Iy87.] JAPANESE ENDOMYCHIDiE. 645 



punctato-striatis, striis postice ubbreviatis ; prothoracis margine 

 lata, deplanato ; tarsis rufis. Lons;. 4-5 millim. 



Hab. Main Island: Ichiuchi, Nara. 



Antennae black, the terminal joint pitchy, the third to the seventh 

 joints a little longer than wide, eighth bead-shaped, the club laxly 

 jointed, the ninth and tenth joints transverse, apical joint about as 

 long as wide. Head and thorax black, the latter transverse, the 

 flat margin wide and rather elevated, a decided fovea in the hind 

 angle of the disk. Base margined, sulci hardly apparent. Elytra 

 closely punctured at the base, each with eight punctured striae, little 

 impressed, irregular, and not extending below the middle, the seventh 

 and eighth united at the base. Four specimens off old trees at 

 Nara. Unlike any described Eastern species in colour ; the black 

 head and thorax will easily distinguish it in the section to which it 

 belongs. 



2. Stenotarsus internexus, n. sp. (Plate LIIl. fig. 9.) 



Rufo-ferrugineus, parum obhngvs ; anfennis (basi excepta) elytrisque 

 (sutura inargiiicque prcEtermissis) riigris, his crebre punctui atis , 

 punctis majorihus in seriebus confuse congestis. Long. 3^- 

 3f milliin. 



Hnb. KiusHiu: Nagasaki. Main Island : Kashiwagi. 



Antennae rather thin and with joints 4-8 bead-shaped ; the club 

 laxly jointed, the ninth and tenth joints as long as wide, a little pro- 

 duced on the inner side, the apical joint oblong. Thorax transverse, 

 with broad flattened margins, which narrow very considerably behind, 

 where their surface is also concave. The basal sulci represented 

 by a round punctiform fossa on each side. Elytra oblong, faintly 

 sulcate and strongly punctured ; the larger punctures form irregular 

 series which terminate about the middle. Their surface is black, 

 excepting the suture and margins, which are evenly but broadly red. 

 Although this species must be placed in the section with punctured 

 striae, and in the division in which the striae are irregular and 

 shortened, it is really intermediate between the Eastern and the 

 New- World forms which have the punctuation quite confused. It; 

 is therefore very interesting, especially as some other Japanese species 

 have no serial punctuation, bringing them still closer to the American 

 type. Six examples. 



3. Stenotarsus musculus, n. sp. 



JBreviter oblongus, niger ; abdomine elytrisque rufis, his macula 



magna communi haud bene discreta nigra ; antennis tenuibus, 



piceis, articulo basali extus clavaque nigris ; thorace brevi, antice 



declivo margine deplanato, sulcis basalibus distinctis. Long. 2^- 



3 millim. 



Hab. KiusHiu : Nagasaki. Main Island: Kashiwagi. 



This little species is well distinguished by its short broad shape. 



The head and thorax and underside excepting the abdomen are 



black, the antennae thin and short, as in S. nigriclavis, the third to 



