54 [August, 



Very nearly as long as the European Liopterus agilis, but broader, and more 

 rounded in outline tban that species. Head reddish, with indications of a dark mark 

 on the middle. Thorax black, with the sides reddish, covered with distinct, short, 

 fine impressions or striae. Scutellum broad and short, smooth. Elytra black, a 

 transverse band at the base, not quite reaching the suture, an elongate spot near the 

 outside of each a little before the middle, and a spot on each at the extremity, yellow ; 

 each has eleven impressed lines, the distance between the 1st of these and the suture 

 is not quite double the distance between the 1st and 2nd ; the 2nd only extends 

 about one-third of the way from the base to the extremity ; the 4th, 6th, 8th, and 

 10th, are also much abbreviated, but reach half-way or more ; each of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 

 7th, and 9th reaches to the yellow apical spot, while the 11th is more abbreviated 

 at the base. On the under-side, the head and posternum are yellowish, the hind-body 

 pitchy, the breast blackish, the legs and antennae reddish ; the sides of the breast, 

 and of the basal segments of the hind-body, covered with rather close fine striae. 



DiNEUTES TRUNCATTJS, n. Sp. 



Late ovalis, stqjra sericeo-clialyheus, elytris ohsoletissime striatis, 

 apice truncatis ; suhtus niger, pedihus p>osticis quatuor piceo-riijis, ah- 

 domine apicem versus piceo. Long. 7^ — 8 lin ; hit. 4|— 4f lin. 



Mas : tarsis ant ids leviter dilatatis. 



This is a broad species, with much rovmded lateral outlines, and a silky blueish 

 lustre on its upper surface ; the elytra possess very obsolete traces of striae, their ex- 

 tremity is trinicate, and the truncate portion forms with the side an extremely obtuse 

 angle, the suture is a httle open at the extremity. The front legs are very long and 

 slender, the under marginal line on the fi-ont femora is elevated some distance before 

 the extremity, so as to form a kind of tubercle there, the front tibiae are a little sinuate 

 and very slender, the fi'ont tarsi narrow in the male ; the mesosternum has a few 

 obscure punctiu'es on each side in front ; the foiu' hind-legs are reddish, their femora 

 pitchy -red. 



Cliontales. I have not seen tte female. 



Eccles, Thornhill, Dumfries : Maij, 1873. 



NOTES ON JAPANESE COCCINELLIBJE. 

 BY GEORGE LEWIS. 



The following is a list of Coccinell idee from Japan determined by 

 Mr. Gr. R. Crotch, before his recent departure to America. Tj'pes of 

 23 of the species are contained in my own collection, and 3 are added 

 from other writers. Of Scymnus, there are apparently some 12 ad- 

 ditional species at present undetermined. Mr. Crotch says of this 

 family, when speaking of the island of Kiushiu and southern part of 

 Nipon, " The fauna is evidently Indian rather than Siberian ; only C. 

 " 12-maculata and transversoguttata occur in North America, while 

 " Thea cincta, Synonyclius grandis, CJiilomenes 4i-p'laglata, and Epilachna 



