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genubus tarslsqiie piceis; su])ra cyaneum, antennis nigris, 

 articulis tribus basalibus fulvis, dorso piceo-tinctis. 



Long. 1| — 2 lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Head smooth and shining, nearly inipnnctate, front just 

 above the encarpre transversely excavated ; encarpse con- 

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

 obliquely converging fi-om base to apex ; surface minutely 

 and remotely punctured. Scutellum trigonate. Elytra 

 broadly rotundate-ovate, distinctly punctured. 



Nonarthra fulviim. 



Late ovatum, convexum, obscure fulvum, nitidum, 

 thorace subremote et minute punctate ; elytris tenuiter sed 

 distincte punctatis. 



Long. \\ lin. 



Hah. — Japan ; a single specimen in my own collection, 

 collected by Mr. Moor. 



Clypeus ti-iangular, smooth, impunctate ; carina obso- 

 lete ; encarpre subtrigonate, contiguous, separated from the 

 front by a deep transverse groove ; vertex smooth, im- 

 pressed with very fine remote punctures ; eyes pale. 

 Thorax three times as broad as long, sides obliquely 

 rounded and converging from base to apex ; hinder angles 

 broadly rounded, anterior obtuse ; disk somewhat distantly 

 and very minutely punctured, the punctures only visible 

 under a lens ; sides broadly margined, margin reflexed, 

 separated from the disk by coarse irregular punctures. 

 Scutelhxm triangular. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, lateral boi'der narrowly reflexed, shoulders broadly 

 rounded ; upper surface moderately convex, slightly flattened 

 in the middle of the back, finely, but distinctly punctured. 



Fam. CASSIDIDiE. 



Genus AspiDOMORPiiA, Hope. 



Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. 242. 



L" Aspidomorplia difformis, IMotsch. 



Boh. Mon. Cass. Suppl. 277. 



Ddoyala difformis, Motsch. Etud. Ent. 1860, p. 27. 



Hah. — Japan ; also Manchuria and Eastern Siberia. 



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