168 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Head deeply punctured, sparing-lv clothed with fine 

 griseous hairs ; front inipressed with a lono-itudlnal groove ; 

 anterior edge of clypeus and labruni rufo-fulvous. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; sides roiuided, indistinctly angled 

 behind and just before the n\iddle, simcc between the 

 auiiles straight and parallel : anterior and })Osterior angles 

 each armed with an obtuse tooth ; above convex, closely 

 covered with large, round, deeply impressed punctures ; 

 sm'face sparingly clothed Avith tine griseous hairs. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, excavated below 

 the basilar space, deeply punctatc-striatc, the puncturing 

 on the sub-basilar dc]iression. on the inner stria near the 

 suture, together with that on the outer border, confused and 

 irregular. Four hinder tibia? each armed beneath with a 

 small tooth. 



A^dostoina conshn ile. 



Oblongnm, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, antennis pedi- 

 busque fulvis ; capite thoraceque nigro-piceis, hoc fortiter 

 punctato, subcrebre foveolato-jmnctato, disci apice late 

 fulvo ; lateribus ]>one medium angulatis : elytris fulvis, 

 fortiter ]mnctato-striatis, ]innctis piceis : utrisque linea 

 suturali, limbo laterali (hoc ante medium dilatato) plagaquc 

 transversa, infra basin posita, nigro-piceis. 



Var. A. Elytris nigro-piceis, ])laga humcrali fnlva. 



V>. Elytris totis nigro-piceis. 



Long. 1 — \\ lin. 



Hah. — Nagasaki, Tsu Sima ; also Chusau. 



Head deeply punctured; front impressed with a fine 

 longitudinal groove ; vertex, edge of cl^'peus and labrum 

 fnlvous. Thorax transverse : sides angulate behind the 

 middle ; disk shining, somewhat closely and deeply im- 

 pressed with large romid punctures; the colour varies 

 greatly, being sometimes entirely nigro-piceous, in other 

 speciniens almost entirely fulvous. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, regularly punctate-striate, the punctures 

 piceous ; basilar space oli each elytron distinctly raised, 

 free from punctures: innnediatcly below this space is a 

 transverse de])ression, on which "is placed a transverse 

 piceous or nigro-piceous patch, from the inner angle of 

 which a line of the same colour runs upwards along the 

 suture to the basal border (this patch is sometimes obsofete) ; 

 sutm-e and outer limb nigro-piceous ; humeral callus 

 elevated. 



