the Cistelidai t&c, of Japan. 253 



Hah. Nikko, MIyanoshita, and Kasliiwagi, in June. In 



Nagasaki as early as March. 



Mycetochares colli na, sp. n. 



Picea, nigro-pubcscens, nitida ; clytria 4-maculati8, maculis rufis ; 



pedibus rufis. 

 L. 44-O4I mill. 



Piceous, clothed with black pubescence ; the head rather 

 wide, width especially noticeable between the eyes, irregu- 

 larly and rather finely punctured ; the thorax widest near 

 the middle and rounded off to the anterior angles, posteriorly 

 rectangular, punctured like the head, basal foveaj well-marked, 

 with a rather wide antescutellar depression ; the scutellum 

 triangular and distinctly punctured ; the elytra parallel at 

 the sides, with a lobe-shaped red spot behind the humeral 

 angle and a second transverse spot well before the apex and 

 placed midway between the outer and sutural edges, punctate- 

 striate, stria not well-defined, owing to the punctuation, 

 interstices vaguely rugose and punctulate ; the antenna red, 

 with joints 6 to 10 usually infuscate ; the legs clear red. 



JIab. Kashiwagi. 



Mycetochares mimica, sp. n. 



Nigro-brunnea, griseo-pubescens, nitida; elytris basi bimaculatis ; 



pedibus brunneis. 

 L. 41-0 mill. 



Blackish brown, with greyish pubescence ; the head nar- 

 rower than that of" il^. coUinOj irregularly aud ratiicr coarsely 

 punctured ; the thorax narrowest anteriorly, punctured like 

 the head, basal fovea not well defined ; the scutellum trian- 

 gular, punctured irregularly ; the elytra not parallel at the 

 sides, widest near the middle, sometimes with a small humeral 

 red spot ; the antenna and legs reddish brown. 



Resembles il/. linearis, 111., a European species. 



Hab. llitoyoshi, Wada-toge, Sapporo and Junsai. 



Mycetochares scutellaris, sp. n. 



Brunnea, nigro-pubescens, nitida ; capite elytrisque infuscatis ; 



thorace obscure bruimeo ; scutello rufo ; antonnis pedibusquc rufo- 



testaceis. 

 L. 4^-44 mill. 



Somewhat elongate, narrower than either of the last two 

 species, reddish brown, shining ; the head somewhat narrow, 

 punctulate, nearl)' black between the eyes, anterior part and 

 mouth-organs testaceous ; the tliorax rather finely punctured, 

 brownish, darkest on the disk ; the scutellum reddish blown 



