312 Mr. John Scott on a 



1st joint projecting half its length in front of the head. 

 Pronotinn pitchy-black, deeply constricted beyond the 

 middle, anterior portion somewhat annular, unpmictured; 

 posterior portion punctured ; hinder angles slightly 

 raised. Scntcllum pitchy-black, punctured on each side 

 of the central keel. Elytra ochreous, finely brown- 

 punctured. Coninit with a whitish triangular patch 

 near the inner margin in a line with the apex of the 

 clavus. Mcnihrane pale, with short brown streaks between 

 the nerves. TJiiglis, 1st pair incrassated, toothed, black; 

 apex yellow; 2nd and Brd yellow, black at the apex. 

 Abdomen underneath pitchy-black. Head pitchy-black, 

 not shining, about as long as wide across the eyes. 

 Crown convex. Antenme yellowish, 1st joint projecting 

 one-half its length in front of the head ; 2nd and 3rd 

 almost equal in length ; 4th brown, nearly as long as the 

 1st and 2nd together. Thorax. — Pronotum pitchy-black, 

 slightly shining, with a narrow collar in front, deeply 

 constricted beyond the middle ; anterior portion some- 

 what annular, unpunctured ; posterior portion finely 

 punctured ; hinder angles slightly raised. Scutelluni 

 pitchy-black, punctured on each side of the central keel. 

 Elijtra ochreous, slightly shining, thickly but finely 

 brown-punctured ; inner margin from below the apex of 

 the scutellum very narrowly whitish yellow. Corium 

 ochreous, slightly shining, thickly but finely brown- 

 punctured, with a whitish triangular patch near the 

 inner margin, in a line with the apex of the clavus. 

 Membrane pale, with short brown streaks between the 

 nerves. Lcr/s pale yellow. Thiglis, 1st pair incrassated, 

 toothed, black, apex pale yellow ; 2nd pale yellow, 

 narrowl}' black before the apex ; 3rd pale yellow, broadly 

 black at the apex. Tibice pale yellow, 2nd and 3rd pairs 

 very narrowly brown at the base. Tarsi pale yellow ; 

 3rd joint and claics brown. Abdomen underneath 

 pitchy-black. 

 Length 2 lines. 



I possess two specimens, — one labelled Japan, the 

 other China,— which so very much resemble each other, 

 that I am inclined to think they may be the same, 

 although the Chinese one has a slightly narrower 

 appearance, and the two hinder pairs of legs pale. 



