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Show i 887.J JAPANESE ENDOMYCHID/E. 645 punctato-striatis, striis postice abbreviatis ; prothoracis margine lato, deplanato,- tarsis rufis. Lomj. 4-5 millim. Hab. M A I N ISLAND : Ichiuchi, Nara. Antennae black, the terminal joint pitchy, the third to the seventh joints a little longer than wide, eighth bead-shaped, the club laxly jointed, the ninth and tenth joints transverse, apical joint about as long as wide. Head and thorax black, the latter transverse, the flat margin wide and rather elevated, a decided fovea in the hind angle of the disk. Base margined, sulci hardly apparent. Elytra closely punctured at the base, each with eight punctured striae, little impressed, irregular, and not extending below the middle, the seventh and eighth united at the base. Four specimens off old trees at Nara. Unlike any described Eastern species in colour; the black head and thorax will easily distinguish it in the section to which it belongs. 2. STENOTARSUS INTERNEXUS, n. sp. (Plate LIII. fig. 9.) Rufo-ferrugineus, parum oblongus; antennis (basi excepta) elytrisque (sutura margineque prcetermissis) nigris, his crebre punctulatis, punctis majoribus in seriebus confuse congestis. Long. 3£- 3f millim. Hab. K I U S H I U : Nagasaki. M A I N ISLAND : Kashiwagi. Antennae rather thin and with joints 4-8 bead-shaped ; the club laxly jointed, the ninth and tenth joints as long as wide, a little produced on the inner side, the apical joint oblong. Thorax transverse, with broad flattened margins, which narrow very considerably behind, where their surface is also concave. The basal sulci represented by a round punctiform fossa on each side. Elytra oblong, faintlv sulcate and strongly punctured; the larger punctures form irregular series which terminate about the middle. Their surface is black, excepting the suture and margins, which are evenly but broadly red. Although this species must be placed in the section with punctured striae, and in the division in which the striae are irregular and shortened, it is really intermediate between the Eastern and the New-World forms which have the punctuation quite confused. It is therefore very interesting, especially as some other Japanese species have no serial punctuation, bringing them still closer to the American type. Six examples. 3. STENOTARSUS MUSCULUS, n. sp. Breviter oblongus, niger; abdomine elytrisque rufis, his macula magna communi haud bene discreta nigra; antennis tenuibus, piceis, articulo basali extus clavaque nigris ; thorace brevi, antice declivo margine deplanato, sulcis basalibus distinctis. Long. 2\- 3 millim. Hab. K I U S H I U : Nagasaki. M A I N I S L A N D : Kashiwagi. This little species is well distinguished by its short broad shape. The head and thorax and underside excepting the abdomen are black, the antennae thin and short, as in S. nigriclavis, the third to |