the TenebrionidsB of Japan. 399 



punctatis ; dytris striato-pimctatis ; antcnnis pedibusquc cun- 



coloribus. 

 L. 2\ miU. 



Yellow-testaceous, slilning, convex above ; the liead rather 

 large, eye.s small, surface sparingly ])anctate, punctures sonjc- 

 what large and irregularly set ; the thorax ])unctured like the 

 head, rather strongly niarginate at the sides; the elytra mar- 

 ginate externally like the thorax, widest in the middle, ob- 

 tusely acumimite behind, striatc-punctate, the rows of punc- 

 tures are not very regular, and in the interstices there are a 

 few similar punctures which apparently add to their irre- 

 gularity; the prosternal posterior process is continued behind 

 the coxai on the same plane as the anterior part and is 

 scarcely widened out; in a species from New Zealand this 

 process is a little depressed and slightly widened out. The 

 antenna?, joints 7-10 form a comf)ressed club, the seventh 

 joint is smaller than the eighth, and is relatively larger than 

 in the New Zealand species, which has a more lax club. 



I have placed this species in Menimus without hesitation, 

 notwithstanding the other known species in the genus are all 

 from New Zealand, from whence Mr. Champion has kindly 

 lent me an example. 



llah. Kiga. Found in the recesses (a foot from the bark) 

 of a very large and decaying beech, in company with Eago- 

 ntopus Lewisij Reit. ; six examples. 



Ceropria sulcifrons, Har. 



Ceropria sulcifrons, Har. S. e. Z. 1878, xxxix. p. 353. 



The fine iridescent colours of this species assume a circular 

 form both near the humeral angle and before the apices of the 

 elytra. In the other three species of this series the centre of 

 the iridescence is so near the margin that the colours can only 

 form a semicircle. 



Uab. Kiga and Hakone (abundant), and on Oyayama. 



Ceropria suboceUata, Cast. 



Ceropria siibocellata, Cast. Brul. Mon. p. 308. 



This species is broader and more oval in outline than 

 C. t'nduta, Wiedem., and it measures nearly I'd mill. In the 

 male the anterior tarsi are scarcely dilated and the anterior 

 and intermediate tibiae are not dentate. There is a long series 

 of it in the Bates collection from many localities. 



Hab. Nagasaki. Three examples. 



Ceropria striata, sp. n. 

 Oblongo-ovata, nigra, nitida ; thorace distincte punctulato ; elytris 



fortiter puuctato-striatis, interstitiis convexie et obsolete punctu- 



latis. 

 L. 114 mill. 



