196 . Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



basin transverse (lateraliter profundius) impresso, subsparsim 

 punctulato, fulvo-pubescente ; elytris postice gradatim attenuatis, 

 apice oblique trancatis, punctulis nigro-setiferis passim impressis, 

 corpore subtus cinereo-pubescente. Long. 6 lin. <f . 



One example. 



Leptura ochraceqfasciata, Motsch. 



Leptura ochraceofasciata, Motsch. Etud. Entom. 1861, p. 21. 



Taken by Mr. Lewis in great abundance. A handsome 

 species, allied to L. quadrifasciata (Linn.), but with head and 

 thorax densely clothed with golden pubescence, and elytra with 

 four golden -yellow pubescent belts. 



S tibia? posticae flexuosae, a medio abrapte dilatata?, intus flexuose 

 carinatse. Segmentum ultimum ventrale apice truncatum, angulis 

 rotund atis, medio vix concavum. 



In Nipon and on the hills the antennae are always, as 

 Motschulsky describes, black ; but in the plains near Nagasaki 

 they have the five terminal joints tawny (var. ochrotela). I can 

 discover no other differences. 



Leptura anaspido'ides } n. sp. 



L. figura. Anaspidis (Sectionis Heteromero r«m), elongata, subparallela, 

 convexa ; capite et thorace brevissimis ; antennis elongatis, ro- 

 bustis ; nigra, elytris fusco-rufis, pilis elongatis decumbentibus 

 rufis vestitis ; thorace campanuliformi, angulis posticis productis, 

 subtiliter punctulato, fulvo-pubescente ; elytris oblique obtusissime 

 truncatis, subtiliter punctulatis. Long. 5-7 lin. $ . 



Segmentum ultimum abdominale longe productum ; pygidio et seg- 

 mento ventrali apice late obtuse truncatis. 



Two examples. 



Thranius variegatus^ n. sp. 



T. fusco-obscurus, opacus ; corpore subtus medio, femoribus subtus, 

 tibiis et tarsis, fasciisque duabus elytrorum (prima prope basin 

 latiore et valde irregulari) fulvo-testaceis ; thorace disco antice 

 compresso-gibboso, cum capite punctato-scabroso, cinereo-tomen- 

 toso. Long. 9 lin. 



One example, found in the window of a house, Nagasaki. 



In the gibbosity of the thorax resembling Thr. gibbosus 

 (Pascoe) of Ceylon. The anterior tawny fascia of the elytra 

 is irregular, and may be described as a broad basal belt, in- 

 dented from the base by a bicuspid black spot on each side of 

 the scutellum. The second fascia is very narrow and trans- 

 verse. The elytra are each narrowed from the base to the 



