198 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Aphthona pygmcBa. 



Oblorigo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, antennis extror- 

 siim femoribusque piceis, illis basi obscure fulvis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque piceo-fulvis ; tliorace longitudine fere duplo 

 latiori, angulis anticis oblique truncatis, incrassatis, pos- 

 ticis acutis, disco distiucte et subremote punctato; elytris 

 oblongis, distincte punctatis. 



Long, f lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki ; a single specimen. 



Head triangular, vertex smooth, impunctate ; eyes large, 

 moderately prominent ; encai'pse separated from the front 

 by a distinct groove, subovate, oblique, separated from each 

 other by the narrow carina ; four lower joints of antennae 

 obscure fulvous, the rest piceous. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long, sides distinctly margined, rounded ; hinder 

 angles acute, armed with a small subacute tooth, anterior 

 thickened, obliquely truncate. Thighs nigro-piceous, their 

 apices, together with \\\e tibias and tarsi, obscure fulvous, 

 more or less stained with piceous. 



Aphthona? collaris. 



Subelongata, nigra, nitida, thorace rufo-testaceo, angulis 

 posticis obsoletis, disco (oculo armato) tenuiter pimctato, 

 interspatiis tenuiter strigosis ; elytris thorace latioribus, 

 ovatis, postice leviter ampliatis, tenuiter punctatis, in- 

 terspatiis minute punctatis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Head shining black, impunctate ; encarp^ transverse, 

 contiguous; four lower joints of antennae nigro-piceous, 

 the rest black. Thorax one-fourth broader than long, 

 sides rounded, anterior angles shghtly produced, then- 

 apex rounded, posterior angles entirely obsolete, broadly 

 rounded ; disk moderately convex. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, ovate, moderately dilated posteriorly, 

 finely punctured. 



Aphthona ? Pryeri. 



Anguste ovata, Irete fulva, nitida, antennis extrorsum, 

 ocuhs, pectore, abdomine elytrisqne nigris ; thorace tenuiter 

 punctato ; elytris nitidis, subfortiter, subcrebre punctatis, 

 interstitns subgranulosis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



i7aZ,._ Yokohama (Mr. Pryer); Nagasaki (Mr. Lewis.) 



Vertex smooth and shining, impunctate ; encarpee trans- 



