Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan. 165 



Genus Chrysochus, Eedt. 



Faun. Aust. p. 558. 



Chrysochus Chinensis, Baly. 



Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1859, p. 125. 



Hab. — Hiogo ; also Northern China and Eastern 

 Siberia. 



The single specimen from Japan seen by me is rather 

 less than the usual size, and is less distinctly excavated 

 below the basilar space ; in all other particulars it agrees 

 with the typical form. According to INIr. Lewis it is a 

 mountain species, and rare. 



Genus ScELODOXTA, WestAvood. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 129; Baly, Phyt. Malay. 155. 



Scelodonta Leioisii. 



Oblonga, convexa, cuprea aut viridi-senea, nitida, anten- 

 nis extrorsura nigris ; thorace fortiter subcrebre punctato, 

 interstitiis irregulariter et transversim elevato-strigosis ; 

 elytris seriatim punctatis, punctis ad apicem minus fortiter 

 impressis. 



Long. If lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki ; also Chusan and Shanghai. 



Head strongly punctured, sparingly clothed with ad- 

 pressed white hairs ; interspaces granulose ; front impressed 

 with a longitudinal groove. Thorax subcylindrical above, 

 sides rounded ; surface impressed with large round punc- 

 tures, their interspaces, more particularly on the sides and 

 base, transversely elevate-strigose. Scutellum transverse, 

 pentagonal, its surface impressed with a few large punc- 

 tures. Elytra much broader than the thorax; humeral 

 callus strongly thickened ; surface punctate-striate, the 

 punctures large and deeply impressed on the basal half, 

 smaller and shallower towards the apex ; space below the 

 humeral callus on each elytron faintly depressed, trans- 

 versely wrinkled. 



Genus Paria, Leconte. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Scienc. Philad. 1858, p. 85. 

 Body ovate, convex ; antenna? filiform ; eyes mode- 

 rately prominent, surrounded above by a sunken orbit ; 



