280 Mr. H. W. Bates' supplement to the 



crebre ruguloso-punctato, abdomine (segmento 2ndo 

 medio rufo excepto) fusco ; antennis pedibusque testaceo- 

 rufis, articulis 3 — 7 leviter infuscatis ; antennis minus 

 elongatis. Long. 12 mm. 



Ogura Lake ; a marsh-loving species. 



Catascopus ignicinctus. 



C. virenti, Chaud., affinis, supra nigro-cyaneus, elytris 

 igneo-cupreo marginatis, subtus nigro-piceus, antennis 

 palpisque apice piceo-rufis ; fronte utrinque (prope 

 oculum) pluristriata, medio epistomate et collo hevibus ; 

 vertice punctato ; thorace postice valde sinuatim-angus- 

 tato, angulis posticis acutis, dorso leviter striguloso ; 

 elytris sat late quadratis, apice ad suturam obtusissimis, 

 extus baud angulatis, dorso punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 planis, 5to angustato modice convexo, 7to carinato, 8 — 9 

 igneo-cupreis. Long. 10| — 12 mm. 



Yuyama and Konose ; under bark. 



Lioptera erotyloides. (PI. XIII., fig. 5). 



Late oblongo-ovata parum convexa, nigra, subopaca, 

 elytris fere laevibus sericeo-nitentibus utrinque maculis 

 vel fasciis multidentatis rufis duabus, altera basali altera 

 paullo ante apicem ; capite coriaceo, versus oculos rugu- 

 loso ; thorace valde trans verso lateribus angulisque 

 anticis valde rotundatis, margine late explanato, angulis 

 posticis subrectis, supra opaco coriaceo ; elytris sub- 

 tilissime striato-punctulatis, interstitiis planissimis et 

 subtilissime punctulatis, apice oblique sinuato-truncatis. 

 Long. 11 mm. 



Yuyama, in fungi on trees ; and one example at 

 Junsai. 



The red markings of the elytra are similar in form 

 to those of Episcapha and allied genera of Erotylida. 

 The basal spot has three denticulations on its posterior 

 margin, and anteriorly emits a branch which extends to 

 the base and shoulder ; the posterior spot or fascia 

 extends across the elytron, but without reaching the 

 suture or margin, and is dentate on both its edges. 

 The species fits but imperfectly into Chaudoir's genus, 

 and differs in many important points from the only 

 other one known, L. quadriguttata from the Philip- 

 pines. I have had for some years in my collection a 



