432 Mr. Wakerhaneet Desens ptions of Coleoptera, &e. 
Allied to and of nearly the same form as M. sartor, F. 
The thorax has the lateral spine smaller and more acute, 
and there is a somewhat distinct swelling at the pos- 
terior part of the disk. ‘The elytra are rather longer, 
more impressed within the shoulders, and in the male 
are less narrowed posteriorly. The sculpture is 
altogether different. The head and thorax are sparingly 
clothed with yellowish pile, densely and finely rugose. 
The elytra have the basal sixth closely beset with minute 
shining granules; the rest of the surface is sparingly 
punctured, except at the side below the shoulders, where 
it is asperate-punctate ; the whole clothed with the finest 
ashy pile. Some of the specimens have no markings, 
but usually, in the smaller examples, there is a whitish 
oblique, much interrupted fascia about the middle, anda 
patch at some distance from the apex; and at the suture, 
sides and apex there are numerous dots and spots of 
greyish or yellowish pile. The female has the markings 
much more distinct, and above each pale band there is 
some blackish pile. The antenne are brown; in the male 
rather more scabrous than in WW. sartor (measuring in a 
large example 43 inches), and in the female smooth and 
annulated with greyish. 
Hab. Japan (Maries). 
