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but oval; the head widest at the eyes and slightly narrowed 
to the neck ; the thorax rounded off anteriorly, arched at the 
sides, and abruptly separated from the lower half by a lateral 
marginal carina; the scutellum semicircular behind; the 
elytra well rounded off at the humeral angles, not striate ; 
the legs, tarsi very slender, claw and inner processes very 
fine. 
Celsus spectabilis, sp.n. (PI. VI. fig. 10.) 
Elongatus, niger, subnitidus, hirsutus, supra grosse punctatus; 
elytris area subovata ante apicem polita. 
L. 4 mill. 
Elongate, black, rather shining, clothed with long, grey, 
erect, detached hairs, entirely punctured above, punctures 
large and some are ocellate; the elytra before the apex, 
nearer to the outer than the sutural margin, have a very con- 
spicuous polished smooth space nearly oval in form; the 
antenne and legs black. 
Hab. Ichibusayama, near Yuyama. One example, 10th 
May, 1881. 
OMINEUS, gen. nov. 
Elongate ; head narrower than the thorax, elytra gradually 
widening until well behind the posterior coxe. The head 
widest at the eyes, obliquely narrowed behind them ; the 
antenne short and rather thick, first and second and fourth to 
seventh joints moniliform, first nearly as large again as the 
second, third slightly elongate and feebly constricted at the 
base, eighth to tenth slightly transverse, terminal oval; the 
maxillary palpi robust, terminal joints feebly securiform ; the 
thorax slightly wider than broad, without a lateral carina; 
the scutellum obtusely acuminate behind; the elytra without 
strie ; the legs much more robust than in the last genus, with 
the claws strongly toothed at their bases. Other characters 
similar to those of Dasytes. 
Omineus humeralis, sp. n. (Pl. VI. fig. 11.) 
Elongatus, piceus, subnitidus, hirsutus, supra grosse punctatus ; 
elytris striga humerali rufa; antennis pedibusque concoloribus. 
L,. 4-43 mill. 
Elongate, pitchy brown, somewhat shining, clothed not 
very thickly with grey hairs; the head and thorax deeply 
and densely punctate ; the elytra a little less deeply and not 
so closely punctured ; humeral angle with a red patch or stripe, 
