the J'>ljitt'ri(la' o/f/iijKin. 201 



than the one behind the niiiUlle of the neok, and the punctua- 

 tion i.s round and deep, while in the male the punctures are 

 fine. In the male also there is a triani^idar impression behind 

 the frontal carina. 



//'//>. Kobe, Fukushima, and Fukui. Not uncommon. 



Athous porrecticoUis, sj). n. 



Hufo-l)ruinunis, aiibnitidiis ; thorace utriuque parullelo, dense punc- 

 tato ; elytris ferrujjineis vel testaceis, iiiterstitiis rugosis ; an- 

 tonnis brunneis, pedibus palHdc rufo-bruiineis. 



L. $ 10, J y mill. 



Reddish brown, rather shining, pubescence grey ; the head, 

 frontal margin rather broadly raised, hollowed out somewhat 

 triangularly behind the margin, densely punctate, particularly 

 in female ; the thorax punctured like the head (corresponding 

 in the sexes), narrowest anteriorly, sides straiglit in male, 

 sliglitly bent in female, basal carina short and close to tiie 

 external edge, hind angles rounded off at the tips ; the elytra 

 testaceous or reddish brown, punctate-striate, interstices 

 distinctly rugose, feebly punctured, rather convex ; the 

 antennje rather short and serrate, not much longer in the male 

 than in the female, in colour like the head ; tiic legs pale. 



Resembles A. ferruginosus, Eschs. 



Hab. Junsai. Eight examples. 



Athous singularis^ sp. n. 



S ■ Fusco-brunneus, panim nitidus, cinereo-pubescens ; thorace a 

 basi transversira abrupte excavato, angulis posticis elongatissimis 

 extrorsum iiiciirvatis ; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 



L. OJ mill. 



Dusky brown, rather shining, with rather long ashy-grey 

 pubescence ; the head rather wide, impressed anteriorly, 

 frontal carina not emarginate, punctate, punctures rather 

 small and not closely set ; the thorax widest in the middle, 

 liind angles long and markedly turned outwards, similar to 

 those figured for Eudactyhis carnifex (Cand. Mon. ii. pi. iii. 

 fig. 16) ; posteriorly about one fourth of the thorax is trans- 

 versely and abruptly excavated at the base ; tlie elytra widest 

 at the base, gradually narrowing to the apex, with fascias like 

 those of A. undatus, De Geer, punctate-striate, interstices 

 rugose, sutural interstices rather pale ; the antenna3 and legs 

 ferruginous. 



The female is unknown to me. 



Hah. Junsai. Three examples. 



[To be continued.] 

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