162 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Lypesthes atra, Motscli. 

 Etud. Ent. 1860, p. 22 (Fidia). 

 Ilab. — Japan ; also Northern China. 

 This insect appears to be common. 



Gemis Demotina, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. (1863), p. 158. 

 The four species described in the present paper are all 

 peculiar to Japan. 



Demotina fasciculata. 



Oblonga, convexa, picea, nigro-piceo-macnlata, pilis 

 squaniffiformibus adpressis hiscis vestita, antennis pallide 

 fulvis ; elytris profunde punctatis, punctis prope suturam 

 seriatim dispositis, utrisque infra basin transversim ex- 

 cavatis, spatio basilar! elcvato, piceo ; pihs albidis et fuscis 

 hie illic in fasciculos congregatis, vestitis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — Nagasaki. 



Clypeus transversely elevated, its anterior border 

 tri-emarginate, surface deeply punctured ; upper part of 

 face and front coarsely rugose-punctate, clothed with 

 adpressed fuscous hairs ; eyes large, prominent, black ; 

 antennre fulvous, their outer half stained with fuscous. 

 Thorax about one-third broader than long, sides rounded, 

 serrate ; above transversely convex, flattened on the hinder 

 disk, extreme apex subcylindrical ; surface irregularly 

 excavated, coarsely but not deeply rugose-punctate, 

 covered with adpressed scale-like hairs; sides dark 

 piceous. Scutellum trigonate, sinuate on the sides, clothed 

 with fuscous scale-like hairs. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, sides parallel, apex subacutely rounded ; above 

 convex, excavated below the basilar space, the latter on 

 each elytron raised, its surface stained Avith dark piceous ; 

 coarsely and deeply punctured, clothed with large, white 

 and fuscous scales, Avhich form small irregular patches 

 over the whole surface; humeral callus thickened, hinder 

 portion of the disk impressed Avith large, shallow, ill-defined 

 pits or excavations. Legs pale rufo-piceons, stained with 

 fuscous. Thighs each armed beneath with a short acute 

 tooth. 



Demotina fasciata. 

 Oblonga, convexa, picea, pilis adpressis squamjeformibus 

 fuscis vestita, antennis fulvis, extrorsum infuscatis; elytris 

 infra basin leviter excavatis, profiinde pimctato-striatis. 



