182 Mr. G. Lewis on 



apex to the anal an;^le ; the fringe of both wings dark grey. 

 Head, thorax, and legs dark grey ; a rather wide black line 

 down the middle of the thorax, extending to t!ie base ; abdo- 

 men black, thickly clothed with dark reddish-brown and dark 

 grey hairs. Underside of the thorax and abdomen yellow. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba [Mas. Druce). 



Hydrias deceana. 



Primaries and secondaries brown : primaries crossed from 

 the costal to the inner margin by four fine waved black lines, 

 the first near the base, the others beyond the mid lie ; a large 

 blackish spot at the end of the cell ; the fringes of both wings 

 dark brown. The head, antenna, thorax, abJomen, and legs 

 dark brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



JIab. Mexico, Orizaba {Mas. Druce), Jalapa (3/. Trujillo). 



Some specimens are paler in colour than others. 



X.\X.—On the Elateridas of Japan. By G. Lewis, F.L.S. 

 [Continued from p. 48.] 



Melanoxanthus similis, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, fulvo-pubescens ; thorace nigro ; clytris macula 

 obli(]ua liumerali fasciatiue postica flavo-testaceis ; antennis (basi 

 excepta) infuscatis ; pedibus flavis. 



L. 4 miU. 



Elongate, somewhat pai'allel, with tawny pubescence ; the 

 head densely and a little coarsely punctured, black ; the 

 thorax more coarsely punctured than that of M. pictipennis 

 and the punctures are more densely set on the disk, wholly 

 black, carina well marked ; the elytra black, with a basal 

 longitudinal vitta, which covers the humeral angle and on 

 the fifth interstice continues down to the middle of the dorsum, 

 and before the middle occujiies jiart of the fourth and third 

 interstices, behind the middle there is a broad lobe-shaped 

 band which leaves the sutural interstice and outer edge 

 black, the strite are more coarsely punctured than in 

 M. 2^ictipcnnis, and the interstices smoother, narrower, and 

 more convex ; legs and antenna^ coloured as in the last 

 species. 



