the Elaterida? of Japan. 187 



Cryptohi/jitiHs tellaris^ Lew. 

 Cri/pto/itjjmuji tfllinis, Lew. l^iit. Month. Mag. 1879, p. lOG. 



Longiusculiis, a?nco-nigiT, nitidus, griseo-pubcscons ; capito tho- 

 raccqnc subtiliter punctatis ; clytris striatis, iutorstitiis convexis, 

 crebre punctatis ; anteiinis nigris (basi oxcopta) : feraoribus 

 infiiscatis, tibiis tarsisqiio tlavis. 



L. 3^ raiU. 



The thorax is widest before tlie middle, convex, the hind 

 angles turned outwards and somewhat acute ; the thi^-Iis are 

 usually int'uscate and the tibia3 pale, but sometimes the latter 

 are dusky ; the antenna?, basal joint sometimes dusky, some- 

 times pale, second and third ])ale, the others black. 



JIab. Konose, Nikko, llagi, Oyama, Yokohama, Miyano- 

 shita, Sapporo, and Hakodate. Common in various flowers. 



Cryptohypnus dijficilts, sp. n. 



Infuscatus, subnitidus. dense griseo-puboscons ; thorace angulis 

 posticis obscure brunneis ; elytra striis tenuissime impressis, 

 macula humerali iucouspicua; antennis nigris (basi excopta); 

 til)iis tarsisque pallidis. 



L. 3^ mill. 



Infuscate, little shining, with dense griseous pubescence ; 

 the head, carina semicircular, not much raised, feebly im- 

 pressed between the eyes, not densely punctulate ; the thorax 

 convex, punctured laterally like the head, punctuation of 

 the disk tine and obscure, hind angles obscurely red, carina 

 not well raised nor much curved ; the elytra obscurely brown 

 at the humeral angles, striaj very fine, evanescent in certain 

 lights, interstices very finely punctulate ; the antennae, basal 

 joint bulbous, partly black, second red, others blackisli ; the 

 thighs dusky, legs pale. 



To be placed near C. telluris. Lew., and C. luteipes, Cand. 



I Jab. Hakodate. One example. 



Cryptohypnus atomarius, sp. n. 



Brevis, opacus, niger, albo-pubcscens ; antounis nigris ; pedibus 



dilutioribus. 

 L. 1|-1| mill. 



Short, very opaque, black, with whitish pubescence ; the 

 head somewhat broad, densely opaque, with close sculpture, 

 frontal carina slightly projecting before the eyes, eyes coarsely 

 granulate ; the thorax densely sculptured, median smooth 



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