tke Cistelidaj (£r. of Japan. 420 



Anthicomorphus m'pomcus, sp. n. 



F. *M/Mrai/ simillimus at minor ; elytris griseo-pubescentibuB, obscure 



brunneis vel infuscatis ; antenuis pedibusque rufo-brunneis, 

 L. 4-4 1 mill. 



This species is much smaller tlian tiie last, but the punctua- 

 tion throu^^hout is very similar ; the head, thorax, elytra, and 

 under surface are infuscate, or, rarely, the elytra are brownish ; 

 the legs and antennas wholly reddish brown. 



Ilab. Hitoyoshi, Ichiuchi, Fukushima, Kashiwagi, Nikko, 

 and Junsai. Apparently more widely distributed than the 

 other three species. 



Anthicomorphus cruralis, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceus ; capita, thorace tibiisque infuscatis. 

 L. ^-^ miU. 



This species again is smaller than the last, but very similar 

 in sculpture ; the head and thorax are dusky above, usually 

 obscure reddish brown beneath ; tibiae and tarsi infuscate. 

 In two male examples the antennae are dusky ; in two females 

 they are reddish brown, and in the last markedly moniliform. 



Hah. Nara, Hitoyoshi, and Oyayama. Four examples 

 only, two of each sex. 



Anthicomorphus puherulus. 

 Anthicus puberulus, Mars. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1876, p. 467. 



Thi.s species will also come into the genus Anthicomorphus. 

 Hah. Kobe (2G4) . A few examples taken on Maiyasan 

 in 1871. 



Anthicus litorosus, sp. n. 



Piceo-niger, nitidus, hirsutus ; capite thoraceque nigris ; elj-tris 

 flavo-rufis, 4-maculatis, maculis piceo-nigris ; autcnnis elongatis. 

 L. 4 miU. 



Pitchy black, shining, clothed with long tawny-coloured 

 hair; the head black, nearly smooth, with a few punctures; 

 the thorax distinctly rather closely and coarsely punctate ; 

 the elytra bright orange-red, with the base and region of the 

 scutellum blackish, with a blackish band over the first 

 segment of the abdomen which touches the outer edge but 

 not the suture, apex also of the same dark colour, with the 

 anterior edge of the markings siimous ; the antennae long and 

 slender, would reach to the anterior edge of the dorsal band, 



