286 Dr. D. Sharp on 



fifth to tenth strongly transverse, terminal joint as long as the 

 two preceding joints together. Head infuscate red, rather 

 broad and short, very tinely punctate. Thorax strongly 

 transverse, nearly twice as broad as long, base much rounded, 

 very finely punctate. Elytra yellow at the base, fuscous for 

 a large space at the outer apical angle, a good deal longer 

 than the thorax, very densely punctate. Hind body with the 

 basal two segments yellow, the following three fuscous, 

 closely very finely punctate. 



Nikko, Yokohama, Kuromazu ; five examples. 



Oxypoda Iteta. 

 Oxypoda lata, Weise, Deutsclie ent. Zoitschr. xxi. (1877) p. 97. 

 Hagi ; not found by Lewis. 



Calodera desdemona, n. sp. 



Elongata, angiistula, fusco-testacea ; antennia pedibusque pallidis, 

 abdomino medio _ nigricante ; dense subtilissime punctata; pro- 

 thorace sat elongate. 



Long. 3 millim. 



Antennae entirely pale red, fourth joint much broader than 

 the third, fourth to tenth very similar to one another, each 

 transverse, terminal joint twice as long as the tenth. Head 

 suborbicular, piceous. Thorax about as long as broad, 

 densely and very finely punctured, with a transverse impres- 

 sion in front of the base in the middle. Elytra a little longer 

 than the thorax, finely, very densely punctate. Hind body 

 closely and finely punctate. 



Yokohama ; one specimen. 



Closely allied to G. cBthiops^ but about twice the size. 



POROCALLUS, nov. gen. 



Tarsi omnes 5-articulati. Palpi maxillares triarticulati, articulo 

 tertio lato, cyathiformi. 



This genus is most nearly allied to Callicerus, agreeing 

 with it in the peculiar structure of the maxillary palpi, which 

 are of the type seen in some genera of PsederidiB, the penul- 

 timate joint being broad and truncate at the apex and no 

 doubt receiving the fourth joint, which is invisible ; the labial 

 palpi are triarticulate, the basal joint stout, the terminal joint 

 minu^ and slender ; the genae are very obsoletely margined. 

 The middle coxjb are distinctly separated, the mesosternum 



