636 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the 



Genus 97. HETERARTHRUS. 



Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (1873). 



Heterarthrus pictus, n. sp. 



H. fusiformis, convexus, subnitidus, niger vel piceo- 

 niger; capite rostroque minute et parce punctulatis, hoc 

 breviusculo, ad basin evidenter substrangulatim constricto ; 

 prothorace elongato, cylindrico-triangulari, antice valde 

 constricto, vix profundius punctulato; elytris fusiformi- 

 cylindricis, obscure rufo-testaceis, in limbo necnon in 

 plaga postmedia suffusa (per suturam antice versus scutel- 

 lum angustius currente) nigrescentibus, striato-punctatis 

 (striis versus suturam profundioribus), interstitiis depressis 

 et minutissime parcissimeque uniseriatim punctulatis; 

 antennis dare piceo-ferrugineis, pedibus piceis. 



Variat prothorace plus minus, sed prassertim utrinque 

 postice, suffuse pallidiore. 



Long. corp. lin. 1J. 



Habitat ins. Japonicas, prope Nagasaki captus. Coll. 

 DD. Pascoe, Lewis, et Janson. 



( Obs. H. Lewisii et pallidipenni, Woll., colore for- 

 maque generali simillimus, sed subnitidior, necnon in 

 rostro prothoracisque disco parcius minutiusque punctu- 

 latus, punctulis in elytrorum interstitiis subminoribus, 

 prothorace antice profundius constricto, rostro ad basin 

 paululum magis strangulatim contracto, necnon antennis 

 vix onmino in medio, sc. forsan mox pone medium, ejus 

 insertis.) 



Genus 98. CONARTHRUS. 



Wollaston (vide, ante, p. 491). 



Conarthrus tarsalis, n. sp. 



C. angustus, elongatus, cylindricus, subnitidus, niger; 

 capite prothoraceque dense et parum minute punctulatis, 

 illo lato subconvexo crasso valde exserto et antice fovea 

 punctiformi notato, rostro (vix capite angustiore) sub- 

 depresso et apicem versus gradatim paulo latiore, hoc 

 elongato, triangulari-cylindrico, antice valde constricto, in 

 disco postico obsoletissime late impresso ; elytris parallelis, 

 profunde subcrenulato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis et 

 conspicue uniseriatim punctulatis; antennis pedibusque 

 elongatis, crassis, illis tarsisque paulo picescentioribus, 



