202 Mr. G. Lewis on the Cetoniidge of Japan. 



plagiatis; propygidio -utrinque tuberculato, medio bituberculato 



approximato ; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis ; pedibus rufis. L. 7^ mill. 



This species, altliougli it has allies in Eastern Asia, is 

 very different from either of the preceding. In the middle 

 of the anterior part of the thorax there is a loop-like carina 

 terminating posteriorly in two acute and well-defined tuber- 

 cles, and between each of these and the lateral edge is 

 another somewhat obsolete tubercle. The base of the thorax 

 is transversely occupied by four large equidistant tubercles, 

 ■which are covered with flavous spinose scales. The scutellum 

 is black. The elytra are nearly quadrate, castaneous, with 

 coarse spines on the humeral and corresponding apical angles, 

 and in the middle are two large ill-defined patches of black 

 spinose scales. The propygidium has two tubercles in the 

 middle, clothed like the basal thoracic ones, and at the outer 

 apical edge on either side is a remarkable tooth, very acute 

 and free of scales. At the extremity of the pygidium are two 

 tufts of flavous scales or spines, which apparently cover two 

 small tubercles. 



Found at Fukushima, July 28, and at Kurigahara Usui- 

 toge, August 6, 1881. From the dates of capture given here 

 V, iuberculaius and V. fumosus seem to appear much later in 

 the year than V. angusticollis ; and if so, their late appearance 

 may be an indication that they belong to the more tropical 

 forms of the genus. Still, as they are evidently scarce, the 

 time of capture may be merely incidental to the time of my 

 visit to their localities. One thing, however, is certain, that 

 V. angusticollis is, as Mr. Waterhouse has stated, allied to the 

 northern and European species hemipterus. 



List of Species arranged generically. 



Bbomborrlnna unicolor, Motsch. Kuperi, Schaimi. 



polita, C. Wuterh. albosetosa, 3Iotsc/iJ 



japonica, Hope. Glycyphana fulvistemma, Moti<ch. 



[clypeata, Ho^w. . [Sieboldi, f^oll.'] 



squammulifeia, TJioms. Anthracophora riisticola, JSurtii. 



glauca, TAotns.^ [rama, Buinbridge. 



Cetonia confusiusaiia, Thorns. sinensis, Sminders.'] 



submarmorea, Burm. Osmoderma opica, Lewis. 



brevitarsis, Leiuis. Gnorimus viridiopacus, Lewis. 



insperata, Lewis. subopaciis, Motsch. 



Lenzi, Harold. Paratrichius Donitzi, Harold, 



■ pilifer, Motsch. [longicornis, Janson.j 



Koelofsi, Harold. Tricbius'japoiiicus, Janson. 



Glycypbana forticula, Janson. succinctus, Pallas. 



■ jucimda, Fald. septemdeciniguttatiis, Voll. 



[Goryi, Guerin. Valgus angusticollis, C. Waterh. 



argyrosticta, Burm. fumosus, Lewis. 



tuberculatus, Lewis. 



