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second, ninth broader than those preceding it, transverse, tentli and 

 eleventh forming a quite loosely articulated club. Head rather 

 elongate, without elevations over the insertion of the antennse ; 

 eyes rather large. Thorax broader than long^ nearly straight 

 at the sides, a little narrowed behind, the front rather deeply 

 sinuated on each side, so that the front angles are prominent ; 

 the sides only slightly explanate ; the surface very slightly im- 

 pressed, quite dull ; sculpture covered by a depressed dark squa- 

 mosity, while along the middle there are some rather incon- 

 spicuous p.'illid, small, depressed scales, bordering the obscure 

 impressions. Scutellum transverse. Elytra without elevations, 

 and with no distinct sculpture, but with a dark depressed squa- 

 mosity like that of the thorax, and mixed wilh this some 

 flavescent scales, and also with some white scales forming eight 

 or ten spots on the disk. Legs black ; tarsi piceous. Under 

 surface very dull, without definite sculpture, but with distant 

 very minute pallid setiB. 



Oyayama in Higo and Oyama in Sagami ; seven examples. 



PSETTDOTAEPHIUS. 



This genus will be found described at length by Wollaston in 

 the Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 1873, p. 1 et seq. ' It differs from 

 Glyphocryptus by its convex form, more separated legs, shorter 

 metasternum, and the obscurely margined, not explanate, sides 

 of the thorax. The only species known is that described by 

 Wollaston. 



PSEUDOTARPHITJS LeWISII. 



Pseudotarphius Lewisii, Woll. op. cit. p. 4. 

 Nagasaki, Tuyama, and Hagi {Mr. Killer). 



GrLTPHocETPTUs, nov. gen. 



Corpus latum, parum convexum, squamosum. Antennse lO-articulatse, 

 clava uniarticulata, articulo basali condito. Prothorax fortiter trans- 

 versus. Tibise simplices, tenues, margine externo squamoso ; tarsi tenues, 

 articulis tribus basalibus parvis, sequalibus. 



This insect lias more the appearance of a broad Coxelus than 

 of any other genus ; but it is at once distinguishable therefrom 

 by the club of the antennse, which shows only indistinct traces of 

 a division into two joints, so that these organs may be called ten- 

 ■jointed. There is no trace of antennal grooves on the thorax, 



