﻿Coleoptera 
  of 
  Japan. 
  325 
  

  

  Choragus 
  anohioides, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   Minutus, 
  brevis, 
  niger, 
  opacus, 
  anteunarum 
  basi 
  pedibusque 
  

   piceis 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  densissiixie 
  ruguloso-punctato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  seriatim 
  

   punctatis, 
  ioterstitiis 
  dense 
  subtilissime 
  punctatis 
  baud 
  omnino 
  

   opacis. 
  Long. 
  1^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  another 
  species 
  that 
  has 
  entirely 
  lost 
  the 
  facies 
  

   of 
  an 
  Anthribid 
  ; 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  sj3ecies 
  by 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  

   rectangular 
  and 
  not 
  produced, 
  and 
  by 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  

   trace 
  of 
  any 
  isthmus 
  on 
  the 
  elytra. 
  In 
  these 
  respects 
  it 
  

   resembles 
  the 
  following 
  species, 
  C. 
  cissoides, 
  but 
  that 
  

   species 
  has 
  the 
  elytra 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  the 
  interstices 
  

   being 
  nearly 
  impunctate. 
  

  

  Oyama, 
  1st 
  June, 
  1881. 
  Four 
  examples. 
  

  

  Choragus 
  cissoides, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   Minutus, 
  brevis, 
  niger, 
  antennarum 
  basi 
  pedibusque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   tborace 
  densissime 
  punctato, 
  opaco 
  ; 
  elytris 
  seriatim 
  fortiter 
  punc- 
  

   tatis, 
  interstitiis 
  subconvexis, 
  obsolete 
  punctatis, 
  subnitidis. 
  Long. 
  

   1| 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  little 
  insect 
  has 
  more 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Cis 
  than 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  Anthrihidce, 
  and 
  bears 
  

   an 
  excessively 
  short 
  minute 
  pubescence, 
  somewhat 
  like 
  

   that 
  which 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Cis. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  anobioides, 
  though 
  readily 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  by 
  the 
  scanty 
  and 
  obsolete 
  punctuation 
  of 
  

   the 
  interstices. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  much 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  and 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punctate. 
  

  

  19th 
  June, 
  1881. 
  Two 
  specimens. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   mutilated 
  example 
  from 
  Nagasaki, 
  which 
  is 
  still 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  more 
  shining, 
  and 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  a 
  variety, 
  though 
  

   I 
  think 
  it 
  more 
  probably 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Choragus 
  cryphaloides, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   Brevis, 
  minutus, 
  rufo-testaceus, 
  elytris 
  abdomineque 
  fuscis, 
  

   antennarum 
  clava 
  nigricante 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  brevi, 
  densissime 
  riigoso- 
  

   punctato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  seriatim 
  fortiter 
  punctatis, 
  interstitiis 
  convexis, 
  

   sat 
  dense 
  punctatis, 
  subnitidis. 
  Long. 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  bright 
  red 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   distinguishes 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   are 
  rectangular, 
  and 
  not 
  produced 
  under 
  the 
  shoulders 
  

  

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