the Elatericlaj of Japan. 199 



punctnlate, suture and outside margin narrowly castaneous, 

 bit'asciate, the fascia before the apex sonicwliat triangular in 

 outline ; tiie antenna and legs ferruginous. 



In general a])pearance corresponds withyl. rufus^ De Geer, 

 and A. rhomheus, 01. 



Ilah. Junsai, Chiuzcnji (Niohozan, bred from pupa;), and 

 Oyayama. 



Athous suhcyaneuSj Motsch. 

 Athous subcyaiieus, Motsch. Bull. !Mosc. 180(5, p. 106. 



This fine species has the scutellum conspicuously elevated 

 and shaped like the two sides of a prism, and the antennae 

 are very markedly serrate in both sexes. jMotschulsky did 

 not notice the curious scutellum, and, I think, Harold (Deutsch. 

 ent. Zeitschr. 1878, p. 73) and also Frivaldszky (Term, 

 fuzetek. xv. p. 124) have mistaken A. virens, Cand., for it. 



/lab. Chiuzcnji, Oyama, Oyayama, and Junsai. In 

 August at Junsai it was flying abundantly at a low elevation 

 at noon in the shady recesses of the Ibrest, but in south and 

 central Japan it is coiiHned to mountainous places of high 

 elevation. 



Athous secessus, Cand. 

 Athous secessus, Cand. Mt5m. Liege, 1873, p. 23. 



The scutellum in this species is feebly carinatc, the legs 

 usually black ; but in a long series I find two examples with 

 red legs. 



Ilab. Kioto, Osaka, Nara, and Nikko. 



Athous sinuatus, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, griseo-puboscens ; thorace ante angulos posticos con- 

 spicue sinuato ; elytris striis tenuiter impressis, interstitiis planis ; 

 antennis nigris, pedibus rutis. 



L. 10-12| mill. 



Black, shining, with griseous pubescence ; the head not 

 closely but rather coarsely punctured ; the thorax very finely 

 and sparsely punctured, strongly sinuous before tiie posterior 

 angles ; the scutellum feebly carinatc ; the elytra punctate- 

 striate, stride very lightly impressed, especially those next to 

 the suture, interstices punctured like the head ; the antcnuEe 

 black, basal joints pitchy red ; the legs pale red or rarely 

 infuscate. 



There is a variety with the elytra pitchy brown. 



Bab. Wada-toge, Fukushima, Yumoto, Nishimura, and 

 Nowata. 



