Phijtopliafjoiis Culcpptcra of Japan. 89 
the suture, the otlier on the outer disk ; two just below the 
middle, also parallel, one on the inner disk, subrotundate, 
the other subtrigonate, near the outer margiu, and lastly, 
one transverse, subapical ; this patch is often confluent 
with the outer patch of the row above. Anterior coxa3 
and thighs stained with flavous. 
This species, which strongly resembles in coloration 
many North American species of the genus, must stand 
close to C. hisscxguttatus, Boh. 
Cryptoce-phalus tetradecaspilotus. 
Oblongus, supra i)allide flavus, vertice, antennis extror- 
sum, thoracis maculis quatuor, scutello et elytrorum sutura 
maculisque 10 nigris; subtus niger, abdominis limbo pedi- 
busque flavis. 
Long. If — 2\ lin. 
Hab. — Nagasaki. 
Head distinctly punctured, parts of the mouth and a 
small patch at the base of each antenna piceous. Thorax 
convex, smooth, distinctly punctured, a pair of large 
roundish patches placed one on either side of the disk, and 
a second pair, each ti'ansversely trigonate, attached to the 
hinder border of the thorax for nearly its whole length, 
sometimes confluent with the anterior pair, black. Scu- 
tellum semiovate, shining black, impressed with a few 
small, but deep, punctures. Elytra oblong-quadrate, each 
rounded at the apex ; regularly punctate-striate, the strise 
very slightly sulcate, the punctures piceous ; interspaces 
smooth, obsoletely convex ; basal and sutural borders, and 
five spots on each elytron : (two near the base, parallel, the 
inner one round, the outer one oblong ; two, also parallel, 
placed just beyond the middle, the inner less regularly 
rounded, the outer broadly oblong, and the fifth trans- 
versely rotundate, placed near the apex,) black. Body 
beneath black ; sides and apex of abdomen, together with 
the legs, pale yellow. 
This insect miist be placed close to C. sannio, Boh. 
Cryptocephalus scitulus. 
Anguste oblongus, convexus, piceo-fulvus, nitidus, an- 
tennis (basi excepta) nigris ; thorace convexo, nitido sub 
lente tenuissime et subremote punctato ; elytris sat fortiter 
punctato-striatis, interstitiis incrassatis; utrisque vitta lata, 
a basi fere ad apicem extensa, nigra ornatis. 
