244 Mr. H. AV. Bates un the 
middle feet they form true lobes. The p:enus differs from 
Euscliiznmerus also in the broadly-toothed mcntum (like 
Eiidcma), this orj^an in Eusdiizomerus being- -withont 
tooth ; a snture separates the tooth from the body of tlic 
mentum. 
In flicics the species offer no peculiarity. They arc 
black, with the usual orange spots on the elytra, and oval 
thorax. 
DiscMssus mirandus, n. sp. 
Elongatus, modice convexus, niger, subopacns, breviter 
fulvo-pnbescens, elytris utrinque macnlis transvcrsis den- 
tatis submarginalibus anrantiacis duabns ; thoracc rhom- 
boideo; tarsis omnibus articulo 4'" bilobo. 
Long. 8Hin. $ $. 
Nagasaki ; many examples. Generally beaten from 
trees. 
Elongate oblong-oval, dull black, densely clothed -wltli 
short tawny pubescence. Head very obtuse, eyes jn-omi- 
nent, neck constricted. Palpi very long, termhial joint 
l3roadly securiform in $ , narrow and very acutely trian- 
gular in the ^ ; shining black, as avcII as the basal part of 
the antenna}; thorax oval; with middle of the sides rather 
angular in the $, quite rounded in 2, margin after the 
auirle slishtlv sinuated ; hind angles obtuse, notched : 
surface coarsely confluent-punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, 
slightly convex, punctatc-striatc, interstices not closely 
l)ut distinctly punctured : each elytron has two transverse 
orange S2:)ots, one extending from the margin below the 
shoulder to the third stria, and widest on the sixth and 
marginal interstices, the other near the apex composed of 
five rather short spots on the fourth to eighth interstices, 
that on the sixth being a little more advanced than the 
others. The legs are black. 
D. quadrinotatiLs. 
Peronomerus id., INIotschulsky, Bull. INIosc. 18G4, 
n. 4, p. 333. 
Elongato-ovatus, fusco-niger, thoracis lateribus, maculis 
clytrorum utrinque duabus subrotundatis pedibusque 
aurantiaco-fidvis. 
Long. 4— 4J- lin. $ 2. 
Distributed thronghout Kushiu and Nipon; under stones 
on liill-sides. jNLany examples. 
Although Motscimlsky gives only three lines as the 
