﻿Coieoptera 
  of 
  Japan. 
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  distant 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  continued 
  forwards 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  

   for 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length. 
  The 
  scrobes 
  are 
  deep, 
  

   and 
  are 
  prolonged 
  inwards 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  termi- 
  

   nating 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  sharply-defined 
  angle. 
  The 
  middle 
  

   coxae 
  are 
  moderately 
  separated. 
  

  

  Uloj'hinus 
  funebris, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  parum 
  variegatus, 
  in 
  elytris 
  obscure 
  albido-guttatus 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   thorace 
  sat 
  elongato, 
  anterius 
  leviter 
  angustato, 
  sequaliter 
  convexo. 
  

   Long, 
  rostro 
  subpoiTecto, 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  short 
  and 
  rather 
  slender, 
  black, 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   first 
  joint 
  short, 
  scarcely 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second, 
  third 
  to 
  sixth 
  

   slender, 
  seventh 
  and 
  eighth 
  a 
  httle 
  broader, 
  the 
  latter 
  short, 
  ninth 
  

   rather 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  tenth 
  transverse, 
  terminal 
  joint 
  also 
  

   rather 
  short. 
  Eostrum 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  shallow 
  oval 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  rugose, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  scanty 
  dark 
  clothing. 
  Thorax 
  gently 
  

   narrowed 
  in 
  front 
  in 
  a 
  slight 
  curve, 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  hairs 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  some 
  others 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  ; 
  the 
  disc 
  not 
  impressed 
  ; 
  the 
  thoracic 
  carina 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  joining 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  by 
  a 
  rectangle. 
  Elytra 
  rather 
  

   short, 
  with 
  very 
  indistinct 
  elevations 
  near 
  the 
  suture, 
  and 
  with 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  white 
  spots 
  scattered 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  Legs 
  rather 
  stout, 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  not 
  variegate. 
  

  

  Chiuzenji, 
  August, 
  1881. 
  Two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Tropideees. 
  

  

  Tropidekes, 
  Schonh., 
  Disp. 
  Meth., 
  p. 
  35. 
  

   LiTocERus, 
  Schonh., 
  Gen. 
  Cure, 
  i., 
  p. 
  125. 
  

   AcoRYNUs, 
  Schonh., 
  Gen. 
  Cure, 
  i., 
  p. 
  123. 
  

  

  Lacordaire 
  remarks 
  correctly 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  composite 
  

   genus, 
  for 
  it 
  undoubtedly 
  contains 
  species 
  that 
  differ 
  

   much 
  in 
  facies, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  minor 
  characters. 
  Although 
  

   it 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  divided, 
  yet 
  I 
  think 
  Litocerus 
  will 
  

   always 
  be 
  merely 
  a 
  synonym, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  congeneric 
  with 
  

   the 
  typical 
  division 
  of 
  Troinderes 
  {T. 
  alhirostris) 
  , 
  although 
  

   Lacordaire 
  placed 
  the 
  two 
  in 
  different 
  subfamilies. 
  

   Acorynus 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Litocerus 
  merely 
  bj'' 
  the 
  

   middle 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  shorter, 
  a 
  

   character 
  which 
  Lacordaire 
  considered 
  correctly 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  

   insufficient 
  importance 
  for 
  generic 
  distinction. 
  

  

  