the Cistelidte &c. of Japan. 273 



Melandrya modes ta^ sp. ii. 



Elongata, nigra, parum nitida, griseo-pubescens ; capita punctulato ; 



thorace teniii et sparse punctulato ; elj'tris nigris vix azurco-micans ; 



antennis pedibusque rufo-bruuncis. 

 L. 8 mill. 



Elongate, black, somewhat shining, pubescent; the head 

 punctulate, punctures not closely set ; the thorax narrowest 

 in front, widest before the posterior angles, less densely punc- 

 tulate than the head, median channel feeble, basal fovese 

 rather wide; the scutellura not transverse, semicircular in 

 outline ; the elytra, strias four in number, outer one shortest, 

 all evanescent Avell before the base, black but opalescent in 

 certain lights ; the antennaj reddish brown, dusky at the 

 base ; the legs also reddish brown, with the intermediate and 

 hind femora dusky. 



This species somewhat resembles a small example of 

 M. mongolica^ Sols., but the elytral strise are incomplete. 



Hah. Oyama in iSagami. Two examples. 



Melandrya niponica, sp. n. 



Elongata, nigra, nitida, griseo-pubescens. M. canalimlaice forma 



simillima, at multo major. 

 L. 14-19 mill. 



Elongate, black, shining, with grey pubescence ; the head 

 irregularly and somewhat roughly punctured; the thorax 

 rather widely canaliculate in the middle, with two wide 

 depressions before the posterior angles, rather less thickly 

 punctured than the head ; the elytra striate, interstices 

 rugosely punctulate ; the mouth-organs, palpi, base of an- 

 tennae, legs, and the greater part of the under surface obscure 

 reddish brown or piceous. 



The large size and greater breadth of the thorax distinguish 

 this from the European species. 



Hah. Chiuzenji, and on Niohosan in June. Twenty 

 specimens. 



Melandrya atricolor, sp. n. (PI. VIII. iig. 6.) 



Elongata, parum angustata, atrata, nitida ; elytris striis evanes- 



centibus ; palpis tarsisque brunneis. 

 L. 9|-12 mill. 



Elongate, black, shining, somewhat narrow and parallel at 

 the sides; palpi, apical joint of antennae, and tarsi brown ; the 

 head irregularly and not densely nor deeply punctured ; the 

 thorax widest before the base, narrowest anteriorly, less dis- 

 tinctly punctured than the head, median channel shallow ; 



