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profimdc punctato, lateribiis subtiis limbisqne aplcali et 
basali, hoc medio late interrupto, obscure nifis ; clytris 
thorace multo latioribiis, oblongis, rufo-flilvis, ciipreo vix 
micaiitibus, profimde punctato-sti-iatis ; scutello grlseo- 
hirto. 
Long. 3— 3^ lin. 
Ilab. — Nagasaki. 
Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, coarsely punc- 
tured, front deeply trisulcate ; antennre robust, more than 
half the length of the body, six or seven lower joints 
nigro-cyaneous, the rest lilack ; basal joints nearly glabi-ous, 
the others clothed with adpressed black pubescence. 
Thorax subquadrate, sides moderately constricted, deeply 
and coarsely punctured, interspaces shining, impunctate. 
Scutellum narrowly trigonate, clothed with adpressed 
griseous hairs. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 
oblong, parallel ; above convex, not depressed below the 
basilar space, deeply and regularly punctate-striate, inter- 
spaces towards the apex slightly convex. 
C. parvicollis is nearly allied to C. rngatn, but may be 
known by the metallic tinge of its body, and by the hairy 
scutellum ; both species ought to stand close to C. impressa, 
Fabr. 
1^. Crioceris subpoUta, Motsch. 
Etud. Ent. 1860, p. 22. 
Var. A. Pectoris medio femoribusque basi rufo-fulvis, 
abdomine sa3pe immaculato ; mesosterni apice valde dilatato. 
Crioceris lateritia, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd Series, 
vol. i. p. 613. 
Var. B. Minor ; corpore subtus omnino piceo. 
Hah. — Nagasaki; var. B, Hiogo ; also Northern China ; 
sent by Mr. Fortune. 
This insect varies greatly in tlie colouring of its under 
surface ; the form of the apex of the mesosternimi is also 
very variable ; in some specimens it is of the usual shape, 
in others it is strongly dilated, every intermediate form 
existing between the two extremes. A type commimi- 
cated to me by M. Motschulsky, Avhich I compared with 
specimens from Northern China (described by me as C. 
lateritia^, was very dark-coloured beneath, and had the 
mesosternum smaller than usual. 
Crioceris \A-pu7ictata, Fabr. 
Lac. Mon. Phyt. i. 584. 
Hah. — Tsu Sima, Japan ; it is also met with in North- 
