PJiijtopliafjous Coli'optcra of Japan. 91 
large patches, (tlie first placed below the base, halfway 
between the suture and the humeral callus, the second on 
the callus itself, and the third, larger than the others, cover- 
ing the centre of the disk, just below its middle,) metallic- 
green. 
This species may be separated from C. illcis and its 
congeners by the pubescence on the surlace of the elytra. 
Cryiitocepkalus sicjnaticeps. 
Late oblongus, convexus, niger, nitidus, antennis basi 
fulvis, clypeo, femoribusque ante apicem flavo-albo notatis ; 
thorace elytrisque rufo-testaceis, illo tenuiter punctato, 
vittis duabus basi dilatatis, a basi fere ad apicem extensis, 
intns ante medium late emarginatis, lineaquc longitudinali a 
basi ad medium ])roducta nigris ; margine laterali flavo- 
albo ; elytris distincte punctatis, punctis irregulariter dis- 
positis, utrisque linea suturali raaculisque tribus (2-1 
dispositis) nigris. 
Long. 2^— 2| lin. 
Hah. — Nagasaki, on the Alnus Japonica. I possess 
also specimens of this species from the coast of Tartary, 
collected by Mr. A. Adams. 
Head black; clypeus marked with a triangular yellowish- 
white patch ; apex of labrum and jaws obscure fulvous ; 
antennre two-thirds the length of the body ; basal joints 
stained beneath and at the apex with obscure fulvous, 
second and three following joints fulvous, the rest black. 
Thorax twice as broad at the base as long ; sides obliquely 
converging from base to ajsex ; surface transversely convex, 
subconic, finely punctured. Scutellum trigonate. Elytra 
equal in width to the base of the thorax, parallel ; sides 
feebly lobed at the base; upper surface convex, much more 
strongly punctured than the thorax, the ]:)unctures often 
piceous; each elytron with the suture and three large spots, 
viz. two beloAv the base, parallel, and one just below the 
middle, transverse, black. Legs black ; all the thighs 
marked on the anterior surface, just before the apex, with a 
yellowish-white spot. 
This species must be placed close to C. cordifjer. 
Cryptoceplialus instahilis. 
Elongatus, parallclus, convexus, niger, nitidus, antenna- 
rum basi, clypei macula oreque fulvis ; thorace distincte 
piuictato, marginibus apicali et laterali (hoc intus emargi- 
