196 • Mr. H. W. Bates on the 



basin transverse (lateralitcr profundius) improsso, subsparsim 

 punctulato, fulvo-pubescente ; elytris posticc gradatim attenuatis, 

 apice oblique tnincatis, pimctulis nigro-setiferis passim imprcssis, 

 corpore subtus cincreo-pubescente. Long. 6 lin. J . 



One example. 



Leptura ochraceqfasciata^ Motsch. 

 Leptura ochraceofasciata, Motsch. Etud. Entom. 18G1, p. 21. 



Taken by Mr. Lewis in great abundance. A handsome 

 species, allied to L. quadrifasciata (Linn.), but with head and 

 thorax densely clothed with golden pubescence, and elytra with 

 four golden-yellow pubescent belts. 



<5 tibiaj posticiE flexiiosa?, a medio abrupte dilatatse, intus flexuose 

 carinatse. Segmentum ultimum ventrale apice truncatum, angulis 

 rotundatis, medio vix concavum. 



In Nipon and on the hills the antenna? are always, as 

 Motschulsky describes, black ; but in the plains near Nagasaki 

 they have the five terminal joints tawny (var. ochrotela). I can 

 discover no other differences. 



Lej)tura anaspido'ides^ n. sp. 



L. figura Aiimspidis {^ectioms Heteronierorum), elongata, subparallela, 

 convexa ; capite et thorace brevissimis ; anteunis elongatis, ro- 

 bustis ; nigra, elytris fusco-rufis, pilis elongatis decumbentibus 

 rufis vestitis ; thorace campanuliformi, augulis posticis productis, 

 subtiliter punctulato, fulvo-pubescente ; elytris obhque obtusissime 

 tnincatis, subtiliter punctulatis. Long, 5-7 lin. $ . 



Segmentum ultimum abdominale longe productum ; pygidio et seg- 

 mento ventrali apice late obtuse truncatis. 



Two examples. 



Thranius variegatus^ n. sp. 



T. fusco-obscurus, opacus ; corpore subtus medio, femoribus subtus, 

 tibiis et tarsis, fasciisquc duabus elytrorum (prima prope basin 

 latiorc et valde irregulari) fulvo-testaceis ; thorace disco antice 

 compresso-gibboso, cum capite punctato-scabroso, cinereo-tomen- 

 toso. Long, 9 lin. 



One example, found in the window of a house, Nagasaki. 



In the gibbosity of the thorax resembling Thr. gihhosus 

 (Pascoe) of Ceylon. The anterior ta^vny fascia of the elytra 

 is iiTcgular, and may be described as a broad basal belt, in- 

 dented from the base by a bicuspid black spot on each side of 

 the scutellum. The second fascia is very narrow and trans- 

 verse. The elytra are each narrowed from tlie base to the 



