212 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



Genus Cassida, Lin. 



Syst. Nat. i., ii. 374; Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. 329. 



Cassida Japana. 



E,otundata, subdepressa, sordide fulva aut fusca, sub- 

 nitida, antennis extrorsum piceis; subtus nigra, pedibus 

 obscure fulvis ; thorace nitido, distincte punctato ; elytris 

 fortiter, sat profunde punctato-striatis, interspatiis costatis, 

 costis hie illic ramulo transverso connexis ; disco modice 

 convexis, utrisque basi ad suturam excavatis ; sparse nigro- 

 maculatis ; margine laterali paullo deflexo, nitido. 



Long. 2^—2^ lin. 



Hab. — Nagasaki. 



Antennoa shorter than the thorax, shghtly thickened 

 towards the apex, six outer joints piceous. Thorax trans- 

 verse, apex obtuse, sides rounded at the base, thence 

 obliquely rounded and converging, towards the apex 

 transversely converging in front; upper surface deeply 

 excavated on either side, impressed Avith rather large but 

 shallow punctures. Scutellum coarsely punctured, its 

 apex rounded. Elytra broader than the thorax, shoulders 

 rectangular, their apices rounded ; sides slightly roinided 

 and diverging before the middle, thence regularly rounded 

 to the apex, the latter very obtusely rounded ; disk con- 

 vex, excavated on either side at the base near the scutel- 

 lum, deeply punctate-striate. 



Cassida erudita. 



Ovata, subdepressa, sordide virldana, subnitida, antennis 

 exti'orsimi corporeque inferiori nigris, tibiis tarsisque 

 sordide flavis ; thorace fortiter punctato, postice rugoso, 

 angulis posticis subacutis ; elytris fortiter, seriatim puuc- 

 tatis, basi signatura picea communi literam V simulanti 

 instructis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



^a6.— Yokohama; collected by Mr. Pryer. 



Antennfe shorter than the thorax, slightly thickened 

 towards the apex, five outer joints black, clothed with ad- 

 pressed hairs. Thorax nearly as broad as the elytra, its 

 apex obtusely angled, the hinder angles distinct, subacute; 

 sides slightly rounded and converging behind the middle, 

 transversely converging at the apex ; upper surface broadly 

 concave on either side, coarsely punctured, rugose towards 

 the base. Scutellum triangular, its apex acute. Elytra 



