the Cistelidee (fee. of Japan. 257 



thorace transvorso, confertissime t'ortiter punctato, ante basin 

 utriiiquo oblique foveolato, lateribus rotundiito, quiiiiiuc dcnticu- 

 lato, basin versus luagis attenuate ; sciitello la)vi, elytris thoraco 

 paullo laiioribus ct triple longioriltus, lateribus late rotundatis, 

 supra fortiter seriatim punctalis, iiiterstitiis locvibus." 

 L. 2-5 mill. 



Hah. "Japan." I am much iiuleLtcd to Ilcrr E. Reittcr 

 for an example of this species. I did not meet with it, but I 

 believe it was taken by Herr Ililler at Hagi, north-^ast of 

 Shinionoseki. 



Lisso'hma heatuJum^ sp. n. 



Paruni breve, rufo-brunneum, nitidum; elytris tcnuiter striato- 



punctatis : antennis pedibusque concoloribus. 

 L. 2-^ mill. 



Somewhat short, reddish brow'n, sliining ; the head bi- 

 impressed between the antennse, clearly and rather closely 

 ])unctured ; the thorax arched at the sides, from tlie anterior 

 angle to the base, punctured like the head, with two basal 

 fovea} ; the elytra are a little paler in colour than the thorax, 

 especially at the humeral angles, punctures which constitute 

 the striffi are irregular, largest near the bases, and becoming 

 gradually finer towards the apices, interstices flat ; the 

 antenna, joints 9-10 and the terminal, except at the apex, 

 infuscate, the others with the legs reddish brown. 



UoJ). Oyayama and Nishimura in June. Two examples. 



Lissodema dentatum, sp. n. 



Brunneo-nigrura, nitidum ; capito parum dense, thorace dense punc- 

 tatis, hoc lateribus distincte denticulato ; elytris unicoloribus, 

 punctato-striatis ; antennis basi pedibusque obscure rutis. 



L. 2i-3 mill. 



Brownish black, shining ; the head clearly but not thickly 

 punctured, with a small, not always very distinct, fovea 

 between the eyes; the thorax more closely ])unctured than 

 the head, 4-foveolate, with the lateral denticulations some- 

 what acute and well defined ; the elytra concolorous, punctate- 

 striate, with the rows of punctures along the suture more or 

 less broken; the antennae, basal joints red, 9-11 infuscate; 

 the legs wholly dull red. 



Ilah. Fukushima and Junsai. A series of specimens from 

 both places. 



The two following species have one lateral thoracic tooth 

 very prominent : — 



