the Elateiidaj of Japan. 318 



Tliis species is similar to ^-1. exulatusy (Jaiid., but it is 

 larger and more robust, antemiai serrate, and tlie carina at 

 the base of the thorax scarcely perceptible. 



IJub. Kii. I have only seen one example. 



Note. — In Agriotes exulatus, Cand., the thoracic carina is 

 well-marked. 1 found it in abundance under dead leaves at 

 a rather high elevation near Nagasaki in March. 



Agriotes elegantulus, sp. n. 



Fusco-brunueus, nitidus, fulvo-pubesccns ; thoracc augulis posticis 

 baud cariuatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, intcrstitiis puuctidatis, 

 obscure rugoais ; antennis pedibuscjuc pallidis. 



L. 5] mill. 



Rather dark brown, shining, pubescent ; the head rather 

 uneven, not very closely punctured ; the thorax parallel at 

 the sides until well before the hind angles, hind angles not 

 carinate, long, rather acute, and turning outwards, surface 

 finely, evenly, and not thickly punctulate ; the scutellum rela- 

 tively large, tinely punctulate ; the elytra punctate-striate, 

 striai tine, interstices sparsely punctulate, obscurely rugose ; 

 the antennie and legs pale. 



Hob. Fukushima. Two examples. 



Agriotes helvolus, Cand. 



Agriotes helvolm, Cand. MtSm. Liege, 1873, p. 30. 



The head in this species is sometimes black. 

 Jtlab. Nagasaki, Kobe, Hakone, and Jurisai. 



Agriotes ogurcBy sp. n. 



Obscure bruaneus, parum nitidus, griseo-pubcscens ; capite thorace- 

 que dense punctatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, intcrstitiis con- 

 spicue scabris ; antennis pedibusquo pallide brunneis. 



L. 74 mill. 



Dusky brown, with griseous pubescence; the head strongly 

 punctured, with a faint median impression ; the thorax 

 densely punctured, punctures finer than those of the head, 

 convex, infuscate ou the disk, margins reddish brown, hind 

 angles slightly turned outwards and carinate ; the scutellum 

 reddish brown, obscurely punctulate ; the elytra punctate- 

 striate, markedly scabrous, reddish brown, but distinctly 

 darker on interstices 2, 3, 4, 5 ; the antennae and legs con- 

 colorous, pale brown. 



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