388 • Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



Phytoecia simulans, n. sp. 



Glenece relictce simillima. Nigra, erecte pubescens, verticis vittulis 

 duabus, thoracis vitta mediana scutelloque ochraceo - albis ; 

 elytris castaneis, maculis utrinque ochraceo-albis quinque, sutura 

 vittulaque indistincta laterali basali ochraceo-albis ; pedibus 

 fiavo-testaceis, tarsis albis ; antennis nigris, articulo tertio apice 

 griseo ; metasterno et abdominis segmentis lateribus eano-tomen- 

 tosis; corpore supra fortiter punctato ; elytris apice obtuse trun- 

 catis, lateribus verticalibus, haud vero distincte cariuatis. Long. 

 4±-6 lin. 



Moon-temple, Osaka. 



Deceptively similar to Glenea relicta, and confounded with 

 it by Mr. Lewis himself ; the toothed claws, however, at once 

 show its true character ; and the obtuse truncation of the elytra 

 is also a constant and conspicuous means of distinguishing it. 

 The ochreous spots of the elytra are an indistinct one (some- 

 times absent) on each side of the base, and two, one behind the 

 other, on the disk towards the middle. The tarsal claws are 

 not " bifid," as in the more typical Phytcecice, but " appendi- 

 culated," almost as in Oberea. 



Phytozcia ventralis, Chevrolat. 



Ph. lineohe (F.) simillima. Cylindrica, griseo-nigra ; thoracis 

 macula discoidali ovali, ventre femoribusque (apice excepto) rutis. 

 Long. 4 lin. 



Nagasaki ; also I. of Formosa and China. 



I have this species in my collection under the above name, 

 but have not succeeded in finding a published description. It 

 is very close to the European Ph. lineola, differing chiefly in 

 the yellowish-red abdomen, and in the black of the knees ex- 

 tending halfway along the hind part of the femora ; the form 

 and sculpture are the same. 



Oberea japo?iica 7 n. sp. 

 0. pupittatce similis, at major et magis elongata. Testaceo-flava ; 

 elytris (basi excepto) griseo-fuscis ; vitta laterali, abdominis 

 segmento ultimo, capite et antennis nigris ; capite ut in 0. pupil- 

 lata regulariter discrete punctato ; thorace lateribus paulo rotun- 

 dato, supra convexo, opaco ; elytris lineatim punctatis, apice 

 oblique late truncatis, angido suturali breviter, exteriore longe 

 spinoso. Long. 8|-9 lin. d $ . 



Hiogo. 



The yellowish or tawny-reddish basal colour of the elytra 

 covers the humeral callus, extending as a short stripe down 

 the side from the shoulder, and forms a squarish patch over and 



