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Helodes inornatus, sp. n. 
Ovalis, fuscus, nitidus, pubescens ; antennis basi pedibusque an- 
ticis brunneis vel obscure testaceis. 
L, 33-33? mill. 
Oval, dusky brown, shining, with grey pubescence; the 
head sparsely punctate ; the thorax much more distinctly and 
closely punctate, widely impressed on each side before the 
posterior angles, arched anteriorly from the posterior angles ; 
the scutellum triangular, somewhat closely punctate; the 
elytra more finely punctate than the thorax, more especially 
on the dorsal and apical regions than at the bases; the 
antenne, four or five basal joints, with the palpi and anterior 
legs, brownish or obscurely testaceous. 
flab. Nagasaki, Kiga, Miyanoshita, and Nikko. In 
swampy places. 
Helodes scapularis, sp. n. 
H. wnornato proxime similis, sed minor et angustior; elytris macula 
humerali flavo-testacea. 
Peta ill: 
This species is narrower and much smaller than H. ¢nor- 
natus, and it has a very distinct pale humeral spot. 
Hab. Nagasaki and Hitoycshi. ‘Two examples. 
Cyphon variabilis, Thunbg. 
In the Munich Catalogue this species has seven synonyms, 
and is said to occur in Europe and North America. Kiesen- 
wetter considered a specimen of mine (which, inadvertently, 
he did not return to me) belonged probably to Thunberg’s 
species. I have three or four species of Cyphon from Japan; 
but the specimens are not sufficiently good for description. 
One is a species from Hakodate measuring 44 millim, 
CYPHONIDARUM. 
Cyphonidarum, Kies. Berl. ent. Zeit. xviii. p. 245 (1874). 
This genus was not characterized by Kiesenwetter, and 
remains still undescribed. Of the species Kiesenwetter re- 
ferred to I have seen only two specimens. 
Ptilodactyla ramea, sp. n. 
Piceo-brunnea ; antennis pedibusque yix dilutioribus; capite tho- 
