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W.W. Fowler: 



var, simplex var. nov. 



Differs from the type in being rather larger on the average and 

 in having the prothorax less convex, with the sides more parallel 

 and in the simple, truncate or almost truncate, apiceß of the latter. 



Length 11 — 13 mm. 



Three examples: Taihorin 1911, Suisharyo 1911, Taihorinsho 

 1909. If it were notfor the intermediate specimenabove noticedl should 

 be inclined to regard this as a separate species, but at present it is 

 best to leave the question open : the difference does not appear to be 

 sexual, 



One male specimen of Languriomorpha lewisii Crotch from 

 Kagoshima, Japan, was mixed with this species, wbich it rather closely 

 resembles superf icially : this was the only specimen in the collection 

 which did not come from Formosa: it is very easily known by the 

 fine but distinct teeth on the anterior femora of the male. 



Tetralanguria miles sp. n. 



Elongata, subcuneiformis, sat angusta, capite elytrisque nigris 

 vel nigro-cyaneis, prothorace rufo, macula centrali variabili et interdum 

 macula utrinque ad latera fuscis, corpore subtus plus minusve brunneo- 

 piceo: capite diffuse sat fortiter punctato, antennis robustis, clava 

 4-articulata : prothorace convexo, longitudine paullo latiori, fere 

 glabro, disco diffuse leviter punctato, lateribus rotundatis, anguliß 

 posticis sat fortiter productis: elytris longis leviter punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis rugosis, apicibus oblique truncatis: pedibus nigris, femoribus 

 ad basin interdum dilutioribus ; lineis coxalibns brevibus, vix distinctis. 



A long narrow and elegant species with the elytra very long in pro- 

 portion to the prothorax : head and elytra black or cyaneous black, pro- 

 thorax bright red with a small central darkspot and sometimesadarkspot 

 on each side in a line with this (these markings areprobably very variable 

 and sometimes absent): head distinctly and diffusely punctured, an- 

 tennae robust with a four jointed club: prothorax convex, subtrans- 

 verse with the sides rounded and the posterior angles strongly produced, 

 disc very finely punctured: elytra narrowed from base to apex with- 

 out or with very slight metallic reflection, with regulär but not 

 very distinct rows of punctures and with the interstices very finely 

 rugose, apices obliquely truncate; legs pitchy-black, femora black 

 or partly lighter: coxal lines short and not distinct. 



Length 15 mm. 



Two specimens, one from Kosempo 1912 (with broken antennae) 

 and one from Kankau (Koshun) 1912. 



It is possible that this may be the type of a new genus, as the 

 first joint of the club (the eighth of the antennae) is considerably 

 narrower than the second (in Tetralanguria elongata they are of equal 

 breadth) and the seventh joint of the antennae is slightly thickened: 

 the elytra, moreover, are less parallel and the prothorax less quadrate 

 and the apex of the former is somewhat different. 



