Phytophagous Culeoptera of Japan. 205 



Spharoderma separata. 



Ovata, rotundata, convexa, subtus nigra, pedibus piceis, 

 femoribus anticis tarsisque piceo-fuMs ; supra caeruleo- 

 nigra, antennis robustis, corpore brevioribus, nigris, basi 

 fulvis ; thorace subfortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter puncta- 

 tis ; punctis subseriatira dispositis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Vertex and front smooth, impunctate, separated from 

 the eyes and encarpte by a deep groove ; encarpre oblong, 

 oblique, separated from each other (the extreme apex ex- 

 cepted) by the carina ; antennae rather more than two- 

 thirds the length of the body, robust, the third joint small, 

 distinctly shorter than either the second or fourth, four 

 lower joints obscure fulvous, fifth and sixth obscure 

 piceous, the rest black. Thorax nearly three times as 

 broad as long, sides rounded and converging from base to 

 apex, hinder angles acute, anterior thickened, obtuse ; 

 surface rather deeply but not very closely punctured, 

 interspaces smooth and shining, impunctate. Elytra 

 strongly and deeply punctured, the punctures an-anged 

 in irregular longitudinal striie ; interspaces smooth, im- 

 pressed here and there with a few very fine punctures. 

 Third joint of all the tarsi only slightlv broader than the 

 first. 



Sphfsroderma apicalis. 



Subhemisphgerica, rufo-fulva, nitida, pectore elytrisque 

 nigris, his subseriatim punctatis, apice rufo-fld\'is ; thorace 

 minute subremote punctato, plaga transversa basali fusca 

 tincto ; abdomine rufo-piceo. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Front smooth, impunctate ; encarpee transverse-quadrate, 

 ill-defined ; carina broad ; eyes black ; antenna pale rufo- 

 fulvous, second joint nearly as thick as the first ovate, 

 nearly equal in length to the third and fourth united. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long, transversely 

 convex, sides moderately rounded, converging towards the 

 apex, anterior angles thickened, very obtuse ; basal margin 

 slightly bisinuate on either side ; disk finely but not closely 

 punctured ; on the basal margin, just in front of the scutel- 

 lum, is a transverse piceous patch, the front margin of 



