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



Dolichoctis ornatellus. 



D. quadriplagiatce, Mots., affinis sed multo minor 

 thoraceque medio angulato, etc. Sat elongato-ovata, 

 castaneo-fusca (subtus pallidior) capite thoraceque in- 

 terdum castaneo-rufis, elytris utrinque maculis duabus 

 rotundis fulvis ; antennis, palpis, thoracis elytrorumque 

 marginibus pedibusque testaceo-fulvis, femoribus tibiis- 

 que interdum infuscatis ; capite subtilissime striguloso, 

 subopaco ; thorace sat elongato, paullo ante medium 

 angulatim dilatato, deinde antice magis quam postice 

 subrecte angustato, angulis posticis fere rectis, dorso 

 striguloso sat nitido ; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, 

 angulis baud dentatis, dorso striatis, interstitiis planis. 

 Long. 5 — 5j mm. 



Yuyama and other places in Higo. 



Very near D. (Mochtherus) rotundata, Schmidt-Goebel, 

 but apparently distinct. There are several other closely- 

 allied species in the Indo-Malayan region. 



Dromius prolixus. 



D. quadrati colli s (Moraw.), Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 1873, p. 307. 



D. agile, F., multo magis elongatus et relative an- 

 gustior, supra castaneo-fuscus subtus castaneo-rufus, 

 partibus oris, antennis et pedibus fulvo-testaceis ; capite 

 parvo, ovato, palpis gracilibus acuminatis ; thorace 

 anguste quadrato, antice vix rotundato, postice parum 

 angustato, subsinuato, angulis posticis fere rectis ; elytris 

 angustis, elongatis, postice gradatim sed perparum dila- 

 tatis, apice recte sinuato-truncatis, sat profunde sub- 

 punctulatim striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, subtilissime 

 alutaceis, nitidis, 7mo pluripunctato. Long. 6^ — 7| mm. 



Junsai ; Kawachi ; Nikko. 



I had formerly referred this species to D. quadrati- 

 collis, Moraw., from the Amur, but it is clearly distinct, 

 though very closely allied, the antennae not answering to 

 Morawitz's description " antennarum basi pedibusque 

 ferrugineis," but being unicolorous tawny-red. The 

 outline of the thorax varies a little ; in specimens from 

 Nikko it is distinctly narrowed from the slight anterior 

 rounding to the base, and the posterior angles are very 



