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decidedly from our European specimens, the antennse 

 being more strongly serrate, and the humeral angle of the 

 elytra not being at all yellow, and the thorax decidedly 

 broader. These points are, however, not sufficiently 

 striking to justify the establishment of a new species, unless 

 confirmed l)y a series of specimens. I may add that I 

 suppose this individual if not from Japan to be from China, 

 "where also V. pectinutus occurs. 



^ 46. VcUeius pectinatus, n. sp. Niger, thorace margine 

 dilatato ; antennis articulis 4 — 10 intus fortiter bii'amosis. 

 Long. 9 — 11 lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice evidenter, 6° 

 obsolete emarginato. 



This species is closely allied to our V. dilatatus ; it is 

 similar in size, form, pmictuation and colour, but the an- 

 tennjB are very different ; they are shorter than in the 

 European species, the 3rd joint being notably shorter, it is 

 much broader at the extremity than at the base, joints four 

 to ten are strongly produced on the inner side, the pro- 

 duced part of each joint being divided into widely sepa- 

 rated portions; the 11th joint is very large and stout, and 

 quite as long as the three preceding together. The an- 

 tennfe do not differ in the two sexes to any notable extent. 



The male is without the bunches of fine hairs on the 

 5th and 6th segments beneath. 



In company with Cossus in May and June, both at 

 Hiogo and Nagasaki. 



47. Qucdius Juno, n. sp. Niger, capite thoraceque 

 nitidissimis ; antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque rufis, illarum 

 medio piceo, articulis ultimis flavis, femoribuspiceis; elytris 

 scutelloque fortiter punctatis, abdomine versicolore apicem 

 versus attenuate, minus crebre punctato. Long. 5i lin. 



AntenntB slender and elongate, the basal joints reddish, 

 the middle ones infuscate, the two apical ones yellow, 3rd 

 joint very long, from 4 — 10, each is a little shorter than its 

 predecessor, but even the 10th twice as long as broad ; 11th 

 joint longer than 10th, obliquely sinuate at the extremity. 

 Head narrower than the thorax, impunctate, except for 

 six or seven setigerous punctures at the margin of the eye. 

 Eyes very large and prominent. Thorax very convex trans- 

 versely, almost straight at the sides, the anterior angles 

 rather produced. Scutellum very coarsely punctured. 



