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Fam. HISPIDiE. 

 Genus Hispa, Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. i. 603. 

 Hispa inosrens. 

 Elongata, modice convexa, nigra, nitida ; antennis ro- 

 bustis, subfiliformibus, articulo basali spina valida armato ; 

 thorace longitudine vix latiori, apice subcyliudrico, utrin- 

 que spina valida bifurcata armato, margiue laterali spinis 

 diiabns validis, prima bifurcata/ instructo ; disco rude 

 rugoso, ante basin transversim excavato ; elytris proflmde 

 punctato-striatis, tuberculis nonnuUis instructis, margine 

 laterali spinis robustis brevibus armato. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hah. — Nagasaki ; also China (Shanghai). 



Vertex smooth, separated from the face by a transverse 

 groove ; face rugose ; antennas robust, subfiliform, not half 

 the length of the body, basal joint thickened, compressed 

 above, armed with a long stout spine. Thorax scarcely 

 broader than long, apex subcylindrical, armed on either 

 side with a suberect, stout, bifid spine ; side margin armed 

 with two stout spines, the first bifid ; disk flattened, Avith 

 a broad transverse excavation at the base, faintly grooved 

 down the middle, slightly excavated on either side, coarsely 

 rugose, sparingly clothed Avith Avhite hairs. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, parallel, deeply punctate-striate ; on the 

 disk of each elytron are a few obtuse tubercles arranged in 

 three longitudinal rows ; humeral callus raised, its upper 

 edge furnished with a row of obtuse tubercles ; lateral 

 border armed with a single row of short obtvise spines. 

 Legs robust, four hinder thighs armed beneath with short 

 obtuse teeth, those on the hinder pair nearly obsolete. 

 ClaAvs with the unguiculi soldered into a single piece. 



Hispa Japonica. 



Anguste oblonga, nigro-picea, nitida, antennis ]>edibus- 

 que fulvis ; thorace transverso, lateri utroque spinis tribus 

 fulvis, basi convexis armato ; apice subcyliudrico, utrinque 

 spina bifida fulva armato ; disco rugoso-punctato, pilis ad- 

 pressis sparse vestito, piceo-fulvo, plagis duabus magnis, 

 apice confluentibus, nigro-piceis ornato ; elytris oblongis, 

 nigro-maculatis, profuude foveolato-pimctatis, punctis stx'i- 



