332 Mr. G. C. Champion on various African 
A female from Nowata seems to belong to this species, 
but the surface is not metallic as described by Pic. The 
second antennal joint of ¢ is described by him as “ trés 
grand et long, en forme de demi-croissant élargi, creusé en 
dehors, épineux au sommet interne.” The rugose sides of 
the prothorax are not mentioned in the diagnosis. 
13. Laius niponicus. 
Laius niponicus, Lewis, Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. (6) xvi. p. 116, pl. vi. 
fig. 8 (d) (1895). 
g. Antennal joit 1 long, curved, broad, gradually 
widened outwards, 2 extremely large, broad, obliquely traus- 
verse, somewhat spoon-shaped, without basal appendage 
(Pl. VIII. fig. 9), 83-9 short. 
?. Antenne shorter, joints 1 and 2 moderately thickened, 
2 much longer than 1. 
Hab. Javan, Hakodate and Kobé. 
Separable from L. kiesenwetteri by the wholly black head 
in both sexes, the closely punctured sides of the prothorax, 
the narrower testaceous elytral fascia, and the very 
differently-shaped second antennal joint in @. 
14. Laius sinensis. 
3. Laius sinensis, Pic, L’Echange, xxvi. p. 87 (1910). 
gd. Antennal joint 1 curved, much widened outwards, 2 
extremely large, broad, somewhat ear-shaped, deeply 
excavate in its basal half (Pl. VIII. fig. 10), 3-9 short. 
?. Antennal joints 1 and 2 moderately thickened, sub- 
equal in length. 
Hab. Cutna, Hong Kong (type of Pic: Mus. Brit.), 
Chusan Is., Ta-maon Id. (J. J. Walker); Prnane (G. E#. 
Bryant, 28.x. 1913). 
A small, opaque, hairy, rugulose, nigro-violaceous insect, 
the elytra with an interrupted luteous ante-median fascia, 
It is a close ally to L. plagiatus, Walk. 
15. Laius plagiatus. 
©. Malachius (?) plagiatus, Walk. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) ii. 
p. 283 (1858). 
d. Laius plagiatus, Bourg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1905, pp. 180, 181. 
¢. Antennal joint 1 curved, abruptly widened from near 
the base (oblong and obliquely subtruncate at the apex and 
near the base, when viewed in profile); 2 extremely large, 
