308 Mr. John Scott on a 



callus. Probably, when m fine condition, the upper 

 surface will be found to have a poliuose appearance. 

 I possess a single example only. 



Family Asopid^. 



Genus Asopus, Bnrm. 



Asopus japo)ie)isis. 



Scarlet. Head finely wrinkled transversely. Proitotnm 

 posteriorly finely punctured, the punctures running 

 transversely in short irregular rows, giving to the disc a 

 slight rugose appearance ; anterior margin with a narrow 

 black collar terminating on each side in a line with the 

 inner margin of the eyes ; disc with a somewhat hatchet- 

 shaped black patch. Scntellum black, except the apex 

 and side margins, thickly but finely rugose-punctate. 

 Elytra thickly and somewhat deeply punctured ; clavus 

 almost entirely, and a large nearly round spot on the 

 corium, black. il/('i»/)rrt??f'piceous, with a yellowish margin. 

 Lef/s black, clothed with dark hairs which in certain 

 lights appear of a red-brown colour. T((rsi beneath 

 thickly clothed with yellowish hairs. Abdomen beneath 

 with a large somewhat semioval black spot on the sides of 

 each segment. Head scarlet, finely wrinkled transversely, 

 side margins very much reflexed, rounded in front, and 

 gradually widening until reaching the anterior inner 

 margin of the eyes, where they contract ; posterior margin 

 narrowly blackish, with an indistinct longitudinal reddish 

 line on each side near the ocelli. Antemue black, thickly 

 clothed with very short hairs which in certain lights 

 appear of a red-brown colour ; 1st joint underneath, at 

 the base, scarlet ; apex narrowly white, apices of the 

 2 — 4 at the insertion of the joints white. Eyes reddish 

 brown. Tliorax. — Pronotum scarlet, finel}' punctured 

 posteriorly, the punctures running transversely in short 

 irregular rows, giving to the disc a slight rugose appear 

 ance ; lateral margins very much reflexed, contracted 

 near the middle ; anterior margin with a narrow black 

 collar terminating on each side in a line with the inner 

 margin of the e3'es ; disc with a somewhat hatchet-shaped 

 black patch, having a rather indistinct and irregular 

 channel across the middle. Scutellum black, thickly but 

 somewhat finely rugose-punctate, with a central keel 

 springing from near the middle and terminating a little 

 before the apex ; apex, a narrow line down the middle of 



