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Show 736 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Nov. 3, Vertex impunctate, the frontal tubercles narrowly and transverselv shaped. Labrum and palpi fulvous. Antennae two thirds the length of the body, the third and fourth joints equal and smaller and thinner than the second, the four or sometimes the five basal joints and the apex of the terminal one fulvous, the others black. Thorax twice as broad as long, the posterior margin distinctly sinuate at each side near the middle ; surface closely and finely punctured, leaving a narrow middle line smooth ; anterior angles narrowly fulvous. Elytra strongly convex, narrowed near the apices, the shoulders not prominent, the punctuation more distinct than that of the thorax, and arranged in close and rather irregular rows, a broader space in front of the lateral margin impunctate. Posterior femora black, the others and the tibiae and tarsi fulvous, the third joint of the latter much broader than the second. Oyama, Kiga, Nikko. Separated from S. japana, Baly, and S. separata by the entirely blaqk, not blue, colour of the upper side, by the fulvous angles of the thorax, and the more closely and finely punctured elytra, as well as by the colour of the labrum and palpi. SPH^ERODERMA ABDOMINALIS, sp. nov. Ovate ; black, apices of the elytra and the abdomen flavous ; thorax very finely punctured; elytra regularly and distinctly punctate-striate. Var. The sides of the elytra fulvous. Length 1|-1| line. Head entirely impunctate, the frontal tubercles very obsolete. Antennae stout, more than half the length of the body, the first three joints fulvous, the basal ones stained with black above, the rest entirely of that colour, the second and third joints equal in length. Thorax transverse, the sides rounded and narrowly margined, the anterior angles thickened and oblique, the posterior margin strongly sinuate near the scutellum; surface covered with very small and some larger punctures, the latter not very closely and irregularly placed. Elytra wider at the base than the (horax, the shoulders prominent and impunctate, the disk rather strongly punctate-striate, the striae near the suture more closely placed and more irregular than the others ; the apices of the elytra flavous, this colour narrowed and extending upwards a little at the lateral margin. Legs black. Abdomen flavous. Yuyama, Kashiwagi. SPHJERODERMA UNICOLOR, sp. nov. Entirely fulvous; head impunctate; thorax scarcely visibly, elytra distinctly and remotely punctured. Length 1| line. Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles transverse, the carina flattened and short. Antennae more than half the length of the body, fulvous, the second and third joints short and of equal length, the following gradually thickened. Thorax transverse, widened at |