202 Mr. Josepli S. Baly on the 



tiguous ; carina broad ; antennge nearly equal to the body 

 in length ; second, third and fourth joints nearly equal, 

 the second slightly thickened, seven outer joints obscure 

 piceous. Thorax one-third broader than long, sides 

 nearly parallel, slightly diverging from base to apex, 

 bisinuate, anterior angles very broadly and obliquely 

 truncate, produced laterally into a distinct tooth ; above 

 convex, very minutely punctured (the punctures only 

 visible under a deep lens) ; lateral and basal margins nar- 

 rowly edged with piceous. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, broadly ovate, convex, distinctly punctured. 



Genus Argopistes, Motsch. 

 Schrenck, Reisen, ii. 236. 

 Argopistes biplagiatus, Motsch., loc. supra cit. p. 236. 

 Hah. — Nagasaki ; apparently common. 



Argopistes coccinelloides. 

 ■ Rotundatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, subtus piceus, 

 antennis obscure fulvis ; elytris plagis magnis duabus tes- 

 taceis oniatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — Japan. 



Eyes very large ; upper portion of face closely punc- 

 tured, impressed on either side between the eyes with a 

 round fovea ; encarpie obsolete ; vertex smooth, impunc- 

 tate. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long, sides 

 obliquely converging and slightly rounded from base to 

 apex, anterior and posterior angles obtuse ; basal margin 

 oblique on either side, medial lobe distinctly produced, 

 obtusely rounded ; disk distinctly and somewhat closely 

 punctured. Elytra rather more finely punctured than the 

 thorax, each with a large testaceous patch, placed on the 

 inner disk before the middle. 



This species may be at once known from the preceding 

 by its much larger size ; it bears a very great resemblance 

 in its form and colouring to a Coccinella. 



Genus Sph.eroder]ma, Stepli. 



111. Brit. Ent. iv. 328. 

 SphcEro derma fuscicornis, Baly. 

 Ent. Month. Mag. i. 184. 

 Subhemisphgerica, fulva, nitida, antennis extrorsum 



