the Cistelida'- dc. of Japan. 255 



part past the antenme to the eyes, sparsely punctate, trian- 

 gularly impressed between the antenna?, sides parallel, with 

 the eyes abruptly prominent ; the thorax, |)unctared like the 

 head, widest just beiiind the anterior margin, then gradually 

 lessening in width to the base, wiiere it is narrower than 

 behind the neck ; the scutellum smooth ; the elytra punctate, 

 punctures at times vaguely arranged in longitudinal lines ; 

 the legs and antennai palish brown, somewhat lighter in 

 colour than the body. 

 I lab. Sapporo. 



Salpingus niponictis, sp. n. 



Nigresccns, nitidus ; capita thoraceque punctatis ; elytris nigro- 



brunneis ; antonnis articulis P-S" rufis, O"-!!"" nigris. 

 L. 2|-3| miU. 



Blackish, shining ; the head very clearly punctate, punc- 

 tures rather closely set, eyes prominent ; the thorax, punctate 

 like the head, arched at the sides before the narrowed base, 

 usually with a fovea on the middle of the anterior edge ; the 

 elytra striate-punctate, interstices smooth, brown, dark brown, 

 or nearly black with humeral angle brown ; the antennse, 

 eight basal joints reddish brown, three apical black ; the legs 

 dull brown, tarsi paler. 



I did not obtain a species of Rhinosimus, but the genus 

 probably occurs in the north. 



Ilab. Nikko, Chiuzenji, Nishiraura, and Junsai. 



Lissodema ainunum, sp. n. 



Robustum, picoo-nigrum, nitidum ; elytris f)allide testaceis, basi et 



medio dorsi infuscatis ; antennis parum brevibus. 

 L. 3^ taUl. 



Rather robust, pitchy black, shining; tiie head somewhat 

 wide and rather roughly punctate, mouth-organs reddish 

 brown ; the tliorax 4-denticulate laterally and closely punc- 

 tate, with two basal foveas ; the elytra striate-punctate, pale 

 testaceous, with two lobe-shaped patches at the base and a 

 band across the middle of the dorsum (the band widens out 

 in the sutural area) infuscate; the antennas and legs reddish 

 brown, the former being shorter and stouter than those of any 

 other of this series. 



Ilah. Junsai. Two examples only. 



Lissodema plagiatuvi, sp. n. 



Longiusculura, nigrum, nitidum; capito thoraceque dense punc- 

 tatis ; elytris macula subhumerali Havo-testacea ; tibiis tarsisque 

 pallide brunneis. 



L. 25 mill. 



