274 Mv. G. Lewis on 



the elytra vaguely brownish at the base, strife distinctly 

 traceable only in certain lights, sculpture similar to that of the 

 thorax. 



Hab. Chiuzenji. Six examples in June 1880, only seen 

 once. 



MeJandrya ordinaria, sp. n, 



Elongata, nigra, subnitida, pubeseens ; capite thoraceque parum 

 dense punetatis ; elytris hand striatis, lateralibus obscure rufo- 

 brunneis. 



L. ^-^ mill. 



Elongate, black, somewhat shining, pubescent ; the head 

 distinctly rather closely punctured, impressed between the 

 eyes; the thorax punctured like the head, widest behind the 

 middle, median channel well-defined, shortened only just be- 

 hind tiie neck, basal foveas very small, situated in a wide 

 depression; the scutellum black; the elytra punctured like 

 the thorax, striae obsolete (traces are seen in one example), 

 with a rather broad lateral band reddish brown ; the antennae 

 black, apex of terminal joint reddish ; the legs blackish, tarsi 

 obscurely reddish brown. The elytra are wholly reddish 

 brown in one example. 



Hah. Oyayama, Kashiwagi, Mayebara, and Chiuzenji. 

 Nine examples. 



Melandrya ruficollis^ sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig. 7.) 



Elongata, depressa, parallela, atrata, subuitida ; thorace, abdomen 



apice, rufis ; antenuis brevibus. 

 L. 12-17 mill. 



Elongate, depressed, parallel, somewhat shining, with short 

 pubescence ; the head, surface uneven and irregularly punc- 

 tured, punctures rather small ; the thorax one third wider than 

 broad, rounded at the sides, sinuous at the base, clearly punc- 

 tured, orange-red, with pubescence of same colour ; the 

 scutellum black, rather densely and finely punctured ; the 

 elytra, parallel at sides, sculpture close, black, with black 

 pubescence ; the abdomen, last segment orange-red ; the 

 antennas, palpi and legs black, the first short, about the 

 length of the head and thorax, with joints 7 to 10 ob- 

 conical. 



Owing to the breadth of the thorax and shortness of the 

 antenna, the facies of this species at first sight may seem to 

 exclude it from the genus Melandrya. 



Hab. Ichiuchi, Yuyama (Ichibosa yania) and at Nikko near 

 the temples. Only six specimens. 



