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segment in. the cJ is, however, suffieientlj marked to bring it 

 witliin the definition of the latter genus. 



Steangalia contracta, n. sp. 



Angusta, elytris abbreviatis et postice valde angustatis ; nigra, 

 SLibtus ciaereo-pubescens, elytris testaceo-fulvis lateribus (sutu- 

 raque interdum) nigris ; antennis pedibusque flavo-testaceis, illis 

 ai'ticulis apice f uscis, vel fuscis basi flavis, femoribus posticisapice 

 tibiis tarsisque nigris. Capite crebre punctulato post oculos cite 

 rotundato-angustato ; thorace elongato, basi modice dilatato, an- 

 gulis parum productis, punctulato griseo-pubesceuti (variat liiiea 

 dorsali maculaque laterali fulvis) ; elytris sat sparse punctatis, 

 apice obtuso truncatis. c? Segmento apicali ventrali elongato, 

 apice late truncate, medio concave lateribus postice elevatis. 

 Elytris multo abbreviatis, segmentum antepenultimum vix trans- 

 cendeutibus. Long. 10-11 millim. c? $ . 



Kashiwagi ; Niohozan and Wada-toge. 



E/esembles the B-hinotragiuee and many species o^ Ophistomisin 

 the form of the elytra, strongly narrowed from before the middle, 

 slightly dehiscent at the apex and abbreviated — peculiarities ftiore 

 pronounced in the 6 than the $ , in which latter sex thej 

 leave only the pygidium uncovered, vphilst in the c? they reach 

 barely beyond the antepenultimate segment, and are also de- 

 pressed along the suture. 



Variable in colours : the abdomen is either wholly black or 

 black and reddish testaceous ; the lateral black vitta of the elytra 

 emits generally two short branches near the base, but these are 

 sometimes wanting. 



SlEAlfGALIA EEGALIS, n. Sp, 



Magna, robusta, subtiliter discrete punctulata, dense suberecte 

 breviter pilosa, vix nitida, subtus aureo-pubescens ; antennis bre- 

 vibus, robustis ( 6 corporis dimidium parum excedentibus). 

 Thorace campanuliformi, ante medium subangulato, post medium 

 longe sinuate, angulis posticis valde productis, antice sulcato- 

 constricto, medio basi curvatim sulcata ; elytris couvexis, valde 

 elongatis, basi modice latis, apice transversim late sinuato-trun- 

 catis utrinque bispinosis. 



c? . Segmentum ultimum ventrale valde concavum, lateribus 

 elevatissimis, dilatatis. Nigra, elytris utrinque maculis parvis 

 prope suturam quatuor in loco fasciarum sitis, prima prope basin, 



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