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  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  the 
  PJiynchophorous 
  

  

  16. 
  Tropideres 
  distinguendus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Subcylindricus, 
  niger, 
  tomentosus, 
  supra 
  pallide 
  griseo-fuscoque 
  

   variegatus, 
  antennis 
  minus 
  tenuibus, 
  rufescentibus, 
  extrorsum 
  

   fuscescentibus 
  ; 
  carina 
  tlioracis 
  subrecta, 
  ad 
  basin 
  approximata. 
  

   Long, 
  rostro 
  porrecto 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  rather 
  stout, 
  the 
  three 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  club 
  rather 
  laxly 
  

   articulated, 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  elongate. 
  Eostrum 
  subquadrate, 
  only 
  

   very 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  these 
  lateral, 
  encroaching 
  in 
  

   front 
  a 
  little 
  on 
  the 
  rostrum. 
  Thorax 
  elongate, 
  gently 
  narrowed 
  in 
  

   front, 
  the 
  carina 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  but 
  little 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  eh'tra, 
  

   joining 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  at 
  an 
  obtuse 
  and 
  rounded 
  angle. 
  Elytra 
  

   with 
  the 
  clothing 
  rather 
  coarse, 
  pallid, 
  but 
  much 
  marked 
  with 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  basal 
  elevation. 
  Tibiae 
  reddish, 
  not 
  varie- 
  

   gate. 
  Prosternum 
  short, 
  middle 
  coxae 
  not 
  widely 
  separated. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  little 
  Anthribid 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  widely 
  separated 
  localities. 
  Nagasaki 
  in 
  April, 
  

   Kiga 
  and 
  Miyanoshita 
  in 
  May, 
  Yokohama, 
  Junsai. 
  

  

  The 
  insect, 
  though 
  not 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  Eoelofs, 
  was 
  

   known 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  marked 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  and 
  

   it 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  Tropideres 
  when 
  that 
  

   composite 
  genus 
  is 
  dismembered 
  ; 
  a 
  course 
  that 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be, 
  though 
  inevitable, 
  at 
  present 
  impracticable. 
  

  

  17. 
  Tropideres 
  hasipennis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Subcylindricus, 
  nigricans, 
  tomentosus, 
  griseo 
  pallideque 
  rufo 
  

   variegatus, 
  antennis 
  sat 
  crassis 
  ; 
  prothoracis 
  carina 
  prasbasali 
  sub- 
  

   recta 
  ; 
  elytris 
  mox 
  pone 
  marginem 
  basalem 
  profunda 
  transversim 
  

   impressis. 
  Long, 
  rostro 
  porrecto 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  seems 
  structurally 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  T. 
  distinguendus, 
  

   but 
  possesses 
  a 
  peculiar 
  character 
  that 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  from 
  that 
  

   species, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  all 
  others, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  profound 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  margin 
  

   being 
  elevated 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  projecting 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  appears 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  rostrum 
  

   is 
  short, 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  antennae 
  rather 
  

   stout, 
  with 
  broad, 
  rather 
  long, 
  three-jointed 
  club 
  ; 
  the 
  thoracic 
  

   carina 
  is 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  and 
  is 
  directed 
  forwards 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  by 
  

   an 
  extremely 
  gentle 
  curve. 
  Elytra 
  greatly 
  variegate, 
  but 
  without 
  

   definite 
  pattern 
  ; 
  without 
  elevations. 
  Middle 
  coxae 
  but 
  little 
  

   separated. 
  

  

  Kurigahara, 
  6th 
  August, 
  1881. 
  One 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   female 
  sex. 
  

  

  