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  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  on 
  the 
  Rhynchophoroua 
  

  

  First 
  and 
  second 
  joints 
  of 
  antenna 
  much 
  thicker 
  than 
  the 
  

   following, 
  but 
  rather 
  slender 
  ; 
  third 
  to 
  eighth 
  quite 
  slender, 
  ninth 
  

   broad, 
  subquadrate 
  ; 
  tenth 
  transverse, 
  terminal 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   two 
  preceding 
  together. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  long, 
  greatly 
  narrowed 
  

   towards 
  the 
  front, 
  not 
  variegate, 
  but 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  usually 
  darker 
  

   in 
  colour 
  than 
  the 
  front 
  part. 
  The 
  carina 
  is 
  quite 
  basal, 
  and 
  forms 
  

   a 
  rectangle 
  — 
  very 
  slightly 
  acute 
  — 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin. 
  The 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  rather 
  elongate, 
  and 
  bear 
  much 
  gi-iseous 
  tomentum, 
  in 
  

   which 
  numerous 
  black 
  spots 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  linear 
  manner. 
  

   The 
  under 
  surface 
  is 
  black 
  and 
  destitute 
  of 
  tomentum. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  fungus 
  at 
  Osaka 
  during 
  

   Mr. 
  Lewis' 
  first 
  visit 
  to 
  Japan. 
  On 
  his 
  recent 
  journey 
  

   he 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  at 
  Junsai, 
  and 
  at 
  Otsu 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  Brachytarsus 
  niveovariegatus. 
  

   Brachytarsus 
  niveovariegatus, 
  Eoel., 
  C. 
  E. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Belg., 
  xxii., 
  p. 
  Iv. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  a 
  rare 
  insect. 
  

  

  Brachytarsus 
  fallax. 
  

  

  Brachytarsus 
  fallax, 
  Ferris.* 
  

  

  A 
  fair 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  met 
  with. 
  They 
  are 
  

   all, 
  with 
  one 
  exception, 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  my 
  unique 
  

   European 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  

   no 
  satisfactory 
  indication 
  of 
  specific 
  distinctness. 
  

  

  Hitoyoshi, 
  Kashiwagi, 
  Nikko, 
  Kurigahara, 
  Junsai. 
  

  

  Arceocerus 
  fasciculatus. 
  

   Arceocerus 
  fasciculatus, 
  DeGeer, 
  Ins., 
  v., 
  p. 
  276, 
  pi. 
  16, 
  

  

  f. 
  2. 
  

   Amhlycerus 
  japo)iiciis, 
  Thunb., 
  N. 
  Act. 
  Ups., 
  vii., 
  

  

  p. 
  122. 
  

   Arceocerus 
  coffea 
  (Fab.), 
  Schonh., 
  Gen. 
  Cure, 
  i., 
  

  

  p. 
  172. 
  

   This 
  species 
  has 
  no 
  dilatation 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  but 
  that 
  sex 
  may 
  be 
  identified 
  by 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  j^ygidium 
  being 
  rounded, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  

   acuminate 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  procured 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  

   during 
  his 
  first 
  visit 
  to 
  Japan 
  ; 
  they 
  agree 
  with 
  examples 
  

   from 
  S. 
  America 
  in 
  my 
  own 
  collection. 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  insect. 
  — 
  D. 
  S, 
  

  

  