ISG [January, 



cus ; its long anterior legs, however, and their tumid femora, together 

 with the oval shoulderless elytra, give it a different aspect. The 

 species described above is about the size of S. puberidus, Boh., but, 

 among many other points, its diversely coloured legs will distinguish 

 it from its rather limited number of congeners (16), two or three of 

 which are still undescribed. As in many other genera differentiated 

 by well-marked characters, the relative length of the joints of the an- 

 tennae is, in Siderodactijlus, only of specific importance. 



1, Burlington Road, Westbourne Park : 

 December, 1878. 



[This beetle formed the subject of a communication from the Lords 

 of the Admiralty to Kew. It is stated to be doing much damage to 

 grape vines by eating the leaves, and also to attack the plants of kohl- 

 rabi.— E. McL.] 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW QEODEPHAGOUS BEETLE, OF THE 

 FAMILY SCARITID^. 



BT GEOEGE LEWIS. 



MOUHOTIA BaTESI, 71. Sp. 



Nigra, prothoracis margins laterali hasaliqtie et elgtrorum margins latsrali late 

 ciipreis : elytris striato-punctatis, integris, interstitiis crenatis. Long. I5 lin. 



This species is much smaller than M. gloriosa, Cast., being only 

 one inch and seven-eighths in length, inclusive of the mandibles, and is 

 conspicuously different in the elytral strife, which are much deeper 

 and extend throughout the whole of the wing-case ; while in the older 

 species the region of the scutellum is comparatively smooth. 



Two specimens of this insect have been received from Burma, and 

 it will probably form the most northern type of the genus. I have 

 dedicated this species to my friend Mr. H. W. Bates, whose careful 

 descriptions of, and interesting geographical remarks on, the Geode- 

 pliaga and Longicornia of Japan, first attracted the attention of the 

 public to the fauna of these eastern islands. 



3, Green Street, Grosrenor Square : 

 11th December, 1878. 



