Phytopliagnus Coleojitera of Japan. 93 
Var. A. Elytrls sordide flavo-albis, llnea suturali macu- 
laquc parva hmnerali nigris. 
Long. 3^ — 4 lin. 
Ilah. — Yokohama. I have also received it without lo- 
cality from Mr. Moor. 
Var. A. Chusan (Mr. A. Adams). 
Face rngose-punctate ; punctures rather less crowded 
on the vertex ; antennas entirely black. Thorax twice as 
broad at the base as long ; sides rounded at the extreme 
base, thence obliquely converging to the apex ; upper sur- 
face convex, very faintly depressed in front of the scutel- 
lum, somewhat closely impressed Avith small, but distinct, 
oblong punctures ; on either side the medial line is a broad 
black vitta, which extends from the base very nearly to 
the apical margin of the thorax ; its inner edge is broadly 
but slightly, emarginate ; placed in a triangle on the middle 
of the space between this vitta and the lateral margin are 
three small black spots, the innermost being usually con- 
fluent with the vitta. Scutellum narrowly triangular, 
smooth and shining. Elytra scarcely broader than the 
base of the thorax, parallel ; sides slightly lobed at the 
base ; above convex, thickened in the immediate neigh- 
bourhood of the scutellum ; distinctly and somewhat 
closely punctured, the punctures indistinctly arranged in 
strias at the base, irregularly scattered over the rest of the 
surface ; each elytron with a narrow sutural line, abbre- 
viated just before reaching the apex, and four large spots 
black ; the latter are arranged as follows : two oblong, 
placed below the base, the first half-way between the suture 
and the humei'al callus, the second on the callus itself, and 
two placed transversely below the middle, one sublinear, 
near the suture, the other larger and irregularly ovate, 
half-way between the suture and outer margin. In some 
specimens these patches are larger, and the inner one of 
the second row is confluent Avitli the sutural line. The 
small spots on the sides of the thorax are also sometimes 
confluent. 
This insect is very closely allied to C. 3Ia7inerheimn, 
Gebler ; and also to C. hivittatus of the same author. 
^ Crypto cephalus appro ximatus. 
Anguste oblongus aut oblongus, convexus, niger, supra 
viridi-CKruleus aut ca?ruleus, metallicus,antennis(basifulva 
excepta) nigris; capite inferiori, coxis, femoribiis basi tibiis- 
