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of each rounded, very finely denticulate. Beneath punctured, covered 



with extremely short white hairs. 

 Length 2 lines. Breadth § line. 

 Hab. Japan. 



Aphanisticus collaris, E. S. Capite cupreo, valde excavato et 

 punctate Thorace seneo-cupreo, postice attenuato, lateribus rotun- 

 datis, disco transverse bicarinato, carinis cupreis. Elytris aureo- 

 seneis, depressis, transverse rugosis, apicibus rotundatis. Subtus 

 seneus. 



Head coppery, very widely and deeply excavated between the eyes and 

 punctured. Thorax widest in front ; its anterior margin raised and 

 very finely punctured ; its sides rounded, and its base bisinuate ; disk 

 punctured, with two well-marked transverse coppery keels. Elytra 

 golden bronzy, depressed, and transversely rugose ; sides subparallel, 

 apices rounded. Beneath bronzy, punctured. Antenna? with their 

 basal two joints large and swollen ; apical six flat and dilated. 



Length 2| lines. Breadth f line. 



Hab. Nagasaki. 



Aphanisticus antennatus. iEneo-niger. Capite minuto, inter 

 oculos excavato. Antennis clavatis. Thorace valde punctato, sub- 

 quadrato, disco tumido ; lateribus, prsesertim ad angulos posticos, late 

 depressis. Elytris valde et rugose punctato-striatis, apicibus rotun- 

 datis denticulatis. Subtus punctatus. 



Bronzy, black. Head very largely punctured on the vertex, narrowly, 

 but deeply, grooved between the eyes ; the edges of the groove cari- 

 nated. Antennae with the second joint very large and round; the ter- 

 minal four joints forming a decided club. Thorax very largely, but 

 not deeply, punctured, somewhat quadrate ; sides rounded, chiefly in 

 front ; disk very convex ; sides widely, especially at the hind angles, 

 and base narrowly, depressed. Elytra deeply and rugosely punctate- 

 striate, deeply sinuate below the shoulders, then suddenly swelling out 

 to just below the middle, whence they become narrower to the apex, 

 which is rounded and finely denticulate ; sides narrowly depressed. 

 Beneath and legs punctured. 



Length 1^ line. Breadth £ line. 



Hab. Japan. 



Aphanisticus congener, E. S. Ater, capite minuto. Thorace 

 punctato, postice valde latiore, marginibus, praesertim prope angulos 

 posticos, depressis. Elytris transverse rugosis, et punctato-striatis, 

 apice rotundato. Subtus pedibusque punctatus. 



Black. Head very small, channelled between the eyes. Thorax largely 

 and irregularly punctured ; front margin scarcely more than half the 

 length of the base; sides rounded, chiefly posteriorly, and depressed, 



