the Cistelidaj t&c. of Japan. 2G7 



what shining, with short pubescence ; tlie head rather densely, 

 not coarsely jxinctured, face nearly flat ; the thorax densely 

 sculptured anil transversely rug<»se, median channel rather 

 deep and a little shortened before neck; the scutelluin semi- 

 circular in outline; the elytra, finely and densely sculptured, 

 with two lobe-sha[)ed spots on the edge of the wing-case near 

 the middle of the base, two median spots or bands on the 

 space over the intermetliate and posterior coxa?, these s|)0ts 

 touch the outer margin and leave a wide area near tiie suture 

 dark, and are emarginate in front and feebly sinuous be- 

 hind, before the apex are two bands which nearly touch the 

 suture and the outer edge, and have sinuous edges, all the 

 spots orange-red; the niitenna?, first and second joints cylin- 

 drical, third to the tentli gradually widen and flatteii out, 

 joints 8, 9, and 10 are markedly transverse, terminal joint 

 conical in outline, all densely black ; the legs black, claws 

 palish. 



Except the form of the aiitennie, which may be a sexual 

 character only, 1 can see nothing to separate this species 

 tVom Dircaa. 



Ilab. Ikenehaiya near Kashiwagi. One example- only, 

 June 22nd, 1881. 



Dirccea erotyloideSj sp. n. 



Elongata, elliptica, brunnco-nigra, subnitida ; elj-tris 4-raaculatis, 

 maculis flavo-rufis et dentato-sinuatis ; autennis pedibus(]ue uigris. 

 L. 8i-i3J mill. 



Elongate, elli()tical, brownish black, somewhat shining ; 

 the head cleaily punctulate, sjme points transversely con- 

 fluent, not foveolate ; the thorax longer than wide, widest 

 before the base, densely punctured, transversely rugose, median 

 channel narrow and reaching mitlway only from the base; 

 the scutellum densely j)unetured, semicircular in outline; 

 the elytra with four reddish-yellow maculations, each strongly 

 dentate-sinuate and not touching the outer or suturnl edges, 

 sculptured like the thorax ; the antennw, legs, and under 

 surface black. 



This species resembles D. 4-</iitfnta, Payk. 



JIuli. 2sikko, Chiuzenji, and Buno. 



Dircaa dentato-maculata, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigra, opaca : elytris flavo-raaculatis ; antennis 



(basi cxcopta) nigris. 

 L. 11-12^ mill. 



Elongate, parallel, black, opaque; the head densely but 

 finely sculptured, usually with a deep frontal fovea; die 



