﻿Coleoptera 
  of 
  Japan. 
  309 
  

  

  14. 
  Tropideres 
  aberrans, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Subcylindricus, 
  rufescens, 
  variegato-tomentosus 
  ; 
  rostro 
  anten- 
  

   nisque 
  brevibus, 
  oculis 
  posteriiis 
  valde 
  distantibus, 
  anterius 
  con- 
  

   vergentibus 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  carina 
  prsebasali 
  subrecta. 
  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennse 
  short, 
  red, 
  joints 
  3 
  — 
  8 
  darker 
  ; 
  club 
  rather 
  long, 
  

   moderately 
  broad, 
  loosely 
  articulated, 
  formed 
  of 
  three 
  subequal 
  

   joints. 
  Eostrum 
  very 
  short, 
  broad, 
  transverse, 
  its 
  clothing 
  paUid 
  

   but 
  not 
  white. 
  Eyes 
  very 
  vpidely 
  separated 
  behind, 
  but 
  con- 
  

   verging 
  abruptly, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  only 
  slightly 
  separated 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  space 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum. 
  Thorax 
  gently 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  feebly 
  

   variegate, 
  the 
  prsebasal 
  carina 
  not 
  widely 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  

   exhibiting 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  angle 
  directed 
  towards 
  the 
  

   scutellum, 
  forming 
  at 
  each 
  side 
  an 
  angle, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  rectan- 
  

   gular, 
  and 
  continued 
  forwards 
  along 
  the 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  marked 
  manner 
  

   for 
  quite 
  half 
  the 
  length. 
  Elytra 
  feebly 
  variegate, 
  with 
  four 
  

   obsolete 
  elevations 
  placed 
  behind 
  one 
  another 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  

   near 
  the 
  suture 
  ; 
  these 
  elevations 
  are 
  black 
  in 
  colour, 
  and 
  there 
  

   are 
  some 
  other 
  minute 
  black 
  flecks. 
  Legs 
  red, 
  but 
  variegate. 
  

   Under 
  surface 
  nearly 
  black 
  ; 
  middle 
  coxas 
  widely 
  separated. 
  

  

  15. 
  Tropideres 
  conjinis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  T. 
  aberranti 
  peraffinis 
  ; 
  subcylindricus, 
  nigricans, 
  minus 
  varie- 
  

   gatus, 
  rostro 
  antennisque 
  brevibus, 
  his 
  basi 
  rufescente, 
  illo 
  anterius 
  

   fulvo 
  tomentoso 
  ; 
  oculis 
  posterius 
  valde 
  distantibus, 
  anterius 
  

   convergentibus 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  carina 
  praebasali 
  subrecta. 
  Long. 
  

   4 
  J 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  structurally 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  T. 
  aberrans, 
  

   though 
  so 
  different 
  in 
  colour. 
  The 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  is 
  quite 
  

   black 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  vague 
  tawny 
  marks 
  placed 
  parallel 
  to 
  one 
  

   another 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  deflexed 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  are 
  quite 
  covered 
  with 
  pallid 
  setosity. 
  

  

  Hitoyoshi, 
  3rd 
  May, 
  1881. 
  A 
  single 
  specimen. 
  I 
  

   presume 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  male, 
  though 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  rather 
  less 
  

   approximate 
  in 
  front 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  that 
  sex 
  of 
  T. 
  

   aherrans. 
  

  

  Gboup 
  6. 
  Thoracic 
  carina 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  forming 
  at 
  

   the 
  side 
  a 
  very 
  obtuse 
  and 
  rounded 
  angle 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   lateral, 
  prominent. 
  Species 
  16, 
  17. 
  

  

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