the 'rt'iii'l)iiitiiiihe of Japan. 171 



not abraded ; the head densely punctured and the thorax 

 also, the latter broader than loni;, lateral edge finely raised, 

 anterior angle impressed behind tlie eyes, bisinuate at the base ; 

 theScutellum puncfulate ; the elytra striate-punetate, with the 

 interstices conspicuously j)unctulate ; tlie antennai and legs 

 black. Male: ciypi'us nearly straight in front, edges near 

 the antennai a little widened out and raised, with two 

 liorns over the eyes, erect, rather short, and more widely 

 apart than those of A. dueUicus. In the female the carina 

 over the eyes is short and not much elevated. 



Especially known from the others in this series by the Hat 

 and somewhat densely ])Unctulate interstices of the elytra. 

 ^Vhen specimens of Anlhracias and To.vicum become abraded 

 there is a tendency for their opacity to disajipear. 



Hah. Oyayama, Oguma, and Goka in Kumakuni. Three 

 specimens. 



Anthracias fagi, sp. n. 



Elongatus, subcylindricus, nij^er, subopacus ; antennis pcdibusque 

 rufo-piceis ; thorace paruni dense punctato ; elytris punctato- 

 Btriatis. 



L. 8-9 mill. 



Elongate, rather cylindrical, black, somewhat opaque ; the 

 liead rather densely punctured ; the thorax, lateral margin 

 but little raised, anterior angles not produced, little rounded 

 off, hind angles rectangular ; the scutellum obscurely punctu- 

 late ; the elytra punctate-striate, punctures irregularly set, 

 interspaces feebly rugose and pnnctulate ; the antenna? and 

 legs pitchy red. J\Iale : the ocular carina (the ridge that 

 crosses the centre of the eye) is continued in front and spread 

 out over the base of the antenna, frontal edge widely and 

 feebly emarginate, two short horns somewhat wide apart stand 

 erect over the eyes. Female : inner margin of the eye little 

 elevated anteriorly, clypeus anteriorly nearly straight. 



Hah. Nikko. Four examples from an old beech tree, 

 31st Oct., 1880. 



Anihracias holeti, sp. n. 



Elongatus, subcjdindricus, niger, opacus ; antennis pedibusque con- 

 coloribus ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis planis et impunc- 

 tatis, 



L. 8-8^ miU. 



Elongate, somewhat cylindrical, when not abraded densely 

 black and opaque; the head densely punctured; the thorax 

 similarly punctate, bisinuous behind onlv, more convex 



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