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Thanasimus ni'gricoUis, sp. n. 



Elongatus, niger, cinereo-pilosus, nitidus ; elytris basali lato rufis, 

 postice fasciis duabus albis ; abdomino rufo ; antenuis pedibusquo 

 nigris. 



L. 8-9 miU. 



T. m'gricolh's is in many respects similar to T. formicarius^ 

 L. The points of difference are that it is larger, with much 

 longer tarsi, head and thorax more robust and more lightly 

 and less thickly punctured, with the anterior portion of the 

 thorax much wider. The elytra also are red to nearly one 

 third of their length, and are then crossed with a very narrow 

 white band ; the dorsal black band is wnder and the abdomen 

 a clear red. 



llah. All the islands. Under pine-bark on Oyayama, 

 Online, Nantaisan at high altitudes, and at Sapporo at about 

 sea-level. 



Thanasimus ulbomaculatus^ sp. n. 



Elougatus, niger, hirsutus, nitidus ; elytris griseo-pilosis, prope basin 

 et pone medium albo subrecto-fasciatis ; antcnnis articulis V-&^ 

 rufis ; pedibus piceis. 



L. 3i miU. 



This small species is very similar to T. anthicoides, Westw., 

 figured in the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, but it is larger and the 

 antennse are relatively longer ; the two basal fascise are more 

 transverse. The head and thorax are clothed with black, 

 and the elytra with grey, hairs ; the first six joints of the 

 antennae are red, the others black except the apex of the last 

 joint, which is pale. 



I found a similar species to the above in Ceylon, and 1 

 think it and the above with T. anthicoides, Westw., might 

 be separated generically from Thanasimus] but as I am only 

 studying the family from a faunistic standpoint, I have left 

 this to be done if necessary by a future monographer of the 

 family. 



llah, Kiushiu. I obtained four examples in Higo. 



Omadius nigromaculatus, sp. n. 



Infuscatus, dense griseo-pilosus ; elytris nigro-maculatis ; abdomine 



rufo ; antcnnis (basi excepta) nigris, tarsia rufo-brunueis. 

 L. 11-12 mill. 



Infuscate, densely pilose, pile generally grey, but golden 

 between the eyes ; the two basal joints of the antenna? are 

 pale, the rest nearly black ; the thorax dark and immacu- 

 late ; the elytra, basal half or nearly half grey, with two black 

 spots placed transversely in the grey area, the outer spot 



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