the Cistelidaj ttc. of Japan. 273 



Mehindryu moJesta^ sp. ii. 



Elongatn, nigra, j)aium nitida, {jrisco-puLesccns ; capite j)Uiictnlato ; 



tlioraco tcnui ot sparse puiutulato ;.C'l} Irisiiigris vix azurco-inicans; 



antcnnis i)c(libus(|uc nil'o-liruiinois. 

 I,. !S ruill. 



Elongate, black, sunievvhat sliining, pubescent; the head 

 ]iunctulate, punctures not closely set ; the thorax narrowest 

 in front, widest before the posterior anu^lcs, less densely punc- 

 tulate than the head, median channel feeble, basal foveas 

 rather wide; the scutellum not transverse, semicircular in 

 outline ; the elytra, stride four in number, outer one shortest, 

 all evanescent well before tiie base, black but opalescent in 

 certain lights; the antennaj reddish brown, dusky at the 

 base ; the legs also reddish brown, with the intermediate and 

 Jiind femora dusky. 



This species somewhat resembles a small example of 

 M. inongoUca^ Sols., but the elytral strise arc incomplete. 



llab. Oyama in .Sagami. Two examples. 



Melandrya niponica, sp. n. 



Elongata, nigra, nitida, grisco-pubescoiis. J/. canaUculati^ forma 



similliuia, at multo major. 

 L. 14-1!) mill. 



Elongate, black, shining, with grey pubescence ; the head 

 irregularly and somewhat roughly punctured; the thorax 

 rather ^widely canaliculate in the middle, with two wide 

 depressions before the posterior angles, rather less thickly 

 punctured than the head ; the elytra striate, interstices 

 rugosely punctulate ; the mouth-organs, palpi, base of an- 

 tenna?, legs, and the greater part of the under surface obscure 

 reddish brown or piceous. 



The large size and greater breadth of the thorax distinguish 

 this from the European species. 



Hab. Chiuzenji, and on A'iohosan in June. Twenty 

 specimens. 



Melandrya atn'color, sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig. 6.) 



Elongata, parum angustata, atrata, nitida ; elytris striis evanes- 



ccntibus; pulpis tarsisque brunncis. 

 L. IM -IL^ mill. 



Elongate, black, shining, somewhat narrow and parallel at 

 the sides; palpi, a[)ical juint of antennae, and tarsi brown ; the 

 head irregularly and not densely nor deeply punctured ; the 

 thorax widest before the base, narrowest anteriorly, less dis- 

 tinctly punctured than the head, median channel shallow ; 



