ON THE LONSICOEN BEETLES OE JAPAN. 205

Loagicorn Beetles of Japan. Additions, cliiefly from the later

Collections of Mr. George Lewis ; and Notes on the Syno-

nymy, Distribution, and Habits of the previously knownSpecies. By H. W. Bates, F.R.S., F.L.S.

(Read 5th June, 1884.)

[Plates I. & II.]

The present paper is essentially a supplement only to a formerpaper published on the same subject in the ' Annals and Magazine

of Natural History' for 1873, vol. xii. ; but ifc is a supplement

which in extent greatly surpasses the original, the number of

species of this conspicuous Coleopterous family recorded in the

first paper beingl07, and the present paper containing 129, making

a total of 236 species now known as belonging to the JapaneseFauna in this department. This great accession to our knowledge

is due almost entirely to the labours of Mr. Lewis and the native

collectors directed by him, on his second visit to the islands in

1880-81. It is sufficient to glance at the two lists—the originalone, published in 1873, and the following supplemental one—tosee how large a proportion of the new species (and ifc is the samewith the species known elsewhere now detected in Japan) is dueto the labours of Mi\ Lewis.

In the introductory paragraphs to my former paper I made afew remarks on the relations of the Fauna o£ Japan as regards

the Lougicornia to those of other regions, pointing out chiefly

the very strong tropical element and the absence of many charac-teristic palsearctic genera. I have also discussed the question of

faunistic relations in two other papers published on the Geode-

phagous Coleoptera of Japan. In my first enumeration of theJapanese Longicornia, I remarked that 21 genera out of the

total of 64) were tropical genera, i. e. genera found nowhere but

within the tropics. In the present supplement only 6 of the 57

genera added to the original 64 are known as tropical ; butthe number must be increased if we are to add the many abso-lutely new genera (such as Leptoxenus, PyrrJiona, Corennys, Xeni-cotela, &c.), which have tropical, and not palaearctic, affinities.

Still, upon the whole, our supplementary list must be considered

as diminishing the proportion of tropical forms in the Longicorn

Fauna of Japan, a large number of European, Siberian, and North-LINN. JOUBN.—ZOOLOGY, YOL. XYIII. 15

206 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

American genera (e. g. Asemum, Teh-opium, Bhagium, Ency-

clops, PacJiyta, Grainmoptera, Gmirotes, Strangalia, Necydalis,

Sosalia, &c.) having been now found, and many of the absolutelynew genera having palsearctic or nearctic rather than tropicalaffinities. We know at present too little of the productions ofthe neighbouring regions of Asia (^.

LONGICOEIS' BEETLES OF JAPAK. 207

L/

Clytanthus gracilipes, Falderm.latifasciatus Fischer.

iriisellus.

xeniscus.

(?) acutivittis, Kraatz.Bemonax transilis.Clytus nielsenus.

auripilis.

Xylotrechus chinensis [Chevr.).ernaciatus.

clarinus.

albifilis.

rufilius.

Brachyclytus singularis, Kraatz.Anaglyptus niponensis.Paraclytus excultus.

Aglaophis colobotheoules.

Farn. La Mil D^.Phlyctidola metallica.

Echthistatus binodosus, Waterh.furciferus.

grossus.

Dolophrades terrenus.Monohammus nitens.

grandis, Waterh.pardalinus.

Haplohammus fulvicornis, Pascoe.Ursecha griseola.

Mecynippus pubicornis.Apalimna litui'ata.Xenicotela fuscula.

Rhodopis integripennis,Nanohammus rufesceiis.Scotinauges diphysis, Pascoe.

Mesosa gracilior.hirsuta.

senilis.—— pcecda.cribrata.

Mesosella simiola.Sybra subfasciata.Xylariopsis miinica.

Sydonia divaricata.Graphidessa venata.Eupogonius teDuicomis.Terinsea atrofusca.

Cylindilla grisescens.

Rhopaloscelis unifasciatus, Blessig.

maculatus, Bates.

bifasciatus, Kraatz.Eryssamena saperdina.

acuta.

spinidorsis.

Miccolamia cleroides.verrucosa.

glabricula.

Clytosemia pulchra.Acanthocinus stillatus.Oallapcecus guttatus.

Agapanthia angusticollis, Gyll.Saperda decempunctata, Gebler.

tetrasticta, Bates.

sulphurata, Gebler.—— octomaculata, Blessig.Eutetrapha variicornis.

U chrysargyrea,Paraglenea chrysochloris. Bates.

eximia.

theaphia,

Glenea colenda, Thomson.Singalia rufescens.

Stenostola argyrosticta.

anomala.Epiglenea comes.Oberea vittata, Blessig.

iii]ionensis.

sericans.

Praolia citrinipes.

Patn. Prionid^.

PsEPHACTUS REMTGER, Harold, Deutsch. ent. ZeitscJir. xxiii.

(1879) p. 367, 2 . (Plate I. fig. 3. c?)

(S . Minor et angustior ; antennis liaud longioribus, articulis

3-11 late (tertio latius) dilatatis et compressis ; elytris adliuc

brevioribus, segmentum primum ventrale pauUo superantibus,

supra crebrius reticulato-punctatis ; tibiis posticis dilatato-com-

pressis. Long.

208 MR. H. W. BATES ON THE

The genus PsepTiactus, as Harold observed, is allied to Trago-

soma. The genus of the Tragosominae group to which it

approaches the nearest is Sarmi/dus, Vascoe.

^GOSOMA snficuM, White.

Found in Tezo and in Central Japan.

Fam. Cerambtcidje.Megasemum qtjadricostulatum:, Kraatz, Berl. ent. ZeitscJir.

xxiii. (1879) p. 97.

Chiuzenji, and South Yezo. Common in July and August.Described by Kraatz from East Siberia. Japanese examples are

generally larger than the size (24 millim.) given by Kraatz,

averaging 27 millim.

AsEMUM AMUEENSE, Kraatz, Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. xxiii.

(1879) p. 97.

Nikko.

Kraatz's brief description agrees vpith the Japanese specimens

as far as it goes ; but, if his species be really the same, the differ-

ences from the European A. striatum seem more important than

he allows, the elytra being relatively more elongated and the

thorax conspicuously different in its moderately rounded and not

angulated sides.

Teteomum ltjriditm, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 634.

Tokio. One large specimen, long. 18 millim. The species is

found throughout N'orthern and Central Europe and Siberia to

the coast of Manchuria.

Neocerambyx cheysothrix, Bates, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist.ser. 4, xii. p. 152, $ .

S . A foemina diff'ert tantum antennis corpore fere duplolongioribus, articulisque 3-5 apice incrassatis.

Tokio.

The 3rd-5th joints of the antennae are moderately clavate orthickened at their apices, the 5th slenderer than the two others

and slightly longer than the Srd.

Neocerambtx Batesi, Harold, Alhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen,iv. p. 295 (1875).

Japan.

The description, drawn up from a male example, fits almost

LOKGICOEN BEETLES OE JAPAN. 209

exactly i\r, clirysothrix c?,witli the exception tliat the 3rd-5fch

anteniial joints are not clavate (at least the author makes no

mention of that feature) and the size much larger, 32 millim.,

N. cJirysothrix measuring 25 millim. only.

Pachtdissits (Mallambtx) japonicus, Bates, Ann. Sf Mag.

Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xii. p. 152.—Neocerambyx 'Ra.ddeijBlessiff, SoresSoc. JE7tt. Boss. ix. p. 170, t. vii. fig. 1.

Although the description and figure of Blessig do not exactly

fit witli regard to the outline of the thorax and the sutural apex of

the elytra (especially in the female), there can be little doubt

that the two namies refer to the same species.

Central Japan ; Tezo.

Allotejeus SPHiEEiONiNUS, Bates, Mit. Monthly Mag. xiv.

(1877) p. 37.

Hitoyoshi.

Leptoxenus ibidiieoemis, Bates, Tint. Montlily Mag. xiy.

(1877) p. 37.

Taken commonly as far north as Idzu.

SiEisTTftEiNUM QUADEiNOTATiTM, Bates, Ann. Sf Mag. N. a.

ser. 4, xii. p. 154.

Ipongi, Japan. The species occurs also on the Khasia Hills.

DlSTENiA JAPONiCA, Bates, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. ser. 4, xii.

p. 155.—Apheles gracilis, Blessig, Sorce Soc. Ent. Boss. ix. p. 200,t. viii. fig. 1.

Blessig describes his species from a single example found at

Port Mayj on the coast of Manchuria ; his description and figure

agree with the Japanese species, w hich is not generically diff"erent

from jD. cohimbina, Serv., the type of the genus. Blessig men-

tions as a chief character of Bistenia silky hairs on the underside

of the antennae ; but these do not exist in B. columbina, at least

in the examples I have examined, and cannot besides be a generic

character, as they are present or absent in species most closely

allied in all other respects.

Central Japan ; Tezo.

Ehagitim: inquisitoe, Binn. (indagator, Bai.), var. japo-

A typo difiert elytrorum maculis fulvis discretis transversis

210 MR. H. W. BATES ON TUE

perparum confluentibus, fasciis duabus fulvis, sed fasciis fuscis

plerurnque vix perspicuis. Long. 12-16 millim.

Oyayama and Niohozan.Presents a different appearance from tbe European JR. inqui-

sitor, owing to the tawny spots of the elytra being nearly always

separate, exposing more of the shining brassy-black ground-

colour. The spots in most examples are condensed into two

widely separated fasciae. A fascia of the dark ground-coloursometimes shows behind tbe second tawny belt. Examples,

bowever, occur which do not diff"er from European specimens.

Xenophtbama, nov. gen.

Gen. RJiamnusio (Latr.) approximans. Corpus oblongum.

Caput quadratum, ante oculos parum elongatum (sed mandibulis

elongatis), genis post oculos elongatis rectis vel postice subdila-

tatis, ab angulis oblique ad coUum angustatis ; coUo parum con-

stricto, vertice post antennas depresso,bituberoso, tuberibus (sicut

tuberibus antenniferis) a linea dorsali profunda separatis ; oculi

subgrosse granulati sat jjrof'unde siuuati ; tubera antennifera

valida, elevata. Antennae ( $ ) sat graciles fere corporis apicem

attingentes, prope oculorum marginem anticam insertae ; arti-

culis 3-4 coujunctis quam 5""^ vix longioribus, 5-11 filiformi-

bus, aequalibus. Thorax amorphus : apud apicem a.ugustus

et sulcato-constrictus, delude subito dilatatus et usque basin

figuram cuboideam efiiciens, dorso utrinque in tuber magnum,

apice concavum, sicut inflatus ; lateribus utrinque ante medium

prominens ; basi sulcato-depressus angulis posticis fere rectis.

Elytra convexa sat late elougato-oblonga, apice late rotundata.

Prosternum inter coxas angustissimum baud perspicuum, coxis

Talde exsertis. Pedes sat graciles, posticis relative baud longio-

ribus, tarsis posticis brevibus, articulo primo lineari, quam 2-3

conjuncti longiori.

Although totally" diff"erent in facies, due to the broad oblong

elytra, opaque surface, longer antennae, &c., this genus is un-

doubtedly allied to Rhamnusium.

Xenophteama piriiPiTRETJM, u. sp. (Plate I. fig. 1.)Nigrum, subnitidum ; elytris rufo-purpureis, opacis, breviter

incumbenti-pilosis, crebre subrugulose punctatis ; capite thorace-

que subtiliter sparsim punctulatis ; scutello nigro, hirsute ; cor-

pore subtus subtilissime punctulato et griseo-pubescenti. Long.

20 millim. 6 -Tuyama ; one example, June 1st, 1881.

LONGICOBN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 211

TosoTus c^RTJLEiPEisnsris, Bates.

Taken in Tezo.

Enctclops olivaoeus, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 7.)

Elongatus, linearis, olivaceo-seneus, subtiliter (oapite thorace-

que densius) griseo-j)ubescens, antennis pedibusqne testaceo-

rufis nigro-maculatis. Capite et thorace creberrime alveolatis, illo

postiee tumido-quadi^ato, oculis intus baud profunde sinuatis

;

boc medio utrinque tuberculo conico, antice et postiee parum

coijstricto ; disco modice convexo ; elytris passim discrete punc-

tatis;pectore argenteo-pubesceuti. Long. 7|-10 millim.

Cbiuzenji and Omine.

Differs from tlie Nortb-American genus JfUncyclops ouly in the

shallower emargination of tbe eyes. In this respect it agrees

better with Microrhabdium^ Kraatz, of E. Siberia; but Kraatz

does not mention the finely faceted eyes, by his silence leaving

it to be inferred that in his geaus they are coarsely faceted, as

is ^ylosteus, Psilorhahdium, and Leptorhabdium, with which alone

he compares it. The terminal joint of the palpi is short and

strongly securiform, the antennae are inserted nearly opposite the

middle of the eyes ; the tarsi are all slender, the first joint very

elongated, in the hinder feet longer than the remaining joints

taken together. The close, shallow, alyeolate punctuation of the

head and thorax speaks, in addition to other structural simila-

rities, for the generic union of the species with Encyclops. The

antennae are red in their four basal joints, with the tips black

(the scape having a long black streak), and black in the other

joints with the base of each red. The legs are red, with a long

spot on the femora, a smaller one on the tibise, and the tips of the

tarsi black.

Lemula, noy. gen.

Corpus minus elongatum, convexum. Caput post oeulos

quadratum, ante oeulos breve ; oculi prominentes intus haud

emargiuati subtiliter grauulati. Antennae media fronte contra

oculi marginem anticum insertse, corpore breviores, filiformes,

articulis 3-4 sub8equalibus,4-ll paullo longioribus; palpi articulis

ultimis haud dilatatis. Thorax utrinque tuberculo conico arma-

tus ; elytra apice obtuse rotundata, pygidium tegentia. Prester-

num inter coxas nullum ; mesosternum angustissimum. Pedes

212 ME. H. "W. "BATES ON THE

parum elongati; femora gradatim sed parum incrassata; tarsi

postici breves.

The species on which this genus is founded resembles a mode-

rately slender Lema. It is distinguished from allied genera by

the combination of characters furnished by the tumid-quadrate

hind part of the head, entire eyes, antennae inserted away from

the eyes on an elevation in the middle of the forehead formed

by the antenniferous tubercles, which are separated only by an

impressed line, and the rather short legs.

Lemtjla DEciPiEifs, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 5.)

Nigra ; elytris, femoribus basi ventrisque apiee, plus minusve

fulvis, antennis rufo-fuscis. Capite et thorace nitidis sparsim

pubescentibus disperse punctatis ; illo medio linea impresso, hoc

antice transversim profunde sulcato, postice depresso, disco

bi-mamillato, sulco dorsali profundo ; elytris passim crebre punc-

tatis, nitidis, breviter setosis. Long. 5|-7 millim.

Sab. Miyanoshita; Kiga.

Omphalodeea Pitziloi, Blessig, Horce Soc. Ent. Boss. ix.

p. 245.

Var. Corpore subtus toto flavo (O.Jlaviveniris).

Oyama; Miyanoshita; Nikko ; Suyrma. Described byBlessig

from E,. Suifun, E. Siberia.

The Japanese examples differ from Blessig's description in

having the abdomen constantly yellow instead of black. As they

agree in all other points, I cannot but conclude this to be a slight

local variation.

Pachtta eeebta, n. sp.

$ . PacJiytis typicis, elytrorum apicibus truneatis utrinque

bidentatis, pertiuet. Nigra, obscura, opaca, argenteo-griseo

pubescens, elytris fere glabris ; antennis, capite et thorace sicnt

in P. quadrimaculata', elytris apice latius truneatis, supra

grossius et profundius confluenter subrugose punctatis, nigris

vitta brevi (a medio usque prope apicem) intramarginali rufo-

fulva. Long. 22 millim. $ .

Chiuzenji ; one example.

^ GrATJEOTES DOEIS, n. Sp.

G. ussuriensi (Blessig) proxime aiSnis et simillima, sed differt

abdomine semj^er flavo basi et lateribus nigro-maculato. Supra

Isete seneus, viridi-seneus vel auratus fere glaber, nitidus, breviter

LONQICOKir BEETLES OF JAPAIf. 213

griseo-pubepcens, subtus niger densius griseo-pubescens, abdo-

mine flavo nigro-maculato;

pedibus nigris nitidis ; femoribus

dimidio basali tibiisque (interdum) medio flavis. Capite creber-

rime thorace paullo parcius punctatis, elytris confluenter vel

rugulose punctatis apice sinuato-truneatis utrinque bidentatis.

Femora c? omnia, $ 4 posteriora subtus dentata. Long.12-13 millim. c? ? .

Ciiiuzenji ; Niohozan.

Differs from Cr. ussuriensis (Blessig) of tbe Amur region onlyin tbe yellow colour of the abdomen, and would perhaps be better

considered as a local variety of that species. It is, however, a

larger and more brightly-coloured insect. The conspicuoustooth beneath the femora, similar to that of many Donacics, whichboth species wonderfully resemble, appears not to have been

noticed by Blessig and Kraatz, the two authors who have men-tioned Cr. usstmensis : a specimen I obtained from probably the

same source as those authors has femora like the Japanese form.

ToxoTiKus, nov. gen.

Eacies gen. Toxoti. Caput post oculos elongatum paullulum

tumidum sed vix ad coUum augustatum, antice verticale. Oculiprominentes, parum emarginati, a mandibulis sat distantes, sub-tiliter granulati. Palpi apice minime dilatati. Antennae S ?corpore longiores, articulis 3-4 subsequalibus quam 5-10 paullobrevioribus, undecimo multo longiori, contra oculorum marginemanticum insertse; tubera autennifera elevata. Tliorax relative

parvus conoideo-subcylindricus, antice et postice modice con-strictus, tuberculo laterali utrinque obtuso, angulis posticis

nullomodo prominentibus. Elytra postice paullo attenuata apicerotundata. Prosteruum inter coxas angustissimum, mesosternumoblongum subconvexum. Pedes fere sicut in Toxotis, sed tibiisposticis apice multo minus oblique truncatis.

Distinguished from the allied genera by the form of the pos-terior part of the head and by the forehead being abruptly verticalfrom the base of the antennae. The male resembles at first sight

small individuals of the same sex of Toxotus meridianus.

ToxoTiNUS LONGicoENis, u. sp. (Plate I. fig. 6.)

Elongatus, postice modice angustatus dorso subplanatus, supra

dense subtiliter aureo-pubescens, pube thoracis longiori, incum-benti, laetius aurato ; subtus griseo-pubescens. Eulvus, capite,

214 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

scapo, tborace, sternis, cosis, troclianteribus femoribusque 4

posticis apice, Bigris ; capite thoraceque creberrime subalveolato-

punctatis, elytris discrete punctulatis. Long. 12-14 millini.

Ojama ; May 1880.

(/ GeAMMOPTEEA ^aEOTA, B. sp.

G. dehili (Kraatz) proxime afEnis. Pallide flavo-testacea,

pubescens, elytris prsecipue dense flavescenti-birtis, antenBarum

articulis (a quarto) apice, femoribus tibiisque posterioribus apice,

tarsorum articulis apice, Bigro-fuscis ; capite postice gradatim

rotuBdato collo aBgusto, discrete punctulato, tborace sat aiigusto,

versus apicem aBgustato, postice parallelograinmico angulis pos-

ticis subrectis, dorso valde couvexo, sat sparsim subtiliter punc-

tulato, liBea dorsali brevi ; elytris passim discrete puuctatis,

apice siugulatim rotuudatis. LoBg. 7-8 millim. J § .

Nikko ; Hitoyosbi, aBd otber localities.

Kraatz describes tbe bead aBd tborax of bis G. cleiilis from

East Siberia as " ausserst dicht uad feia puBctirt." "Were it Bot

for this clearly expressed character, I sbould have considered tbe

present species the same as bis ; but the head aud thorax iB G.

cegrota are very much less closely punctulate than is usual in

tlie allied species ; there are eveu wide spaces ob the thorax,

smooth aBd shiBing, without puuctures. The species has sleader

aBteBBse aBd legs like G. debilis.

Geammopteba geallateix, n. sp.

G. gibhicolli (Blessig) affinis et quoad colores simillima, sed

differt corpore, pedibus antennisque multo magis elongatis, elytris

truBcatis etc. Valde eloBgata, subliuearis, testaceo-fulva flavo-

pubescens, vertice (et collo supra), pronoti disco, elytrorum

fascia angusta suturali, altera iuterrupta marginali, femoribusque

dimidio apicali, uigro-fuscis ; anteBBis valde eloBgatis et gracili-

bus (articulo quiuto cseteribus longiori, quarto breviori), articulis a

quiuto apice fuscis ; capite post oculos brenter quadrate, j)aullo

aBgustato sed augulis distiBctis colloque abrupte angustato, genis

apud augulos (ut supra visis) flavis ; tborace sat aBgusto, lateribus

ante medium hand promiuentibus, disco rotundato-coBvexo

;

crebre alveolato-puBctato, pube aureo-sericeo iBcumbeuti Isete

vestito ; elytris 6 $ fere liBearibus postice paulla augustatis,

apice acute truncatis, extus angulatis, supra crebre puuctatis ;

LOISTGICOEK BEETLES OE JAPAK. 215

pectore lateribus argenteo-pubescenti, metasterno extus fusco-

nigro; tarsorum articulo unguiculari nigro. Long. 12 millim. c? $ .

Nikko. Several examples of both sexes, exactly similar in

colours and markings.

In O. gihhicollis the enlarged posterior part of the head is not

tumid, but gradually narrowed, and the convexity of the thorax is

compressed posteriorly ; in O. grallatrix the posterior part of the

head is distinctly quadrate and short, and the disk of the thorax

forms an even convexity without compression. Both species arecongeneric with Acmeops ligata, Lee, and other North-American

species referred by American authors to the genus Acmeops.

1/ GrEAMMOPTEEA SIGKIFEEA, n. sp.

$ . G. gibMcolli iterum afiS.nis. Paullo gracilior, nigro-fusca,

partibus oris, clypeo, coxis femoribusque basi, testaceo-flavis

;

tibiis 4 anterioribus antennisque basi fusco-rufi?, elytris utrinque

vittis duabus (altera marginali altera discoidali) paullo ante

apicem terminatis fasciaque ante apicem, fulvo-testaceis ; capite

et thorace creberrime punctatis, illo post oculos usque ad collum

rotuudato-angustato, hoc disco valde convexo, convexitate pos-

tice perparum compresso ibique pilis flavo-sericeis convergentibus;

elytris {S 2) subliuearibus apice truncatis (angulo exteriorirotundato), supra crebre sed discrete punctatis ; abdomine fulvo,

nigro-maculato. Long. 8-10 millim.

Var. 5 . Fascia aute-apicali deest (thoracis marginibus anticis

et posticis scutelloque fulvis).

Var. ? J Multo minor, vitta discoidali cum fascia conjuncta,pedibus (tarsis exceptis) toto fulvis. Long. 6-7 millim. d"

.

Var. § (G^. mutata). Elytra fulva, vitta angusta suturali ante

apicem termiuata (ibique macula triangulari), maculis tribus

utrinque raarginalibus apiceqiie nigris, thoracis marginibus

anticis et posticis, antennis et pedibus fulvis. Long. 10 millim.

Var. 5 . Eadem : sed vitta suturali multo latiori, femoribus 4posticis apice, antennis (basi excepta) nigris,

Nikko ; Oyama ; Hitoyoshi.

'^ Geammoptera amentata, n. sp.

G. signifercB affinissima ; differt capite post oculos recte angus-

tato, postice (ante collum) distincte sed obtuse angulato, elytris

5 apice singulatim rotundatis, S obtusissime truncatis. Magisconvexa, fusco-nigra, partibus oris, antennarum articulis basa-

216 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

libus pedibusque rufo-testaceis, femoribus apice tarsisque ple-

rumque uigris ; elytris plaga utrinque elongata maculas ovalesfusco-nigras duas includenti, apicem baud attingenti, fulva.

Long. 6-8| millim. c? $ •

Var. o. c? 5 . Elytrorum plaga fulva lateral! usque ad apicem

eontinuata maculas tres includenti.

Va?'. 6. cJ 5 . Eljtris fulvis, sutura angusta maculisque utrinque

tribus nigris;pedibus et iuterdum antennis pallide fulvis.

Miyanosbita ; Suyama ; Oyama ; Chiuzeuji.

GrEAMMOPTEEA CHALTBEELLA, n. Sp.

G. riificorni simillima. Gracilis, cbalybeo-nigra griseo-j)ubes-

cens, elytris subolivaceis nitidioribus et minus dense pubescen-

tibus; antennis nigris, partib us oris, femoribus tibiisque anticis

fulvo-rufisJtborace sicutiu Q. rujicorni. Long. 6-7 millim.

Nikko.

Leptttea misella, n. sp.

Ad § Anoplodera pertinet, sed corpora multo breviori feresicut in L. livida. Subtus nigra, argenteo-griseo pubescens,

supra nigra subopaca, nigro-setosa, elytris nitidis testaceo-fulvis,

basi exCepta nigro-marginatis, palpis et femoribus rufis (tibiis

anticis rufescentibus) ; capite ante oculos parum prolongato satlato, post oculos brevi, collo valde constricto, crebre subalveolato-

puiictato ; tborace angusto postice baud constricto, sicut capite

punctate ; elytris relative brevibus dorso planatis, apice rotun-

datis, discrete puncfatis ; antennis filiformibus sat robustis, Scorpore l.mgioribus, $ multo brevioribus. Long. 5^-7 millim.

Kashiwagi ; VV^ada-toge.

Tbe species is found also on the Amur, but is not noticed inKraatz's excellent memoir on the Longicornia of that region.

Leptuea pteeha, n. sp.

i. tesserulce prosime afl&nis, differt solum elytris rubris imma-

culatis. Brevis, nigra subopaca, subtus griseo-pubescens, supra

fulvo-hirta, elytris rufo-miuiatis sat conspicue discrete punctatis

subnitidis, apice oblique truncatis ; tborace senescenti-nigro, con-

vexo, discrete punctate, juxta basin constricto et depresso

;

capite sicut in L. tesserula, postice brevi, angulato. Long. 11

millim.

"Wada-toge ; Nikko.

LOISTGICOEN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 217

Leptuea stJccEDANEA, Lewis, Ann. Sf Mag. JST. S. ser. 5, iv.

p. 464.

Sapporo.

Mr. Lewis described the female only, mentioning the points in

which, it differs from the very closely allied European L. riibra

(Linn.). The males of the two species differ more conspicuously,

the thorax above ia the Japanese form (except a transverse spot

at the base) being tawny red, like the elytra, and in L. rubra

black.

Leptuea YABiicoRifis, Dalman in Schoiih. Si/n. Ins. i. 3.

p. 482.

Niohozan.

Found also in Eastern Siberia and thence to North-easternEurope. Besides typical specimens, Mr. Lewis took a single

example of a black variety on Niohozan.

Lepttjra gjranulata, n. sp.

Hobusta, opaca, nigra, elytris obscure rufis; capite mox poneoculos constricto ; thorace medio late rotundato, basi valde con-

stricto angulis baud prodnctis, disco convexo inaequali, cum capitegrosse rugoso-punctato,pilis incumbentibus aureis; elytris modice

elongatis et attenuatis, apice baud oblique sinuato-truncatia

angulis acutis ; tota superficie crebre granulata ; subtus rugoso-

punctulata tenuiter griseo-pubescens. Long. 17-23 millim. c? $ .

Sapporo ; Tani.

A large robust species, with thorax still more rounded on thesides tban L. proxima (Say). The head behind the eyes is ex-tremely short, showing only a small shiining tubercle before the

deep constriction of the neck. The pubescence is sbort andadpressed.

Leptuea ctanea, Gehler, Nouv. Mem. Mosc. ii. p. 70.

Niohozan. Widely distributed in Eastern Siberia.

Leptuea excavata, n. sp.

L. cyaneae aflS.nissima sed differt corpore relative breviore

coloreque toto nigro. Postice parum angustata, nigra, elytrissubnitidis medio ad suturam concavis, pone scutellum marlineutrinque valde elevato, apice recte truncatis, angulo exterior!

rotundato, suturali acuto, sat grosse et crebre (versus apicem

218 ME. H. W. BATES ON TUB

subtilius) punctatis ; thorace quam in L. cyanea paullo breviorilateribus perparum rotundatis, basi modice constricto, angulis

baud prominentibus, disco convexo crebre foveolato, erecte piloso;

antenDis pedibusque breviter pilosis. Long. 12 millim.

Wada-toge ; JSTiohozan.

i/ Leptuea (Jtjdolia) cometes, n. sp.

L. cordifercB (Oliv.) affinis : major, dense fulvo-pubescens, nigra

opaca, elytris testaceo-flavis, basi juxta scutellum, macula sub-

rotunda utrinque laterali (post medium) alteraque apieali, iiigris;

tborace campanuliformi, basi depresso, angulis maxime productis,

dorse creberrime punctato dense erecte pubescenti; elytris sicut

in L. cordifercB apice singulatim productis subacutis, densissime

sericeo subincumbenti-pubescentibus. Long. 15 millim.

Cbiuzenji ; Niobozan ; Sapporo.

Approaches the North-American L. (JudoUa) cordifera more

nearly than any of the European species, having similarly pro-

longed apices of the elytra ; but it is very much larger, a,nd

wants the anterior marginal spot of the elytra. The glossy

tawmy-golden pubescence on the elytra conceals, in certain lights,

the black spots.

Leptuea (Stenuea) yicaeta, n. sp.

i. ohliteratcB (Haldem.) quam prosime affinis ; difFert statura

longiori et graciliori, tibiisque posticis (d') nigris etc. Nigra,

fulvo-aureo pubescens ; capite antice testaceo-flavo, macula tri-

angulari frontali epistomateque nigris ; thorace utrinque paullo

ante medium tuberculo conico, crebre punctulato, fulvo-testaceo

plaga magna dorsali nigra; elytris quam in L. ohliterata longius

attenuatis, basi relative angustioribus, apice oblique sinuato-

truncatis utriuque bidentatis, flavis, apice late, fascia recta mediana

maculaque parva versus basin laterali, nigris ; antennis ( c? ) cor-

poris apicem fere attingentibus, nigris, scapo subtus articulisque

apicalibus basi flavis;pedibus flavo-testaceis, tibiis posticis ( c? )

femoribusque (basi excepta) nigris.

(5 . Tibiis posticis dimidio basali flavis ; elytris apice flavis

(fascia subapicali nigra) ; antennarum articulis omnibus (a quarto)

pallidis.

Long. 17-20 millim. J $ .

Niohozan and Sapporo ; on flowers of Hydrangea.

LOKGICOEN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 219

Leptuea (Stekuea) mimica, n. sp.

L. arcuatod affinissima, differt tantum antennis longioribus, colo-

ribus signaturisque pauUo diversis.

c? . Nigra, pube incumbente, supra fulvo-aiirea, subtus argentea,

vestita; elytris utrinque fasciis sat tenuibus flavis quatuor—prima virguliformi juxta scutellum (ramo exteriori curvato defi-

cienti), secunda, tertia et quarta sicut iu L. arcuata; antennis

articulis 7-11 fulvis.

2 • Elytris fulvis, margine angusto basali et suturali, maculis

rotundatis utrinque duabus (prima versus liumeros iuterdum

divisa, secunda majori apud medium) fasciisque duabus (prima

ante apicem, secunda apicali) nigris ; antennis fulvis, scapo paullo

obscuriori; pedibus nigro-fuscis, tibiis et tarsis 4 anterioribus

fulvis.

Long. 15-17 millira.

Var. (5 • Elytris nigris, maculis parvis duabus basalibus, altera

medio basis, altera subbumerali.

Sapporo ; Junsai ; Nikko. The variety is from Nikko.

Scarcely more than a local variety of tlie European L. arcitata,

"whicb is found with little variation throughout Eastern Siberia

to the coast of Manchuria. The Japanese form differs from

European and Siberian examples chiefly in the basal fascia of the

elytra in the male wanting the outer horn of the bow, and in the

first and second black fasciae in the female being widely de-

tached from the suture. The antennae are longer, and the thorax

more angulated on the sides.

Leptuea (Stenuea) subtilis, n. sp.

L. quadrifasciatcd (L.) affinis et similis, sed differt thorace basi

multo latiori lateribusque subrectis haud siuuatis etc. Nigra,

subnitida, elytris fasciis angustis quatuor suturam attingentibus

et versus marginem angustatis ; antennis subserratis ; thorace

triangular! multo subtilius punctato, fulvo-aureo pubescenti

;

elytris subtilissime punetulatis et rugulosis apice recte truncatis,

angulis acutis, exteriori producto spiniformi. Long. 17 millim. S •Chiuzenji, August 1881.

Differs from L. quadrifasciata, which occurs throughout Eastern

Siberia as well as Northern and Central Europe, by definite spe-

cific characters ; the thorax being regularly and straightly dilated

from the fore margin to the hind angles, the angles of the elytral

truncature spined, and the yellow fasciae different in form.

220 ME. H. W. BATES OlST THE

Leptuea (Stentjea) thobacica, Creutzer, Ent. Vers. p. 125 ;Fahr. Si/st. M. ii. p. 356.

Va7\ Corpore toto nigro.

Sapporo.

This species ranges from North-eastern Europe to Man-churia, offering on the Amur some yariations of colour from theEuropean type-form ; but, as far as I am aware, no examplesentirely black have been found on continental Asia.

Leptuea (Stektjea) adtjmbeata, n. sp.

Elongata, nigro-fusca, pube fulvo-sericea dense vestita, elytris

utrinque plaga indistincta humerali, macula apicali, fasciisque

angustis obliquis duabus (altera ante, altera post medium) fuivo-

testaceis pube obscuratis ; femoribus auticis abdominisque mar-

ginibus fulvis ; auteunis tenuibus, articulis apicalibus fulvis

;

thorace elongato-campanuliformi, lateribus fere rectis, angulis

posticis A'alde elongatis ; elytris basi latis, apice oblique sinuato-

truncatis, angulo exteriori longe producto, subtiliter discrete

punctulatis. Long. 17 millim. 5 .

ToMo ; one example.A species remarkable for the breadth of the elytra at the base,

"whence they are rapidly and straiglitly narrowed to the apex,

and the dense, not closely adpressed, pile which obscures the

yellow markings. The antennae are unusually slender, more so

than in Zi. ohliterata.

Lepttjea (Stentjea) ntmphula, n. sp.

Minor, gracilis, nigra, subtus argenteo-sericea ; elytris flaves-

centi-fuscis fulvo-hirtis, yitta interrupta marginali lineolisque

indistinctis discoidalibus (yersus basin) nigris ; antennis ( S cor-

pore multo longioribus) yersus apicem paullulum crassioribus

nigris, articulis 9-10 octavoque apice albis ; capite mox pone

oculos constricto, grosse discrete punctate ; thorace gracile cam-

panuliformi, antice sulcato-constricto, basi vix depresso, angulis

posticis parum productis, dorso discrete subtiliter punctato, linea

dorsali Isevi ; elytris apice oblique truncatis, discrete punctulatis

;

pedibus nigris, quatuor anticis plus minusve testaceis. Long.

9-12 millim.

Var. Pallidior; antennis articulis 4-8 et 11"^° basi flavis,

elytris fulyescenti-flayis, yitta marginali nigra latiori (maculas

LONGICOEN BEETLES OF JAPAK. 221

duas flavas iacludenti), liueolis discoidalibus nullis; abdomiue

testaceo-rufo.

Chiuzeuji ; Nioliozan ; "Wada-toge. The var. TVada-toge.

SlEATfOALOMOIlPHA iENESCBNS, n. Sp.

A S. tenui (Blessig) differt tliorace angulis posticis acutis, au-tennis nigris, etc. Sublinearis, nigra obscura, pube adpressa

argentea (subtus dense) vestitti, elytris olivaceo-seiieis vel clialy-

beis subuitidis;

genis post oculos sat prolongatis angulatis,

capite toto creberrime punctate, linea mediaua usque ad coUumimpressa ; thorace campanuliformi, antice sulc;\to-constricto,

postice modice depresso, angulis paulluluni productis, dorso cre-

berrime punctulato linea dorsali postica laevi ; elytris crebre

ruguloso-punctatis, apice vix oblique, subrecte truncatis. Seg-

mento ultimo ventrale c? apice rotundato ; $ latiori, medio

sinufito. Long. 11-12 millim. c? $ •

Chiuzenji; Nioliozan ; Wada-toge.

Apparently very closely allied to S. tenuis (Blessig), but dif-

fering in the concolorous antennje, the denser punctuation o£ tlie

elytra (in S. tenuis " ziemllch stark aber nicht sehr dicht punk-

tirt ") ; it is also less linear in form, judging from the expres-

sions used in the description o^ S. tenuis.

The genus Strangalomorpha, proposed by Blessig (Horse Soc.

Ent. Eoss. ix. p. 253), differs from the subgenus Stenura in the

form of the elytra, wliich are less narrowed behind and are de-

pressed along the suture. I do not see the difference iu the

position of the base of the antennae mentioned by Blessig. The

antennae are more slender than in Stenura, in both sexes being

longer than the body.

EgsTRANGALis, uov. gen.

LepturoB (§ Stenurce) affinis : differt thorace antice et postice

sulcato-coustricto medio que utrinque tuberculato. Corpus valde

elongatum, postice attenuatum, subglabrum, nitidum. Caput

ante oculos sat elongatum quadratum, post oculos subito angus-

tatum. Oculi subtiliter granulati. Antennae ad oculorum mar-

ginem anticam insertae, sat robuste filiformes, versus apicem

subincrassatae. Thorax subconicus, antice et postice traus-

versim profunde sulcatus, lateribus utrinque medio tuberculo

valido, conico, angulis posticis haud productis. Elytra basi lata,

humeris fere acuta, parum convexa, apud suturam usque adLINN. JOUEN.—ZOOLOGY, TOL. XVIII. 16

222 ME. H. TV. BATES ON THE

apieem concava fere sulcata, apice valde oblique et sinuatim trun-

cata, angulo suturali sat elougato acuto, exterior! longe producto.

Pedes postici relative parum elougati. Cosse anticse et sterna

normalia. Ventris segmentum apicale in utroque sesu apice

paullo siuuatum, c? haud medio concavum.

EUSTEAKGALIS DISTENIOIDES, 11. Sp. (Plate I. fig. 4.)

Nitida, fulva, vertice thoracis macula utrinque discoidali, ely-

trorumque utrinque vitta ab humero usque ad apieem, nigris

;

antennis nigris ; tarsis tibiisque posticis apice infuscatis. Capite

punctate fere glabro ; thorace punctulato, sulcis fundo Isevibus,

disco fulYo-aureo pubescenti ; elytris sat crebre punctulatis, pilis

fulvo-aureis incumbentibus sat sparsim vestitis ; corpore subtus

fere glabro nitido ; abdominis segmento terminali nigro. Long.

15-20 millim. c? ? •

Nikko ; Sapporo.

Steangalia dtjlcis, n. sp.

Yalde elongata, gracilis, sericeo-opaca, nigra, tborace san-

guineo ; scutello dense aureo-pubescenti, elytris humeris et

apice rufescentibus.

Variat : 1. Elytris castaneo-rufis. 2. Idem, tboraceque nigro.

c? . Segmentum apicale vcntrale medio longitudinaliter con-

cavum, lateralibus raodice elevatis.

5 . Segmentum apicale parum concavum, lateribus baud ele-

vatis.

Long. 15 millim. c? 5 .

"Wada-toge ; Tuyama, in Higo,

Of very elongate subliuear form, minutely and closely punc-

tured, witb fine incumbent pilosity and the surface almost opaque.

The muzzle is moderately elongated and quadrate, the antennje

set s, little behind the front margin of the eyes, and the head

iiarrowed immediately behind the latter, a minute portion only of

t!ie .cheeks baing visible behind the eye. The thorax is narrow;

^widened from apex to base, the middle of the sides feebly dilated,

the Jiind angles produced, the anterior sulcus well pronounced,

but no depression across the middle of tbe base. The elytra are

relatively narrow at tbe base, the apex ver^'' obliquely truncated,

ithe surface without visible depression near the suture. The legs

a.re long and slender^ the hind pair remarkably long.

The species is intermediate between Stenura and Strangalia

;

.the gro.ove or concavity along the apical half of the last ventral

LONaiCOEN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 223

segment in. the cJ is, however, suffieientlj marked to bring it

witliin the definition of the latter genus.

Steangalia contracta, n. sp.

Angusta, elytris abbreviatis et postice valde angustatis ; nigra,

SLibtus ciaereo-pubescens, elytris testaceo-fulvis lateribus (sutu-

raque interdum) nigris ; antennis pedibusque flavo-testaceis, illis

ai'ticulis apice fuscis, vel fuscis basi flavis, femoribus posticisapice

tibiis tarsisque nigris. Capite crebre punctulato post oculos cite

rotundato-angustato ; thorace elongato, basi modice dilatato, an-

gulis parum productis, punctulato griseo-pubesceuti (variat liiiea

dorsali maculaque laterali fulvis) ; elytris sat sparse punctatis,

apice obtuso truncatis. c? Segmento apicali ventrali elongato,

apice late truncate, medio concave lateribus postice elevatis.

Elytris multo abbreviatis, segmentum antepenultimum vix trans-

cendeutibus. Long. 10-11 millim. c? $ .

Kashiwagi ; Niohozan and Wada-toge.

E/esembles the B-hinotragiuee and many species o^ Ophistomisin

the form of the elytra, strongly narrowed from before the middle,

slightly dehiscent at the apex and abbreviated—peculiarities ftiorepronounced in the 6 than the $ , in which latter sex thej

leave only the pygidium uncovered, vphilst in the c? they reach

barely beyond the antepenultimate segment, and are also de-

pressed along the suture.

Variable in colours : the abdomen is either wholly black or

black and reddish testaceous ; the lateral black vitta of the elytra

emits generally two short branches near the base, but these are

sometimes wanting.

SlEAlfGALIA EEGALIS, n. Sp,

Magna, robusta, subtiliter discrete punctulata, dense suberecte

breviter pilosa, vix nitida, subtus aureo-pubescens ; antennis bre-

vibus, robustis ( 6 corporis dimidium parum excedentibus).

Thorace campanuliformi, ante medium subangulato, post medium

longe sinuate, angulis posticis valde productis, antice sulcato-

constricto, medio basi curvatim sulcata ; elytris couvexis, valde

elongatis, basi modice latis, apice transversim late sinuato-trun-

catis utrinque bispinosis.

c? . Segmentum ultimum ventrale valde concavum, lateribus

elevatissimis, dilatatis. Nigra, elytris utrinque maculis parvis

prope suturam quatuor in loco fasciarum sitis, prima prope basin,

16*

224 MR. H. W. BATES ON THE

secunda ante, tertia post, medium, quarta ante apicem. Pedes 4

anteriores plus minusve rufi.

$. Segmentum ultimum ventrale eloagato-triangulare, apice

emarginatum. Fulvo-aurantiaca ; tliorace antice et postice

nigro-marginato, eljtris fasciis quatuor nigris ; vel nigra, elytris

nigris, fasciis (interdum interruptis) quatuor fulvis, pedibus an-

tennisque plus minusve nigricantibus.

Long. 26-30 millim. c? 9-

Sapporo ; Iga, on birch stumps.

Pyeehona, nov. gen.

Corpus elongato-oblongum, parum convexum. Caput sicutin Lepturis veris, ante oculos modice elongatum quadratum

;

genis post oculos sat elongatis angulatis, coUo constricto. Palpi

apice cylindrici. Oculi subtiliter grunulati. Antennae corpore

multo breviores, filiformes, robustse, articulis 3-4 conjunctis quam5™ baud longioribns. Thorax relative parvus, subcampanuliformis,

lateribus fere rectis, angulis posticis acutis parum productis,

antice transversim sulcatus postice depressus. Elj'tra rectilatera,

apice late rotundata. Pedes graciles, femora paullulum clavata.

Coxse anticse tarsique poslici sicut in Lepturis.

A distinct genus of the Lepturinse group, differing from othergenera, except Pyrotrichus (Leconte), in the great abbreviation of

the third and fourth antenual joints, and from that genus in the

unarmed thorax.

Pyeehona I/^ticoloe, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 8.)Sanguinea, subopaca, dense erecte pubescens, subtus antennis

pedibusque (tarsis rufescentibus) nigris. Capite et thorace cre-

berrime punctulatis, illo linea mediana subtili impressa ab episto-

mate usque ad collum ; eljtris minus crebre punctatis. Long.

13 millim.

Yuyama.CoEEinsTTs, nov. gen.

Gen. PyrocalymmcB (Thoms.) affinis. Corpus sublineare, supra

pube laete sericea, diverse adpressa, vestitum. Caput ante oculos

parum elongatum, latum;genis post oculos elongatis, latis, tumi-

dis, collo subito maxime constricto. Oculi subtiliter granulati.

Antennae dimidio corporis parum longiores, intra oculos insertae,

robustae, S articulis 1-5, 5 1-8 dense hirsutis, 3-3 longitudine

aequalibus, 6-11 6 cylindricis, 9-11 $ oblongis. Thorax relative

LONGICORN BEETLES OE JAPAIST. 225

parvus, inermis, subcylindricus, postice dilatatus, angulis posticis

subproductis sed apice obtusis, dorso convexus, antice et postice

transversiin sulcato-depressus. Elytra elongata, oblongo-liueariaj

basi recta, apice rotundata, dorso pluricostata. Pedes baud,

elongati, femora subclavata, tarsi breves, posteriorum articulo

primo 2-3 conjunctis parum longiori. Prosternum inter coxas

conspicuum sed valde angustum, marginatum. Coxae sicut in

Lepturis elougatge, exsertae. Mesosterni acetabula extus late

aperta. Metasternum baud convexum; episternum postice at-

tenuatum.

Allied to the Himalayan, genus Pyrocalymma, and differing

from it only in the form and clothing of the antenna! joints, tbose

in Pyrocalymma ( $ ) being broadly triangular, prolonged at

their inner apical angles, and destitute of long hairs. Both

genera agree in the margined prosternum. The antennae in

Corennys mnch resemble those of Eroscliema ; but they are not

essentially different from the same organs in Euryptera.

CoEEKSTTS SEEiCATA, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 2.)

Nigra, supra creberrime punctulata, pilis longis sericeis incum-

bentibus fulvis, purpureis Tel sanguineis dense vestita, subtus et

in pedibus nigra nitida, antenuis nigris;genis tumidis post ocuios

glabris, a vertice linea impressa separatis.

Long. 12i-17 millim. c? ? •

Nauai ; Chiuzenji ; Ontaki, in flowers of Vihurnum.

Nectdalis solida, n. sp.

$ . N. majori quoad colores similis, sed major, prgecipue latior,

tborace baud cylindrico, postico dilatato, etc. Kobusta, capite

thoraceque nigris supra politis, elytris castaneo-rufis, antennis

pedibusque fulvo-rufis, illis versus apicem infuscatis, femorum pos-

ticorum claya supra nigra, abdomine fulvo-rufo apice fusco

;

capite ante ocuios brevissimo et latissimo, crebre punctulato

;

, tborace erecte piloso subtilissime punctulato ; elytris basi spar-

sius, apice crebrius et subtilius, rugoso-punctatis, apice pubes-

centibus ; alis fulvo-byalinis. Long. 30 miUim. $ .

Chiuzenji.

Nectdalis ebenika, n. sp.

Toto nigra, nitida. Capite sat crebre vertice confiuenter punc-

tate ; tborace vix cylindrico, basi paullo latiori, ibi et lateribus

crebre punctate, disco laevi, versus apicem profunde sulcato-

226 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

constricto ; elytris sequaliter sat grosse punctatis, erecte breviter

pilosis nee sericeo-pubescentibus ; alis nigro-hyalinis.

Long. 22 raillim. J 2 •

Xezo, at Tunsai.

Necxdalis pennata, Leiois, Ann.

LONGICOEN BEETLES OF JAPAN, 227

subopacum, laete scneo-viride, subtus splendidum, pectore aureo-

pubesceoti, antennis pedibusque violaceis ; scapo baud sulcato,

apiceque obtuso, tuberibus anienniferis sat acutis ; collo et

tborace toto grosse scabroso-punctatis, boc trausverso, basi et

apice sulcato, lateribus mox pone sulcum dilafcatis, margineangulato, spina mediana magna valida ; elytris creberrime rugu-

loso-punctatis subglabris, pube fulva parce vestitis, obsolete

bicostulatis.

Antennae breves, in utroque sexu corpore mulfco breviores, arti-

culis 1°-1V^ apice extus prodaetis acutis. Long. 22-27 millim.

Nara; Junsai ; Sapporo; Tokio.

Tlie tborax is broader and anteriorly mucb more angulated,

and the antetinal joints less produced at tbeir apex (not spini-

ferous) than in any described species of Ohelidonium; but the

species fits better in this genus than in any other of the Callichro-

minse group. The middle femora, as in the typical species, are

short and strongly clavate.

Callichroma japonica (C. japonicum), Harold, Siett. ent.

Zeit. 1879, p. 335.

Japan {Hilgendorf).

Harold does not describe the antennse or tbe form of the

middle femora.

EosALiA Batesi, Harold, JBerl. ent. ZeitscTir. 1877, p. 360.

Tezo. Mr. Lewis took it abundantly in August and early

September on the trunks of large standing beech-trees which had

been stripped of their bark. One example taken at Buno near

Nikko, August 30, 1881.

SxMPiEzocEEA JAPONiCA, 'Bates.

Tokobama ; at dusk, Marcb 26, 1880, running over decayed

Cryptomerias.

It is the first Longicorn to appear in spring.

E-HOPALOPTJS siGNATicoLLis {Solslcy), Blessig, Sorod Ent. Soc,

Boss. ix. p. 177.

Sapporo. Eecorded by Blessig from Suifun, E. Siberia.

Semanottjs CHiiOEizANs, SolsTcy, Sora Soc. Ent. Boss, vii^

p. 384.

Sapporo. Also on the Upper Amur.

228 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

Phtmatodes albicinctus, Bates, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. ser. 4,xii. p. 198 (1873).—Callidium albofasciatum, MotscJiulsTcy , Bull.Mosc. 1866*, i. p. 174; Kraatz, Beidscle ent. ZeitscJir. 1879,

p. 88.

Motschulsky's name lias the priority over mine for this species,

unless it be considered invalidated by its prior use by Bland

for a JS"orth-American species (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. i. 1862,

p. 274).

Phtmatodes Maae;i, Kraatz, Beutsche ent. ZeitscJir. 1879,

p. 88 {CaUidiitm).—Callidium alni, Linn. ? Blessig, Horcs Soc.JEnt. Boss. \x. p. 182.

Chiuzenji ; Oyayama.

Eecorded by Blessig from the Middle Amur. Mr. Lewis's

examples agree well with Blessig's description with regard to

their differences from Callidium alni, except that the underside

is not Avholly pale reddish, the presternum and abdomen being

piceous. The species is very much larger than O. Alni, varying

from 7-10 millim.

Plagiokotus pulchee, Blessig, Horoe Soc. Ent. Boss. ix. p. 184,

t. viii. fig. 2.-—Clytus lignatorum, Thieme, Berl. ent. ZeitscTir.1861, p. 100.

Junsai. Does not differ from the East-Siberian insect, which

occurs on the Amur, in the Bureja Mountains, and on the

coast at Port May.

Clttaistthus geacilipes, Falderman, Mem. Acad. Petrop. ii.

1835, p. 436 {Clytus); Kraatz, Dcutsclie ent. ZeitscJir. 1879,

p. 91.

Eukushima. "Widely distributed in Eastern Siberia, from the

Altai to the Amur.

, CLTTANTmrs LATiFASCiATTJS, FiscJicr, Bull. Mosc. iv. p. 439,

Sapporo.

One example, referred to this widely distributed East-Siberian

species. It differs somewhat from a Manchurian specimen with

which I have compared it, the oblique subbasal fascia curving

sharply forward and joining the subbasal discoidal spot.

Clytanthus misellus, n. sp.

C. plelejo proximo affinis. Minor, gracilior, niger, thorace

cinereo-pubescenti, basi utrinque albo marginata ; scutello nigro ;

* Kraatz gives the date erroneously as 1861.

LONGICOElSr BEETLES OF JAPAK. 229

elytris fascia a scutelli apice per sutiiram us

230 ME. H. TV. BATES ON THE

duabus disci nigris ; elytris (basi ramulum utrinque ante bu-

merum emittenti) vitta longe post scutellum obliqua (extusrecurva et iuterdum ramulum basis attingenti), fascia lata pone

medium (apud suturam antice vakle dilatata) apiceque late,cinereis ; tuberibus antenniferis conspicue elevatis ; oculis pro-

miuentibus ; elytris apice late flezuoso-truncatis, angulis breviter

spinosis ; antennis c? corpore baud longioribas; pedibus graci-

libus. Long. 9-10 millim.

Suyama ; JNikko ; Yokobama.

Tbe short but distinct spine at tbe apex of the fourth antennal

joint brings this species witbin tbe definition of the tropical Asiatic

genus Demonax; but the spine in. Demonax is generally of great

length and repeated on tbe tbird joint.

ClTTUS MELiENTJS, n. Sp.

C. rJiamiii (Linn.) paullo gracilior, nigerrimus, elytris subni-

tidis, macula bumerali, fascia arietina, altera post medium paul-

lulum obliqua, scutelloque albis ; sternis singulis ventrisque seg-

mentis 1-3 utrinque macula laterali triangulari alba. Capite,

pedibus antennisque fere sicut in G. rhamnl (sed nigris), tborace

longiori, oblongo-ovato multo minus dense punctulato, cum ely-

tris longe sed sparsim griseo-birto et suberecte breviter nigro-

setoso ; elytris postice baud attenuatis, apice yalde ilexuoso-

truncatis, angulis breviter spiniferis. Long. 8^-11 millim.

Junsai.

Allied to C. arietis and C. rliamni, but the thorax more elon-

gate than eitber, the tborax without coloured margins, and the

colour of the whole insect deep black, except the scutellum, elytral

markings, and spots on the underside, which are pure white.

ClTTUS AITEIPILIS, U. Sp.

C. arieti (Linn.) longicr thoraceque relative multo magis elon-

gato. Plavo-pilosus, thoraee antice maculis 5 nigris (una mediana

furcata), duabus utrinque lateralibus linearibus ; elytris pilis longis,

densis, adpressis, auro-sericeis vestitis, signaturis nigris nudis

opacis, viz. annulo ovali utrinque basali, fascia valde obliqua

mediana (ad marginem dilatata et retrocurvata), fascia recta ante

apicem, marginibusque lateralibus (post fasciam ante-apicalem)

dilatata sed apicem hand attingenti. Capite sicut in O. arieti, sed

erecte piloso ; antennis dimidlo corporis baud longioribus, sat

robustis ; tborace elongato anguste ovato, postice magis quam

LONGICOEK BEETLES OF JAPAJS". 231

antice angustato ; elytris obtuse truncatis ; pedibus nigris, femo-

ribus gradatim incrassatis, posticis elytris multo longioribus.

Long. 12 millim. J?Sapporo.

Eemarkable for tbe dense golden-yellow pile of the elytra,

which is laid partly transversely and partly longitudinally.

Xtloteechus chustensis, Ghevrolat, Eev. Zool. 1842, p. 416.

South and Central Japan ; also Tezo. China." Peeds in the larva state in pollard mulberry-trees, planted

for silkworms. In August the imago sits on the upper surfaceof a leaf or walks about with a jerky gait, after the manner of ahornet, which it also mucli resembles in colour." {Lewis.)

Xtloteechus emaciatus, n. sp.

Augustus, subliuearis ; fronte subobsolete bicarinata ; thorace

valde convexo quadrato-ovato, medio baud dilatato nee basi con-strict©, elytris apice flexuoso-truncatis, augulo exteriori spinoso

;

pedibus iii hoc geuere gracilibus. Niger, fronte albo-bifasciata;

thorace creberrime confluenter punctulato, liuea dorsali cristata,

marginibus antico et postico fasciaque mediaua, albis ; elytris

nigris, basi testaceis, fascia parum obliqua subbasali, altera valdeobliqua ante medium (ad suturam autice prolongata sed fasciamanterioremhaud attingeuti), fascia recta ante apicem, flavis, apice

late cinereis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; ventre flavo-

annulato. Long. 8 millim. 5 ?

Kurigahara.

Not a typical Xylotreclms, thougli better placed here thanin Cli/tus, the forehead being rounded and having the rudi-ments of cariusD, and the thorax, though wanting tlie charac-teristic outline of Xylotreclms, having a roughened raised dorsalline.

Xtloteechus claeikus, n. sp.

X. ihici (G-ebler) quam proxime affinis, differt tantum elytrorumsutura inter fascias secundam et tertiam nigra, inter tertiam etapicem flava. Niger, thorace antice et postice flavo marginato,elytris fascia secunda postice sinuata, tertia pierum que persuturam cum fascia apicali conjuncta ; antennis pedibusque fulvo-rufis, femoribus nigro-fuscis ; corpore subtus griseo-pubesceuti,

macula apud episterni metathoracis apicem, marginibusque an-

232 ME. H. \T. BATES ON THE

gustis ventris segmeutorum, flavis ; elytris apice suboblique trun-

catis, angulo exteriori vix producto. Long. 12-15 millim.

Junsai.

Agrees with X. ibex (Grebler) in the points in which it differs

from the European X. antilope, but differs in there being no trace,

in the numerous specimens exandned, of yellow sutural marginbetween the 2nd and 3rd fasciae of the elytra, but, on the other

hand, distinct traces of a similar margin between the 3rd fascia

and the yellow apex. The posterior margin of the thorax isyellow, interrupted sometimes in the middle, and sometimes also

on each flank, but never forming two distinct subtriangular spots;

the yellow spot on the mesothoracic episterna is wanting, as in

X. ibex, and the 2nd fascia is sinuated behind as in that species

;

it is also continued anteriorly along the lateral margin, which

under the shoulders is testaceous, as is also the base near the

scutellum.

Xtloteechfs albifilts, n. sp.

X. liirco (Gebler, = decolor, Thieme) quoad colores simillimus,sed multo major, valde elongatus, thoraee absque lineolis albis etc.

Niger, opacus, elytris pallide fuscis vel liyidis nitidis, vitta lata

marginali bis-interrupta nigra, fasciisque tenuissimis et obliquissi-

mis duabus, guttulasubhumerali et macula trigoua apieali, ciaereo-

albis (fascia prima a margine usque prope suturara curvata, delude

usque ad scutellum oblique continuata, secunda post medium asutura usque ad raarginem oblique ducta) ; froute medio bica-

rinata, carinis postice conjunctis et in carinam unicam continuatis,

marginibusque acute carinatis ; thoraee medio parum dilatato,

dorso postice convexo aspere rugoso, basi prope angulos utrinque

macula cinerea; elytris postice vix angustatis, apice recte truncatis

angulo exteriori spinoso, dorso subtilissime punctulato breviter

incumbenti-setoso nitido, utrinque obsolete bicostulato ; corpore

subtus nigro sat nitido, breviter griseo-pubescenti, metathoracis

episterno apice macula magna flava, inetasterno ventrisque seg-mentis 1-3 apice interrupte flavo-marginatis. Antennae ( (J

)

dimidio corporis paullo longiores filiformes;pedes robusti, femora

valide incrassata ; tarsi postici articulo primo longissimo, 2-4

brevissimis. Long. 16-20 millim.

Junsai : Usui-toge.

Var. Signaturis cinereis paullo latioribus, suturaque a scu-

tello usque fasciam secundam late cinereo marginata. E. Amur.

lONaiCOEN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 233

The peculiar colour and thread-like markings of the elytra arenearly the same as in X. Jiirctis, Gebl., with the exception thatjr. alhif-lis Has a large, triangular, grey-white spot at the sutural

apex. But the two species difi'er very greatly in many points ofstructure : in X. Mrcns th.e frontal carinas are divergent behind,

and there is no single carina in continuation along the vertex ; the

antennae are formed of shorter and rather more triangular jointsinstead of being filiform ; the thorax is very broadly dilated androunded (" globosus," as Gebler describes it), in X. alhifilis it isoblong-ovate, and the elytra are rounded at the apices and of lesselongated outline in shape.

The Amur specimen, which differs a little in elytral markingsfrom Mr. Lewis's series from Japan, was obtained from the samecollection, made on the Am.ur, which contained examples ofX.. hircus. The species appears not to have been described byany of the numerous writers on East-Siberian Coleoptera.

XTLOTEECmJS EUriLITJS, U. sp.X. pyrrliodero (Bates) simillimus. Brevier, niger opacus, tho-

race (margine antico nigro escepto) supra sanguineo, elytris

basi, fascia subrecta subbasali (suturaque inter fasciam et scu-

tellum), fascia ante-apicali (vittaque marginali inter fasciam et

apicem) cinereis (interdum testaceo-cinereis) ; subtus nigro,

cinereo-pubescenti,metathoracis episternis, apice ventrisque seg-

mentis 1-8 postice densius cinereis ; fronte medio sex-carinata;

thorace subgloboso, dorso grosse intricato-ruguloso ; elytris cur-

vatim modice angustatis, apice subrecte-truncatis angulis acutis,

adpresso-pilosis. Antennae in utroque sexu filiformes nee apice

incrassatae. Long. 9-10 millim. S $ .Junsai.

In X. pyrrhoderus the middle frontal carinae are obsolete andundistinguishable, but the lateral carinas very acute ; the antennae

are greatly thickened (excessively so in $) after the 4th joint;the thorax finely intricate rugulose-punctate and red beneath as

well as above ; the elytra have no part of the suture grey, and

want the apical lateral grey streak ; lastly, the body beneath isdifferently clothed with grey pile, the middle being shining

black, and one fascia only being present across the ventral

segment.

XtLOTEECHITS GrEATI, White.

Add to the localities formerly recorded, Tezo.

234 ME. H, W. BATES ON THE

BRACnYCLTTUS STNGFLARis, Kraatz, Deutsche ent. Zeitschr.

1879, p. 107, t. 1. fig. 6.

Between Hakone and Syama, in flowers of Deutzia.Agrees with Kraatz's description, witli tlie unimportant excep-

tion that the posterior fascia of the elytra is bright yellow instead

of "testaceous " like the anterior band, and that the base of the

elytra is not red, but a light purplish brown. The genus is closelyallied to XylotrecTius, Mr. Lewis's example showing the rudiments

of frontal carinae.

AnAGLTPTTIS IflPONENSTS, U. Sp.

A. gibboso quoad formam similis, sed diifert coloribus Isetioribus,

elytris apice transversim sinuato-truncatis, angulo exterior! longe

spinoso, etc. Postice attenuatus, niger, elytris dimidio basali

rufo, antice fascia lata utrinque purpureo-nigra cinereo-marginata,

a sutura curyatim et oblique versus marginem (quod non atti-

genti) ducta, medio macula magna communi cinerea;

posthac,

fascia lata anlice bidentata nigra, apice late caeruleo-griseis.

Capita et thorace creberrime ruguloso-punctulatis, hoc postice

gibboso subcompresso, basi consti-icto ; elytris a basi usque ad

apicem recte angustatis, apice transversim sinuato-truncatis,

angulo suturali breviter, externo longissime, spinoso, basi rectis

humeris subacutis, crista utrinque basali valde elevata, carinula

submarginali postice acuta usque ad spinam continuata. Antennae,

articulo tertio sequente duplo longiori, apice intus quam in

A. gibhoso brevius spinoso, articulis di^-e"" apice brevissime spi-

nosis. Long. 7-9 millim.

Miyanoshita ; Kiga ; Oyayama ; Nikko.

Paeacltttjs, noY, gen.

Gen. Anaglypto affine ; differt antennarum articulis 3-5 sub-

sequalibus, tertio apice in utroque sexu inermi.

This new generic division is necessary for the reception of aspecies which diff"ers from Anaglyptus and Cyrtophorus by the

absence of all trace of spine, in either sex, from the 3rd antennal

joint. In the style of marking and general form it difters also

much from the genera mentioned and all other Clytinse. Clytus

caucasicus, Motschulsky, referred by modern writers to the genus

Anaglyptus or to Cyrtophorus, belongs to JParaclyftis.

Paeaclyttjs excuj-ttjs, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 11.)

Elongatus, linearis, niger, cano vel griseo tomentosus, thorace

LONGICOEN BEETLES OE JAPAN, . 235

supra plagis duabus (iaterdum in 4 divisis) nigris, elytris nigrismargine lateral! et medio basis testaoeis ; vittula curta obliqua abbumero versus discum, vitta valde obliqua a sutura usque mar-ginem, ante medium, macula transversa mediana justa suturam,fascia recta ante apicem, sutura a scutello usque ad banc fasciamet apice late, cinereis (fasciis etc. prope basin plus minusve tes-taceis) ; autennis (corpora longioribus) pedibusque nigris, sub-

tiliter griseo-pubescentibus; thorace subcj'lindrico, medio utrinquesubangulato basi constricto

; elytris apice declivibus justa suturambrevitersinuato-truncatis,angulo exteriorimodiceproducto, cristis

basalibus obtusis jJ^-i'um elevatis, bumeris vix rectis. Long.11-15 millim.

Sparingly tbrougbout Japan.

Tbe white markings and tbe clotting of the underside consistin fine and compact adpressed pile ; tbe bead and margins ofpronotum have a similar but ratber coarser pile. Tbe ricb.deep black parts of tbe elytra bave a black pile, generally partly

abraded, and exposing a close and strong punctuation of tbeintegument.

Aglaophis COX0330THEOIDES, u. sp. (Plate I. fig. 12.)Pacies gen. CololothecB. Nigra, antennis artieulis (a secundo)

basi griseo-rufis, femoribus pedunculo rufo, elytris ultra mediumfascia recta lata (marginibus dentatis) nigra, apice late ciuereis,

cajtera superficie rufo-castaneo nigro varia, fasciis irregularibus

undulatis et intermixtis cinereis ; capite griseo-birto ; thorace

fere sicut in Anaglypto mystico, sed magis convexo, ereberrime

alveolato-punctato ; elytris lineari-oblongis, versus apicem atte-

nuatis apice anguste sinuato-truncatis angulo externo longe et

acute producto, lateribus altis et verticalibus, prope liumerospro-

minentes subcarinatis;pedibus sicut in A. mystico, femoribus

abruptius clavatis. Long. 14 millim. 5 ?

Sapporo.

The bead and thorax are nearly tbe same as in Anaglyptusmysiicus (Linn.), but tbe elytra more nearly approach, in form andcolours, certain species of Cololothea. I refer tbe species to tbe

Indian genus AglaopJiis, notwithstanding tbe absence of tbe

peculiar double convexity of tbe thorax in tbat genus, this cha-

racter being distinctly pronounced, judging from an undescribed

species wbich I bave examined, in the S only. Tbe third jointof tbe antennae is mucb longer tban tbe fourtb and unarmed, tbe

236 MR. H. W. BATES ON THE •

lateral carina of tLe elytra near the angular shoulder is not

sbarplj pronounced as in tbe typical AglaopMs, but obtuse ;

the basal crests are elevated, compressed, and clothed with black

hairs.

PlJEPUEICTn^firS SPECTABILIS, MotScTl.

Syn. P. nigrohirttis, Lewis.

Kobe, north to Sapporo.

Fam. Lamiidje.

Phlyctidola, nov. gen.

G en. Deucalioni et Dorcadidce affine : differt thoracis spinalateral! plurituberculata etc. Elongato-ovata, convesa, sub-

glabra ; caput later antennas latum, parum concavum. Palpi arti-

culo terminal! breviter ovato acuminate. Antennjc corpore lon-

giores, scapo sicut in Deucalioni oblongo-clavato, articulo

tertio cseteris multolongiori, sed baud crassiori, 4°-ll" gradatim

parum decrescentibus. Thorax quadratus, medio angulatim dila-

tatus ibique plurituberculatus, tuberculo central! (in loco spinae)

major!. Elytra regulariter convexa, apice obtusa. Acetabula

antica extus late angulata ; intermedia aperta. A-^entris processus

intercoxalis latus, ogivalis. Tibiae intermedise medio extus vix

tuberculatae sulcisque baud conspicuis.

The species on which this genus is founded is most nearly allied

to the rare Madeiran genus Deucalion, the only structural fja-

tures which distinguish it from that form being the widely

gaping anterior haunch-sockets and the nearly simple outer edge

of the intermediate tibiae. In general form, however, the species

much more nearly resembles I'armena, from which it differs inthe absence of long pubescence, the rather longer and more

oblong scape (much shorter and thicker than in Dorcadidd), and

the broad ogival intercoxal process.

Phltctidola metallica, n. sp. (Plate I. fig, 2.)

Cupreo- vel aeneo-fusca, subnuda parum nitida, pilis fulviscurtis adpressis supra elytra maculatim vestita ; scutello dense

fulvo-pubescent! ; capite et thorace grosse intricato-rugosis, hoc

plagis 2-3 parvis elevatis politis ; elytris sat grosse punctatis sub-

rugosis, utrinque costis obtusis saepe interruptis nitidis tribus.

Long. 10-11 millim.

Sapporo ; Nikko ; Oyayama.

LONGICOBN BEETLES OF JAPAN. 237

EcHTHisTATTJS BiiTODOSFS, Waterhouse, Trans. JSnt. Soc. 1881,

p. 431.

Occurs from Chiuzenji north to Awomori, and also on the

island of Sado, on beech-trees. Commonest in September.

ECHTHISTATUS ETJECIEEETJ9, n. sp.

JS. gihhero (Bates) similis, sed diiFert elytris tuberculis parvis

rotundatis nigro-nitidis conspersis, una utrinque prope scutellum

multo majori. Ochraceo-fuscus, antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis,

elytris sicut in JE. gihhero, epipleuris altis verticalibus carinaque

flexuosa a dorso separatis;postice subito declivibus sed declivi-

tate multo longiori apiceque longius divergenti-spinoso. Long.

15 millim. SHiogo, on Maigasan.

EOHTHISTATUS GEOSSUS, U. Sp.

E. gihhero proxime affinis et forsan ejus varietas ; differt elytris

a basi pauUo dilatatis, gibbere altiori et latiori, spinis apicalibus

latioribus minusque acuminatis ; colore obscuriori, nigro-fusco.

Long. 16 millim. 6 .Tuyama, in damp forests in May.

In E. gibher the elytra are broadest at the shoulders, but in

E. grossus at the end of the gibbosity, where the tuberculated

lateral carina curves round towards the disk. The small tubercles

at the base of the elytra, on each side of the scutellum, are much

more numerous, about twelve, and larger, forming a linear

crest.

The genus Echthistatus seems to me to belong to the trueLamiincB, and not to the Dorcadionince, where Lacordaire placed

it, trusting too much to the shortness of the metasternum, which

led him to introduce numerous forms into the Dorcadionince sub-

family which have their true affinities elsewhere. The cicatrized

tip of the scape, one of the chief characteristics of the Lamiinw,

is strongly marked in E. gihher and E. grossus, more feebly so in

E. hinodosus, and only just perceptible in E.furciferus.

DOLOPHEADES, UOV. gen.

Gren. incertse sedis Monohammis minoribus baud dissimile.

Parvus, anguste elongato-ovatus. Caput sicut in Dorcadida, ver-

tice integro vix concave, post oculos baud impresso. Palpi arti-

culis apicalibus ovatis, breviter truncatis. Antennae ( c? ) fere

sicut in Monohammo fraudatori (Bates), corporis dimidio lon-LIIW. JOUEN.—ZOOLOaY, VOL. XYIH. 17

238 MB. H. W. BATES ON THE

giores, articulis 3-4 cseteris paullo crassioribus ; scapo subcy-

lindrico, apice anguste cicatricoso et carinulato. Thorax quadratus,

spina lateral! retrorsum paullo curvata. Elytra a medio gradatim

angustata, humeris subrectis, apice rotundata. supra parum con-

vexa, postice sensim declivia, grosse sublineatim punctata. Pedes

sicut in Monohammis, tibiae intermedise infra medium tuberculatse.

Pro- et mesosterna arcuata ; metasternum paullo abbreviatum.

Acetabula antica extus angulata, intermedia aperta.

Pounded on a small species partaking of tbe characters of the

two subfamilies Dorcadionince and Lamiince. The head and

thorax are, relatively to the rest of the body, long, and resemble

much those of Dorcadida, Deucalion, and allies ; the thoracic

spines, though much smaller, are similar in position to those of

Lepromoris.

Doi/OPHEADES TEEEENUS, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 10.)

Pulvescenti-fuscus, subsericeo-tomentosus ; scutello ochreo-

pubescenti ; antennarum articulis 4-11 basi obscure griseis

;

capite et thorace passim discrete punctulatis, hoc suj)ra insequali

;

elytris grossius, hie illic seriatim, punctatis, interstitiis subrugu-

losis. Long. 10 millim. S- '

Hitoyoshi.

MONOHAMMUS NITENS, n. Sp.M. sutori etc. affinis, sed differt elytris seueo-nigris politis albo-

maculatis. Elongatus, c? postice vix angustatus, seneo-niger

poUtus subtus griseo-pubescens, supra maculis albis (raro ochra-

ceo-albis) parvis irregularibus passim conspersis, apud elytras hie

illic in maculas majores confluentibus ; antennis nigris conco-

loribus ; thorace antice et postice ruguloso, disco variabili, sjDarse

punctulato, vel scabroso, interdum subleevigato ; spina laterali

valida ; elytris erecte setosis, subtiliter punctato-rugulosis inter-

dum fere leevibus, versus basin granulato-punctatis. Long.22-27 millim. J §.

Niohozan, middle of August, on Abies newly felled.

MoNOHAMMUs LTJxuEiosus, Bates.Tezo.

MmsroTTAMMTTS GEANDis, Waterh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881,

p. 431.

Yezo. Chiuzenji and Sapporo, taken flying in August j dug

out of Abies on TsukuLa-yama in June.

LONGHCOSir BEETLES OF JAPAN. 239

MoNOHAMMirS PAEDALINTJS, H. Sp.

Pro hoc genere parvus et gracilis; antenuis tenuibus, articulis

3-5 subtus sparse ciliatis tibiisque intermediis medio extus baud

tuberculatis. Elongatus, fuscus, supra pallidus vel fulvo-fuscus,

maculis numerosissimis rotundatis atro-fuscis, plerumque separatis

conspersis, post medium in maculam utrinque majorem congestis.

Capite et oculis sicut in Monohammis typicis, sed tuberibus anten-

niferis apice baud acutis ; antenuis ( J ) corpore plusquam duplo

longioribus, obscure rufis, articulis a tertio basi griseo-testaceis ;

thoracis spinis lateralibus conicis acutis ; elytris relative valde

elongatis, post medium paullulum ampliatis delude usque ad

apicem curratim angustatis, apice singulatim rotundatis. Long.

12 millim. S •Tuyama.

The slender antennae and the markings give this species the

appearance of an elongate Leiopus ) but the perfectly margined

cicatrice and the shape of the scape, the thorax, and other cha-

racters are those of Monohammus. The slightly rounded sides of

the elytra are seen in several small species of true Monohammusfrom Assam and Siam, and the scantily ciliated basal joints of theantennae it partakes with M. Fredericus (White). The onlycharacter which may be of generic importance is the total absenceof tubercle and notch preceding the sinuation of the middle

tibiae.

Haplohammfs, nov. gen.

A Monohammo differt scapi cicatrice laeviori, minus acute etintegriter marginato. A Dihammo (Thorns.) diifert tibiis et tarsisanticis c? normalibus.

A genus proposed for a numerous series of Indo-Malayan andAustralasian Monohammi which, differ from the typical species bythe smoother antennal scape and the less abruptly truncated and

smoother cicatrice, the bordering rim of which is much less com-plete. The series of species is readily distinguishable from thetrue Monohammi by their more uniform colours and " facies."Dihammus, Thorns., an equally numerous Eastern group, pre-

sents a similar form of cicatrice, but is amply distinguished

by the prolonged external apices of joints 1 and 2 of theanterior tarsi of the male, and the dentiform projection which

surmounts the groove of the anterior tibiae in the same

sex.

17*

240 MB. H. W. BATES ON THE

The following Japanese species belong to the genus:

—

H. luxuri-

osus, H. fraudator, H. sejunctus, and S. degener*.

Haplohammtjs ptjlvicobnis, Pascoe, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist.

ser. 4, XV. p. 64.

3a^a,n{Whiteli/). Hakodate (?).

Mr. Lewis considers this as belonging either to M. sejunctus or

M.fraudator (Bates). I have seen no specimens which exactly

agree with Pascoe's description of the antennae.

Ue^cha geiseola, n. sp.

Elongata, angusta, fusca, antennis (scapo fusco excepto) pedi-

busque fulvescenti-ruiis, elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, griseis,

fusco maculatis, vitta mediana valde obliqua, maculaque irregulari

submarginali, fuscis ; thorace et elytris quam in U. himaculata

grossius punctatis ; spina lateral! thoracica angusta, acutissima

paullulum hamata. Long. 9 millim. S •

Kashiwagi.

Of similar elongate sublinear form to the type species U. hi-

maculata; the antennge also proportionately long, more than

twice the length of the body. From Urcecha (Monohammus)angusta, Pascoe, with which it agrees in the obtuse apices of the

elytra, it differs in markings, and especially in the finer and

longer thoracic spines.

Ue^cha BIMACIJLA.TA, TJiomson.South and Central Japan ; also Tezo.

Mectnipptjs, nov. gen.

Gren. Goes (Leconte) simillimus, Thesto (Pascoe) affinis.

Maxime elongatus, sublinearis. Caput sicut in MonoJiammis

veris, oculis infra paullo latins quadratis ; palpi teuues, apice

acuminati. Antennge ( c? $ ) corpore paullo longiores ; scapo

brevi, oblongo-conico, cicatrice lata grosse scabrosa integriter

* Haplohammus is closely allied to Orsidis, Pascoe, and I have hesitated to

separate it ; the form of the scape and its cicatrice is nearly the same in both,

but Orsidis, at least the type species 0. 02yposittis, differs from all the Haplo-

hammi in the larger and broader lower lobe of the eyes and shorter forehead,

characters which, being supported by some difference in the form of body and

thoracic spines, may justify the severance of the two genera. Some of Pascoe'sOrsidis, e. g. 0. sobrius, are possibly true Haplohammi; 0. sobrius is probably

closely allied to the Mon. fulvicornis of the same author.

LOWGICOEN" BEETLES OF JAPAN. 241

marginata, articulis 3-5 subtus densissime ciliatis. Thorax re-lative brevis, spina laterali longissima, recta, acuta. Elytra relative

longissima, apice breviter truncata, humeris rectis, subtiliter parce

sublineatim punctulata, versus basin minute granulata, obsolete

pluricostulata. Sterna normalia inermia. Tibiae intermedise

extus tuberculo mediano acuto subspiniformi.

In the dense bair-fringe beneath tbe antennal joints 3-5 this

genus resembles Thestus, from which it diifers in the long thoracic

spine, plane mesosternum, and other characters. The resemblanceand real affinity to the North-American genus Goes is not lessstriking. The short antennal scape, about one third the leuj^thof the third joint, and the long and acute tubercle of the middle

tibise are features peculiar to the genus.

MECYNiPPtrs PUBicoENis, u. sp. (Plate II. fig. 12.)

Maxime elongatus, pallide fuscus, antennis pedibusque testaceo-rufis ; fulvo-tomentosus et brevissime erecte setosus, tusco-con-

spersus, fascia elytrorum mediana obliqua cinerea (interdumsubobsoleta) et, pone banc, fascia vel macula magna triangulariobscure fusca ; supra toto sparsim punctulatus, punctulis versus

elytrorum basin granulatis, versus apicem obsoletis, lineis

longitudinalibus indistinctis elevatis ; apice juxta suturambreviter sinuato-truncatis. Long. 20-26 millim.

Sapporo.

Apalimna, nov. gen.

Gen . PalimncB (Pascoe) affinissimum ; difiert tantum thoraceutrinque tuberculo valido conico, antennisque articulo septimo (ut

caeteris) simplici. Erons infra pauUo.dilatata.

The species on which this genus is founded resembles thePalimnw in colour and markings, but differs in the thorax havinglarge conical lateral tubercles. Its real affinity to the Palimnce

is shown in the form of the cicatrice of the scape—very large andcoarsely scabrous, and limited by a carina only for one half its

contour ; and also in the long middle tibise, on which the tubercle

and groove lie nearly at the apex. The species wants the spinosecentro-basal crests of the elytra, but these are not constant in

Palimna, an undescribed species from the Andaman Islandsexhibiting them in a very rudimentary condition.

242 MR. H. W. BATES ON THE

Apalimna ltttteata, n. sp.* (Plate II. fig. 5.)

Oblonga, ciuereo-albo tomentosa, antennis et pedibus nigro-

annulatis, capite postice, maculis septem, thorace vittis quatuor

(2 medianis interruptis) elytrisque maculis niimerosis plerumque

undulatis, nigris ; elytris oblongis, passim sparse punctatis, prope

apicem angustatis, apice singulatim acuminatis vel brevissime

oblique truncatis, tuberibus centre- basalibus obtusis pauUo

elevatis. Long. 18 miUim.

All the islands, in beech-forests.

Xenicotela, nov. gen.

G-en. XenolecB (Thoms.) similHma, sed differt antennarum

scapo apice anguste cicatricoso, Isevi, acute et integriter mar-

ginato. Parva, subcylindrica. Caput exsertum ; tubera antenni-

fera elevata, divergentia ; frons quadrata plana ; oculi grosse

granulati. Antennse corpore duplo longiores, apicem versus

tenuiores, scapo brevi, oblongo-clavato, cicatrice angustissima

acute marginato, laevi; articulo 3° elongate, robusto, cseteris

gradatim brevioribus. Thorax cyliadricus, tuberculo mediano

valido, conico. Elytra cylindrica, sequalia, apice conjunctim

rotundata. Pedes sat breves et tenues, tibiis anterioribus

flexuosis, intermediis simplicibus. Acetabula antiea extus angu-

lata, intermedia clausa.

Founded on a small species resembling much Xenolea, butdiffering from that genus and its allies {DorcascJiema, Setcemis,

&c.) in the scape being smooth, with the cicatrice narrow and

sharply margined, instead of very large, oblique, and scabrous, as

in the genera just named.

Xenicotela euscula, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 2.)

Olivaceo-fusca, adpresso-pubescens, antennis et tarsis fulvo-

* A second and much finer species of Apalimna occars in Northern India.It is relatiyely much broader and more robust, with elytra more triangular inoutline and furnished with strongly bituberculated centro-basal crests. Theother characters are as in A. liturata.—Apalimna ducalis, n. sp. Lata, ro-busta, cinereo-albo tomentosa (prope scutellum et humeros fulva), antennis

et pedibus nigro-annulatis, capite anticeet occipite thoracisque disco maculatis,

elytris fascia obhqua post medium maculisque suturalibus et apicalibus, nigris :thorace disco trituberculato, scutello bicornuto, elytris apice conjunctim

rotundatis, basi latis, humeris tuberculatis antice productis, crista utrinque

centro-basalis valde bituberculatis, pone scutellima et humeros grossissimepunctatis, carinaque discoidali flexuosa. Long. 20-24 millim. (^ $ . NorthIndia {Buckley).

LONGICORN- BEETLES OF JAPAIS". 243

testaceis, illarum artieulis a tertio basi pallidis, capite et thorace

sparsim punctulatis, elytris paullo grossius sublineatim punctu-

latis, interstitiis subrugulosis, atro-fusco maculatis, maculisque

utrinque tribus irregularibus majoribus (subbasali, mediana et

subapicali). Long. 7 millim. SHigo.

Ehodopis integripennis, n. sp.

B. Lewisii (Bates) affinis. Elougatus, rufescenti-fuscus, fulvo-

ocliraceo adpresso-pabescens ; antennis testaceo-rufis, clava ( J )nigra, polita, artieulis 4-11 apice fuscis ; elytris apice conjimctim

rotundatis, fusco-guttatis, utrinque macula angulari pone medium

versus marginem nigra;pedibus piceis, femoribus tibiisque basi

testaceo-rufis : supra totus punctulatus, elytris paullo grossius

punctatis. Long. 12 millim. S ."Wada-toge.

Differs from the other described species of tbis well-marked

genus in tbe perfectly rounded apices of the elytra.

E-HODOPis Lewisii, Bates.

Hiogo ; Tezo.

Nanohammfs, nov. gen.

Gren. Olenocampto et Xenoleoe affinis ; differt tibiis intermediis

simplicibus. Parvus, cylindricua, subglaber. Caput exsertum,

occipite lato et convexo ; fronte brevi, quadrata, vertice inter

antennas concava, post oculos baud transverse impressa. Oculi

angusti, grosse granulati, lobis inferioribus infra subacuminatis.

Palpi elongati, articulo terminali prsecedenti duplo longiori.

Antennse ( ? ?) corpore parum longiores, subnudse ; scapo gracili

oblongo-conieo, apice extus obsolete late cicatricoso, ex parte

subtilissime marginato ; articulo tertio quam scapus tertia

parte longiori, quam art. quartus paullo longiori, cseteris gra-

datim decrescentibus. Thorax breviter cylindrieus, antice et

postice leviter constrictus, tuberculo laterali mediano, acu-

tissimo. Elytra cylindrica, gequalia, crebre punctata, apice

rotundata. Sterna simplieiter arcuata ; acetabula antica extus

late angulata ; intermedia aperta. Pedes modice elongati

;

tibise intermediae graciles, lineares, extus omnino integrye. Tarsi

sat breves et lati ; ungues divaricati.

In facies resembling Monohammus, though of diminutive size.

Diifers from that genus and from Olenocamptus and allies, to

244 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE

wHch it is more nearly allied, in the perfectly straight outeredge of the intermediate tibiae. The cicatrice of the scape is

visible only in a certain light, and recognizable chiefly by its

limiting margin ; it is very broad, as in Xenolea.

Nanohammtjs eupescen-s, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 4.)

Fulvo - castaneus, subnudus, thoracis linea dorsali, scutello

maculisque elytrorum (ante et post medium subfasciatim con-gregatis) ocbraceo-tomentosis ; antennarum articulis 3-4 basi

tibiisque pallidioribus ; capite omnino discrete punctulato

;

thorace creberrime subconfluenter, elytris passim discrete hie illie

seriatim, punctatis. Long. 7 millim.

Chiuzenji.

ScoTiifATrGEs DTPHTSis, Fascoe, Ann. Sf Mag. N. JS. 1871,

p. 277, t. xiii. fig. 4.

Island of Tsu-shima (JBowring).

This species was omitted from my first enumeration of theLongicornia of Japan.

Mbsosa &EACILIOE, n. sp.

M. nebuloscB (Oliv.) prime intuitu similis, sed angustior,gracilis, thorace praecipue angustiori, minori lateribusque rotun-

datis. Anguste oblonga, fulvescenti-fusco adpresso-pubescens,

vertice et thorace nigro pluri-maculatis (nee vittatis) ; elytris

guttis sat confertis nigris fasciaque mediana dentata cinerea

nigro partim marginata ; antennis nigro-fuscis, articulis basi

griseis ; elytris elongato-oblongis, erebrius quam in M. nehulosapunctulatis. Long. 10-11 millim. c? $ •

Oyayama.

Narrower and more elongated than M. nehulosa, the thoraxespecially relatively much smaller and narrower and rounded onthe sides.

Mesosa japonica, Bates.

S. Japan ; also Tezo.

\j Mesosa hiesuta, n. sp.Elongato-oblonga, supra dense ereete pubescens, fusco-tomen-

tosa, griseo plagiatim varia ; thoracis maculis novem (interdum

inrlistinctis), elytrorum maculis circa 20, quarum 4 suturalibus

communibus, atro-fuscis ; antennis fusco-nigris, articulis 3-11

LoisraicoRN beetles of japan. 245

basi griseis, scapo griseo et fusco-piperito, art. undecimo prsece-denti S pauUo, $ dimidio, breviori; thorace vix insequali, lateri-bus leviter rotundatis, sparsim punctulato ; eljtris subtilius quamin M. nebtilosa punctulatis

;pedibus griseis nigro-annulatis sicut

in M. nehulosa. Long. 12-16 millim. S $ .Kobe.

Mesosa senilis, n. sp.M. nehulosa; quoad formam similis, sed pauUo magis elongata,

canescenti-griseo tomentosa, thoracis vittis duabus angustis (s^pe

obsoletis), elytrorum vitta curvata subhumerali, macula longepost

medium marginali maculisque suturalibus discoidalibusque (sgepedeficientibus) nigris. Antennis griseis, articulis 3-lOapice bre-

viter infuscatis, 6 corpore dimidio longioribus, art