51 [August. 



finely punctured. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, as long as broad ; at the 

 extreme base as broad as the base uf the thorax, but immediately widening at the 

 shoulders to the width of the thorax across its middle, becoming a trifle broader at 

 the posterior two-thirds, the apex of each elytron broadly rounded ; the dorsal 

 region is sparingly and delicately punctured ; there is a transverse red band at the 

 base, which, however, does not reach the sides ; the apex of each elytron has also a 

 lunate red spot, leaving the extreme margin black. The pygidium is thickly trans- 

 versely striated, with an obscure red spot on each side at the apex. The sides and 

 the apical segment of the abdomen are also finely striated. One or two small spots 

 at the base of the legs, the front of the mesosternum, and the anterior margin of 

 the posterior femora, are yellow. 



Hah. : Ocana, N. Granada. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



In the British Museum Collection there is a variety from Columbia 

 which bears the manuscript name o£ ''^ rufipennis,'' differing from the 

 specimen which I have here described as It. sanguinolenla in having 

 the thorax rather less rounded at the sides, and it as well as the elytra 

 somewhat strongly punctured ; these latter are entirely bright red. 



British Museum : July 3rd, 1874. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA 



FROM JAPAN 

 BY THE EEV. U. S. GOEHAM AND aEOEGE LEAVIS. 



Family ENDOIITCHID^. 

 CTANAUGES, g. n. 

 Antennce cJavd laxe articulatd, articuJo ultimo oblique truncafo. 

 Palpi maxillares hasi constricti, articulo ultimo acuminato. Presternum 

 latum, apice dep)resso. 



The insect described by Mr. Lewis in the following notice aa ill 

 form the type of a new genus of Endomt/cliidce proper, its near ally 

 being, as I think, Endomi/chus. It is, however, abundantly distinct 

 from any genus in that family by the form of the maxillary palpi. 

 These organs, which in this family have usually the terminal joint 

 truncate, in the present genus have them conically acuminate. The 

 form of the prosternum, taken with the general outline of the insect, 

 induces me to believe its right place Avill be as I have placed it. Being 

 unique at present, it is of course impossible for me to give accui*ately 

 the form of the labium ; it appears, however, to agree with the rest of 

 the genera near which I place it in being longer than wide. Six 

 segments are distinctly visible in the abdomen. I think, however, the 

 specimen is a female ; no secondary sexual characters are to be noticed. 



■ Shipley : June llV/i, 187-i. • H. S. GoRiiAM. 



