194 Mr. Josepli S. Baly on the 



ing greatly in size ; the larger ones on the inner disk 

 indistinctly arranged in longitudinal roAvs. 



Genus S^B^THE, Baly. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. December, 1864, p. 438. 



S^hcetlte plagiocleroides, Motsch. 



Etud. Ent. 1860, p. 27 {^dionychis'^). 



Var. A. Coqjore nigro, pedibus piceis. 

 Hah. — Nagasaki, Yokohama. 



ScebcBthe Jlavipennis. 



Anguste ovata $ , ovata ? , modice convexa, plc^a aut 

 nigro-picea ; capite thoraceque nigris, antennarum basi 

 elytrisque flavis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hub. — Nagasaki, Hiogo. 



Vertex distantly punctured ; encarpas subtrigonate, con- 

 tiguous, sometimes piceous ; three or four lower joints of 

 antennas flavous or obscure fulvous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, sides slightly rounded, subparallel, broadly 

 margined, reflexed; angles not produced, obtuse, hinder 

 angles rounded; disk distantly punctured. Elytra much 

 broader than the thorax, somewhat depressed, distinctly 

 and somewhat closely punctured. 



Genus LiPRUS, Motsch. 



Etud. Ent. ix. 26. 



Liprus jjunctato-striatus, Motsch. 



Loc. supra cit. p. 26. 

 Huh. — Japan. 



Liprus hirtiis. 



Elongatus, piceo-fulvus, sparse fulvo-hirtus, pedibus 

 antennisque flavis, his extrorsum nigro-piceis ; meta ' 

 thorace, abdomine elytrisque nigris. 



Var. A. Corpus totum fulvum. 



B. Thorax niger. 



Long. 1 — 11 Hn. 



Hah. — Nagasaki. 



Head prominent, space between the eyes raised, im- 

 pressed with a longitudinal groove; encarp^ not distinct; 



