﻿Coteoptera 
  of 
  Japan. 
  299 
  

  

  forms 
  a 
  very 
  obtuse 
  rounded 
  angle 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  is 
  

   continued 
  forwards 
  for 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance. 
  The 
  

   middle 
  coxas 
  are 
  moderately 
  distant, 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  

   meso- 
  and 
  metasterna 
  between 
  them 
  very 
  discontinuous. 
  

   The 
  sexual 
  disparities 
  are 
  but 
  slight. 
  

  

  Asemo7'hinus 
  nebulosiis. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  griseo-tomentosus, 
  albido 
  ftiscoque 
  subvariegatus 
  ; 
  rostro 
  

   abrupto, 
  suboblongo, 
  apicem 
  versus 
  paulo 
  latiore 
  ; 
  protliorace 
  

   lateribns 
  rotundatis, 
  anterius 
  valde 
  angustato. 
  Long, 
  cumque 
  

   rostro 
  12 
  — 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  of 
  female 
  reaching 
  about 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  in 
  

   the 
  male 
  longer 
  ; 
  slender, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  curvate 
  and 
  hollow 
  in 
  

   front 
  ; 
  black, 
  the 
  two 
  joints 
  preceding 
  the 
  club 
  bearing 
  some 
  white 
  

   pubescence, 
  the 
  club 
  rather 
  slender, 
  compressed, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  

   with 
  the 
  three 
  joints 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  more 
  elongate 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two. 
  Eyes 
  prominent, 
  sub- 
  

   elliptic 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  distinctly- 
  

   broader 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  antennae 
  inserted 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  covered 
  with 
  unicolorous 
  grey 
  

   pubescence, 
  flat, 
  feebly 
  longitudinally 
  carinate 
  along 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Thorax 
  greatly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  front 
  in 
  a 
  curvilinear 
  

   manner, 
  the 
  prsebasal 
  carina 
  strongly 
  elevated, 
  slightly 
  undulate, 
  

   not 
  directed 
  forwards 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  side 
  margin, 
  

   with 
  which 
  it 
  forms 
  an 
  obtuse 
  angle, 
  the 
  latter 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   front 
  ; 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  depressed 
  hairs, 
  but 
  little 
  

   variegate 
  ; 
  across 
  the 
  middle 
  are 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  indistinct 
  elevations 
  ; 
  

   the 
  sculpture 
  concealed 
  by 
  the 
  clothing. 
  Elytra 
  more 
  variegate 
  

   than 
  the 
  anterior 
  parts, 
  with 
  very 
  coarse 
  series 
  of 
  punctures, 
  which 
  

   are 
  much 
  obscured 
  by 
  the 
  subdepressed 
  clothing. 
  Legs 
  blackish, 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  boleti 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  Nara, 
  28th 
  June, 
  1881 
  ; 
  

   also 
  at 
  Yuyama, 
  May 
  17th. 
  

  

  Blabirhinus, 
  nov. 
  gen. 
  (Tophodeeides, 
  Lacord.). 
  

  

  Kostrum 
  modice 
  elongatum, 
  apicem 
  versus 
  parum 
  latius, 
  scrobi- 
  

   bus 
  elongatis, 
  posterius 
  fortiter 
  convergentibus, 
  latis, 
  perparum 
  

   profundis. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  moderately 
  elongate, 
  with 
  definite, 
  rather 
  short, 
  three- 
  

   jointed 
  club 
  ; 
  terminal 
  in 
  their 
  insertion, 
  second 
  joint 
  elongate, 
  

   much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  eyes 
  rather 
  large, 
  elongate, 
  extending 
  

   forwards 
  but 
  not 
  inwards, 
  very 
  widely 
  separated, 
  very 
  finely 
  

  

  