380 Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



fin and the lower lateral line. One lateral line on the right 

 side. Scales between the lateral liney perfectly smooth ; those 

 between the outer lateral lines and vertical fins, and those on 

 the head, strongly ctenoid ; scales of the blind side smooth. 

 Two nostrils — one between the eyes, the other opposite to the 

 lower margin of the lower eye. Eyes extremely small, the 

 upper not in advance of the lower ; interorbital space much 

 wider than the orbit. The length of the snout is two fifths of 

 that of the head. Angle of the mouth conspicuously nearer 

 to the end of the snout than to the hind margin of the gill- 

 cover, below the eye. Tail not much elongate. The height 

 of the body is two sevenths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one fifth. Leftside uniform 

 brown ; vertical fins with a white edge. Three distant round 

 blackish spots on the lateral line of the left side may be acci- 

 dental in this specimen. 



One specimen from Chefoo, 18 inches long. 



9. Hemirhamphus Sajori, Schleg. 



10. Barbus labeo, Pall., 



= Golriobarbus labeo. Pall., = Hemibarbus maculatus y Blkr., 

 and probably = Hemibarbus dissimilis, Blkr. (juv.). This 

 species is very closely allied to Barbus Scklegelii, Gthr. 



11. Syngnathus acusimilis, sp. n. 

 D. 43-45. Osseous rings 20+41-43. 



The length of the snout equals the distance between the 

 anterior margin of the eye and the middle of the pectoral fin. 

 A low ridge along the median line of the upperside of the 

 snout. Crown, temple, and operculum without ridge. Lateral 

 line and upper caudal edge not continuous. Tail ona half 

 longer than the body. Dorsal fin on thirteen rings, two of " 

 which belong to the trunk. Caudal fin well developed. 



Four specimens, males and females, the longest of which is 

 8| inches long; from Chefoo. 



XLVII. — On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. 

 By H. W. Bates, F.L.S. 



[Concluded from p. 318.] 

 Family Lamiidse. 



Microlera, nov. gen. 

 Corpus parvum, gen. Ptinnm simulans ; subcylindricum, convexum, 



