92 jNIr. Joseph S. Biily oji the 
nato) Hncaqne longitutlinali, ab apice ad disci medium 
extensa jiallide fulvis ; elytris distiiicte punctatis, punctis 
irregulariter dispositis ; fulvis ant rufo-fulvis, utrisque 
linea suturali maculisque quatuor (2-2 positis) nigris. 
Fcem. — Thoracis maculis duabus obliquis, ante basin 
positis. palhde fulvis. 
Var. A. Elytrorum maculis inter se confluentibus. 
Var. B. Elj'trorum maculis una vel altera obsolcta. 
Long. 2—2^ lin. 
Hab. — Japan, collected by Mr. Moor ; without precise 
locality. 
Face punctured, sparingly clothed with adpressed grise- 
ous hairs, impressed down the middle with a longitudinal 
groove ; a transverse patch on the clypeus yellowish- 
white ; antenna} robust, nearly three-fourths the length of 
the body in the i , shorter and less robust in the + ; six 
lower joints, and the base of the sixth, fulvous ; the rest 
black. Thorax nearly twice as broad at the base as long ; 
sides obliquely converging and very slightly rounded from 
base to apex ; upper surface convex, transversely depressed 
just before the base, rather closely punctured. Sciitellum 
trigonate, its apex truncate. Elytra parallel ; sides feebly 
lobed at the base, irregularly punctured, each elytron Avith 
a sutural line and four spots placed two below the base, 
parallel, and two just below the middle, also parallel, 
black. Legs entirely black, with the exception of the 
coxa^, Avhich are more or less stained with piceous. 
This species, which has not been met with by Mr. 
Lewis, must be placed close to C. variabilis. 
CryptocephaJus JlannerhciDiii, Gebl. 
Suffr. Lin. Ent. xiv. p. 90. 
Ilab. — Japan (]Mr. Moor) ; also Southern Siberia. 
Cri/ptoceplialus Japamis. 
Oblongus, convexus, niger, thorace clytrisquc sordide 
flavo-albis : illo sat crebre punctate, utrinque vitta. lata 
intus leviter emargiuata, vix ante apicem abbreviata, 
])unctisque tribus prope latus, triangularitcr positis, nigris ; 
elytris consperse punctatis, utriscpic linea suturali maculis- 
([uc quatuor (2-2 dispositis) nigris ; pygidio apice fusco- 
iiavo. 
