192 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



presso ; elytris thorace latioribus, anguste^ oblongo-ovatis, 

 postlce paiillo ampliatis, convexis, distincte punctatis, 

 punctis subscriatim dispositis, ad apicem minus fortiter 

 impressis. 



Long. 1 lln. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate, encarpfe well defined, con- 

 tiguous, slightly but distinctly elevated ; carina thickened, 

 triangular ; antennae three-fourths the length of the body, 

 five or six lower joints pale piceous, more or less stained 

 above Avitli dark piceous, the remaining joints black. 

 Thorax transverse, sides slightly roimded, slightly di- 

 verging from the base towards the apex, anterior angles 

 obliquely truncate, thickened ; upper surface transversely 

 convex, smooth, impunctate, impressed a short distance in 

 front of the basal margin with a shallow, ill-defined, trans- 

 verse groove, which terminates on either side some distance 

 before reaching the lateral border. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, narrowly oblong-ovate, slightly increasing in 

 Avidth and convexity from the base towards the apex, the 

 latter rounded, extreme apical margin truncate ; sur- 

 face distinctly but not closely punctured, the puncturing 

 more faintly impressed towards the apex ; interspaces 

 smooth, impunctate. 



Grop to dera Jlavicornis. 



Anguste ovata, convexa, picea, nitida, supra asneo- 

 micans, antennis pedibusque (femoribus posticis exceptis) 

 flavis; thorace minute et remote puuctato, basi leviter 

 transversim sulcato ; elytris tenuiter punctatis, punctis 

 substriatim dispositis. 



Long. 1 — 11 lin. 



Hah. — Nagasaki. 



Front smooth, impunctate ; encarpfe subquadrate, ob- 

 lique, contiguous ; carina broad ; eyes large, black ; an- 

 tenna3 three-fourths the length of the body, third joint 

 equal in length to the first, the second rather shorter, 

 slightly thickened. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, 

 sides moderately rounded, anterior angles broadly and 

 obliquely truncate, produced laterally into an indistinct 

 tooth; upper surface convex, very finely and distantly 

 punctured ; basal groove shallow, terminated at either end 

 by an o])lique groove, which runs upAvards and outwards 

 towards the lateral border. Elytra broader than the 



