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Malachius eximius, sp. n. (Woodcut, fig. 2.) 
Viridi-cyaneus, parum opacus, griseo-pubescens; ¢ fronte trans- 
versim excavata, pedibus anticis testaceis; Q fronte biimpressa, 
pedibus anticis eneis vel testaceis. 
L. 43-5 mill. 
Greenish blue, somewhat opaque, with short grey pubes- 
cence. ¢. The head is curiously excavated, between the 
eyes it is transversely and deeply cut out, so that the upper 
portion of the eye rests on a very narrow base, in the middle 
projecting over the excavation is a triangular process, which, 
viewed from above, seems to interrupt the channel, but looked 
at sideways it is seen to be a projection; in front of the exca- 
vation and behind the antenne is a concave area, formed 
partly by a depression and partly by the surrounding edges 
Fig. 2. 
being raised; the thorax is rounded off before and behind, 
rather longer than broad, and behind the middle of the neck 
it somewhat overlaps the head, opaque, and without apparent 
sculpture; the elytra very finely punctulate, with vague 
strie; the antenne, first to sixth joints eneous above, the 
others vaguely so, third and fourth, and the fifth slightly, 
flattened out ; the mouth-organs clear yellow ; the legs, ante- 
rior pair wholly testaceous, intermediate thighs testaceous, 
tipped with metallic green, tibiae brownish, tarsi infuscate, 
hind legs wholly eneous. ¢. The head biimpressed between 
the eyes; antenna, joints 3 to 5 slightly enlarged; the legs 
wholly zneous or, rarely, anterior tibiz pale. 
Hab. Nagasaki, Osaka, Nikko, Kiga, and Yokohama. 
Attalus elongatulus, sp. n. 
Elongatus, cyaneo-niger, nitidus; antennis basi obscure testaceis 
pedibus nigris ; elytris dense punctulatis, subtiliter rugulosis, 
L, 3% mill, 
