found in Japan h>j Mr. G. Lewis. 79 



Lags long and robust, bright yellow. 



Undcrpaiis castaueous, with the coxa3, mouth, aud all the 

 ventral segments, bright yellow. 



Differs from Ptlii. Fauvelii in its larger size and Ijroader and 

 less constricted thorax. 



A single specimen found near Yokohama. 



Obs. This fine Insect, the largest of its genus yet discovered, 

 may be a sex of Ptin. Fauvelii, of which species a single speci- 

 men was obtained from Tasmania by M. Fauvel. 



'rrirluipterij.r Leirinii, n. sp. 



L.c. '-'j-y lin. = 1'12-1'37 mm. Latissima convexa posticc 

 attenuata, capita atque pronoto nigro-piceis, elytris rufis, pilis 

 longis riavescentibus sat dense vestita ; capite magno antice 

 rotiuidato, oculis modlcis snt promincntilius; pronoto perma^'no 

 latissimo convexo, capite longiori et multum latiori, ad basim 

 latissimo, tuberculis minutis ordinibus densis sinuatis dispositis, 

 iuterstitiisque sat nitidis confertim ornato, lateribus rotundatis 

 et late marginatis, margiue ipsa rufa, margine basali profundc 

 sinuatii angulis latis acutis et longe productis rufis; elytris rufis 

 capite atque pronoto angustioribus. baud longioribus, ad hume- 

 ros latissimis, maribus valde attenuatis, ordinibus transversis 

 leviter, sed coufertissime asperatis, lateribus fere rectis, apicibus 

 latis minima rotundatis ; abdoraine longius exserto ; pedibus 

 longis Isete fiavis, antennis longis gracillimis obscure Havis. 



Head large aud broad, rounded in front, ornamented with a 

 few minute remote tubercles; eyes moderate, scarcely pro- 

 minent; antenna? long and very slender, dusky yellow. 



Thorax very large and broad, convex, longer and much wider 

 than the head, widest at the base, ornamented with minute 

 tubercles in close wavy rows, Avith the interstices rather shining, 

 sides slightly rounded and broadly margined, the margin rufous, 

 basal margin very deeply sinuated, with the angles rufous, 

 broad, acute, aud very much produced. 



Seiitclhnii large, triangular, closely and finely asperate. 



El/ftia rufous, rather small, not longer but much narrower 

 than the head and thorax, widest at the shoulders, much 

 attenuated posteriorly in the males, faintly but very closely 



