186 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Cryptohypnus tutus ^ sp. n. 



jEneo-niger, nitidus, cinereo-pubescens ; thorace in medio lato, 



perconvexo ; antennis nigris ; pedibus testaceis. 

 L. y| mill. 



Brassy black, shining, with ashy pubescence ; tlie head 

 rather flat, rugosely puiictulate, carina well marked, semi- 

 circular; the thorax punctured like the head, witii a median 

 smooth line beliind the neck, wliich becomes evanescent 

 towards the disk, disk very convex, sides conspicuously 

 widened in the middle, hind angles very feebly turned out- 

 wards, moderately acute ; the elytra with a brassy greenish 

 tinge, striate, interstices finely and densely punctulate ; the 

 antenna?, basal joint bulbous, piceous, other articulations 

 black ; the legs clear yellow. 



Should be placed next to G. curatuSj Cand. 



Hah. Fukushima. 



Cryptohypnus modestuSj sp. n. 



Niger, opacus, pubescens ; capite thoraeeque densissime punctulatis ; 

 elytris macula humerali rufo-brunnea, stria interna basi incur- 

 vata ; antennis nigris (basi excepta) ; pedibus flavis, femoribus 

 obscuris. 



L. 3^ mill. 



Black, rather opaque, with short pubescence ; the liead 

 very densely and somewhat rugosely punctulate, carina a 

 little bent behind tlie antennae ; the thorax convex, widest in 

 the middle, hind angles scarcely turned outwards, not acute, 

 basal carina curved and well-marked, median smooth line 

 feeble, very densely punctulate ; the elytra striate, striae 

 feebly punctate, interstices flat, densely punctulate, humeral 

 angle broadly reddish brown from the outer edge to the 

 fourth stria, before the apex there is an indication of a 

 second spot, the sutural stria is hamate at tlie base of the 

 elytra, and in a marked manner turns outwards close to the 

 scutelluni ; the antennae, basal joint bulbous, obscurely red, 

 second red, others black ; the legs pale, thiglis dusky. 



Uab. Kumamoto. One example. 



Cryptohypnus humeraltSy Cand. 

 Cryptohypnus humeralis, Cand. M6m. Liege, 1873, p. 13. 



I found a variety of this species in which the humeral spot 

 is absent. 



llah. Nagasaki. Found at most of the places in my 

 itinerary given for Feb. 13 to April 21, 18S1. 



