the Cistelidge &c. of Japan. 267 



what shining, with short pubescence ; the head rather densely, 

 not coarsely punctured, face nearly flat ; the thorax densely 

 sculptured and transversely rugose, median channel rather 

 deep and a little shortened before neck ; the scutelluni semi- 

 circular in outline; the elytra, finely and densely sculptured, 

 with two lobe-shaped spots on the edge of the wing-case near 

 the middle of the base, two median spots or bands on the 

 space over tiie intermediate and posterior coxa3, these spots 

 touch the outer margin and leave a wide area near the suture 

 dark, and are emarginate in front and feebly sinuous be- 

 hind, before the apex are two bands which nearly touch the 

 suture and the outer edge, and have sinuous edges, all the 

 spots orange-red ; the antenna, first and second joints cylin- 

 drical, third to the tenth gradually widen and flatten out, 

 joints 8, 9, and 10 are markedly transverse, terminal joint 

 conical in outline, all densely black ; the legs black, claws 

 palish. 



Except the form of the antennas, which may be a sexual 

 character only, I can see nothing to separate this species 

 from DirccBa. 



Hah. Ikenchaiya near Kashiwagi. One example only, 

 June 22nd, 1881. 



Dirccea erotyloides^ sp. n. 



Elongata, elliptica, brunueo-nigra, subnitida ; elytris 4-maculatis, 

 maculis flavo-ruiis et dentato-sinuatis ; antennis pedibusque uigris. 

 L. ^-\.^ mill. 



Elongate, elliptical, brownish black, somewhat shining; 

 the head cleaily punctulate, some points transversely con- 

 fluent, not foveolate ; the thorax longer than wide, widest 

 before the base, densely punctured, transversely ragose, median 

 channel narrow and reaching midway only from the base ; 

 the scutellum densely punctured, semicircular in outline ; 

 the elytra with four reddish-yellow macLdations, each strongly 

 dentate-sinuate and not touching the outer or sutural edges, 

 sculptured like the thorax ; the antenna, legs, and under 

 surface black. 



This species resembles D. A-<jatf.ata, Payk. 



Hah. Nikko, Chiuzenji, and Buno. 



Dirccea dentato-maculata, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigra, opaca ; elytris flavo-maculatia ; antennia 



(basi excepta) nigris. 

 L. ll-l'2h mill. 



Elongate, parallel, black, opaque ; the head densely but 

 finely sculptured, usually with a deep frontal fovea ; the 



