376 Dr. D. Sharp on 



Antennse short and stout, red at the base, darker beyond, 

 third joint a little shorter than the second, fifth to tenth joints 

 strongly transverse, terminal joint elongate, acuminate, nearly 

 three times as long as the tenth. Head much narrowed 

 behind the prominent eyes, densely punctate, quite dull. 

 Thorax narrower than the elytra, not so long as broad, very 

 densely covered with a granular sculpture, and broadly 

 vaguely depressed along the middle. Elytra scarcely longer 

 than the thorax, sculptured like it, but not quite so dull. 

 Hind body finely punctate, the terminal segments almost 

 impunctate. 



Nagasaki, 16th March, 1881 ; one specimen. 



Epipedajraterna, n. sp. 



Valde depressa, nigra ; elytris fuscis, pedibus sordide testaceis ; sub- 

 tiliter punctata, subopaca ; prothorace piano, medio vix perspicue 

 impresso. 



Long. 2| millim. 



This obscure little insect is in all respects very similar to 

 the common European X plana, but is apparently a little 

 smaller and narrower, and the male characters are not suffi- 

 ciently similar to allow it to be considered a mere variety. 

 In this sex the raised processes on the last dorsal plate are 

 more distinct and enclose a much wider space, and each pro- 

 jects beyond the hind margin, so as to form a short, acute, 

 free spine ; the hind margin in the middle is rounded, and 

 there is a slight emargination on each side close to the spine. 



Miyanoshita, December 22nd, 1880 j five specimens. 



Epipeda Lewisa. 

 Homalota Zetvisa, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 14. 



BracMda clara. 



Homalota {Brachida) clara, Weise, Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. xxi. 1877, 

 p. 00. 



Hagi {Hiller) ; Yokohama, Nagasaki, and Hitoyoshi, in 

 spring, rare ( Leiois) . 



Gyrophmna triquetra. 

 GyrophcBua triquetra, Weise, Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. xxi. 1887, p. 91. 



Gyropihcena sapporensis, n. sp. 

 Brevis, subdepressa, fusca, capite abdomineque nigricantibus ; an- 



