Geodcphar/oiis Coleoptera of Japan. 315 
three succeeding taken together ; the chaws are dilated, 
and the pectination remarkably long and close. 
Taicona aurata, n. sp. 
Testaceo-rufa, nitida, elytris hete viridi-seneis, lateribus 
aureis, 
Long. 3^ lin. 
jSTagasaki ; on foliage. 
Head smooth and glossy. Thorax conspicuously 
narrower than the head ; not much dilated and rounded 
from the anterior angles ; strongly sinuated on each side 
after the middle, but at the base not narrower than at the 
apex ; hind angles obtuse, but projecting ; lateral expla- 
nated margins rather narrow. Elytra oblong-ovate ; three 
times as wide as the thorax ; slightly dilated posteriorly ; 
sinuate-truncate at the apex, with exterior angles of the 
truncature broadly rounded ; surface moderately convex, 
without distinct inequalities ; strongly punctate-striate, 
Avith four punctures each on the 3rd and 5th interstices ; 
brilliant brassy-green ; sides and apex rich golden. 
Crossoglossa latecincta, n. sp. 
C nigro-lineatcB afhnissima, at diifert vitta lateral! nigra 
latiori. Saturate testaceo-rufa, antennarura articulis 5 — 1 1 
piceis, elytris vitta lateral! interstitia 6 — 8 tegentia jeneo- 
nigra. 
Long. 4^ lin. 
Hiogo ; Yokohama ; on foliage, like all the other species 
of the genus. Also Hong Kong, China. 
Clayey-red, shining. The greenish-black vitta of the 
elytra covers the 6th to the 8th interstices in the middle 
of its course ; but near the base it extends also over the 
5th, and at the apex it curves a little, leaving the 8th, and 
extending over the 5th to the 2nd ; the surface of the 
elytra is uneven, causing the strias to be more deeply sunk 
in some parts than in others ; the strite are finely punctu- 
late, and the interstices sprinkled with distinct punctures. 
The head is punctulated, especially in the long frontal 
fuiTOws. The thorax is not quite so broad as the head, 
with narrow explanated margins, angulated before the 
middle, and slightly sinuated, but not narrowed, behind to 
the obtuse hind angles, which are rendered more obtuse by 
the obliquely truncated base immediately contiguous ; the 
surface has numerous scattered punctures, which are denser 
on the anterior border. 
