188 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



obtuse; above transversely convex, finely but distinctly 

 punctured ; on the middle of the disk is a faint transverse 

 excavation. Scutellum triangular. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, ovate, more deeply and rather more closely 

 punctured than the thorax. 



Genus Agelastica, Redt. 



Faun. Austr. 525. 



Agelastica nic/riceps, Motsch. 



Etud. Ent. ix. p. 25 {Ar/elasa). 



Hab. — Japan. 



Afjclastica cccrulca. 



Agel. Ahii, var. ccBrulea, Motsch. Etud, Ent. ix. 26. 



Ovata, couvexa, cfcruleo-nlgra, nitida, supra carulea 

 aut purpurea, metallica, antennis nigris, harum articulis 

 2do g|. gtio longitudine ffiqualibus ; thorace tenuiter punc- 

 tate, elytris crebre punctatis. 



Long. 3^—3^ lin. 



i/aZ>.— Yokohama (Mr. Moor). 



Very closely allied to A. Ahii, larger and more brightly 

 coloured, the elytra rather more deeply punctured ; second 

 and third joints of antennas equal in length ; in A. Alni 

 the third is distinctly longer than the second. 



Genus LurERUS, Geoff. 



Joannis, L'Abeille, iii. 115. 



Luperus Moorii. 



Angustatus, elongatus, niger, nitidus, supra fiisco-vio- 

 laceus aut fusco-nsueus ; antennis corpore longioribus, 

 nigris, ^ articulo secundo tertioque pallide piceis, dorso 

 lugro-tlnctis ; pedibus piceis, genubus posterioribusquatuor, 

 femoribus tibiisquc anticis, obscure fulvis. 



Long. If —2 lin. 



Hab. — Yokohama. 



Head finely granulose-strigose ; front impressed with an 

 ill-defined longitudinal groove ; encarpa; transverse, tri- 

 gonate, contiguous ; antenna; more than half as long again 

 as the body, black, closely clothed with concolorous hairs ; 

 second and third joints piceous, stained above with black ; 

 eyes very large, prominent. Thorax one-half as broad 



