312 Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



Batocera lineolata, Clievrolat. 



Batocera lineolata, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 417. 

 B. chinensis, Thorns. Arch. Ent. i. p. 170. 



Nagasaki ; abundant. Found also at Shanghai. 



Apriona rugicollis, Chevr. 



Apriona rugicollis, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 414. 



Many examples. Also at Shanghai, Amoy, and the I. of 

 Formosa. 



Urcecha bimaculata, Thorns. 



Uracha bimaculata, Thoms. Syst. Ceramb. p. 84. 



Common on dead stems of Cissus. 



Mesosa japonica, n. sp. 



M. myopi proxime affinis, differt colore nigro-fusco, haud griseo, 

 sed tomento fulvo maculatim variegata ; elongato-ovata ; capite 

 thoraceque confertim granulatis, lineolis fill vis oruatis, thorace 

 lineolis duabus nigris antice et postice oriiato, interdum obsoletis ; 

 elytris versus basin fortiter granulatis, maculis parvis tenuibus 

 fulvis et nigris conspersis ; antennis S apice subhamatis, articulis 

 3°-l] um basi griseis, scapo grosse scabroso ; corpore subtus et pedi- 

 bus fulvo maculatis. Long. 5|-7 lin. c? $ . 



Nagasaki. 



Very similar in form to M. myops, but decidedly broader or 

 more ovate, and antenniferous tubercles in the male less pro- 

 minent at the apex. The head and thorax are covered with 

 small, shining, black granulations, and more speckled with 

 bright tawny than in M. myops ; the four black lineoles much 

 less distinct. The elytra have no trace of the black transverse 

 discoidal spot beyond the middle ; they are more densely and 

 largely granulated over their basal half, and are rather evenly 

 sprinkled with wavy specks of bright tawny tomentum, the 

 ground-colour being dark shining brown, with rounded spots of 

 black tomentum. 



Mesosa perplexa, Pascoe. 



Mesosa perplexa, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 243. 



Apparently not uncommon. Also N. China and I. of For- 

 mosa. 



This species differs considerably from the typical Mesosce, 

 having a distinct anterior lateral tubercle to the thorax, and 

 forehead very slightly concave between the antenniferous 

 tubercles. The disk of the thorax, however, is not grossly 

 tuberculate, as in Goptops • and the eleventh antennal joint in 

 the male is shorter than the tenth, and quite straight. 



