mm., $ , ? . 



All the islands ; under stones in river-beds. 



