440 Mr. G. Lewis on 



A. crocewentris as being " viridi-subgeneus," and these species 

 measure only 3 to 3^ lines. I have used the generic name 

 of Anoncodes instead of Nacerdes, because I do not consider 

 any of the above-mentioned species are congeneric with Na- 

 cerdes melanura, Linn. 



Hab. Junsai, in profusion in elder-flowers in August ; also 

 taken on Ontake and other places of high elevation in 

 Central Japan. 



Asclera brunneipenms, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigra, subnitida ; capita thoraceque nigris ; 



elytris rufo-brunneis ; antennis pedibusque nigris. 

 L. 6-8 mill. 



Elongate, parallel, black, somewhat shining; the head black, 

 closely punctulate, with two shallow impressions on the face ; 

 the thorax also black, punctured like the head, widest behind 

 the anterior angles, then somewhat abruptly narrowed to the 

 base, with a rather large shallow fovea on each side at the 

 widest part; the scutellum black; the elytra reddish brown, 

 with two cost£e parallel to the suture, but abbreviated before 

 the apex, others obsolete ; the antenna3, palpi, and legs dull 

 black. 



Hab. Hakodate. Two examples only. 



Asclera nigrocyanea, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigro-cyanea, opaca ; capita thoraceque deusis- 

 sime puuctulatis ; elytris S-costatis ; antennis (basi excepta) 

 nigris. 



L. 7-7| mill. 



Elongate, parallel, opaque, with greyish pubescence, chiefly 

 noticeable on the sutural costse ; the head very densely and 

 rather minutely punctured in the male, rather less densely in 

 the female ; the thorax punctured like the head, emarginate 

 behind the anterior angle, surface uneven ; the elytra 5-costate, 

 interstices closely sculptured, sculpture rather coarser than 

 that of the thorax ; the antennge black, with the three basal 

 joints flavous on the underside ; the legs with a bluish tint, 

 claws pale. 



Marseul in 1876 considered this species to be Asclera 

 cinerei'pennis^ Motsch., and specimens in his collection in Paris 

 are still possibly so labelled. 



Hab. Oyama in Sagami, Nikko, and at Nagasaki on 

 Mitzudake. 



