274 Mr. G. Lewis on 



tlie elytra vaguely brownish at the base, stria? distinctly 

 traceable only in certain lights, sculpture similar to that of the 

 thorax. 



IJab. Chiuzenji. Sis examples in June 1880, only seen 

 once. 



Melandrya ordinaria, sp. n. 



Elongata, nigra, subnitida, piibescens ; capito thoraceque paruni 

 dense punctatis ; elytris baud striatis, lateralibus obscure rufo- 

 bnmneis. 



L. ^-Qh mill. 



Elongate, black, somewhat shining, pubescent ; the head 

 distinctly rather closely ])unctured, impressed between the 

 eyes; the thorax punctured like the head, widest behind the 

 middle, median channel well-defined, shortened only just be- 

 hind the neck, basal ibveai very small, situated in a wide 

 depression; the scutellum black; the elytra punctured like 

 the thorax, stride obsolete (traces ai-e seen in one example), 

 with a rather broad lateral band reddish brown ; the antennse 

 black, apex of terminal joint reddish ; the legs blackish, tarsi 

 obscurely reddish brown. The elytra are wholly reddish 

 brown in one example. 



Hob. Oyayama, Kashiwagi, Mayebara, and Chiuzenji. 

 Nine examples. 



Melandrya ruJicolUs, sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig. 7.J 



Elongata, depressa, parallela, atrata, subnitida ; thorace, abdomen 



apiee, rufis ; antennis brevibus, 

 L. 12-17 mill. 



Elongate, depressed, parallel, somewhat shining, with short 

 pubescence; the head, surface uneven and irregularly punc- 

 tured, punctures rather small ; the thorax one third wider than 

 broad, rounded at the sides, sinuous at the base, clearly punc- 

 tured, orange-red, with pubescence of same colour ; the 

 sculellum black, rather densely and finely punctured; the 

 elytra, parallel at sides, sculpture close, black, with black 

 pubescence ; the abdomen, last segment orange-red ; the 

 antennse, palpi and legs black, tlie first short, about the 

 length of the head and thorax, with joints 7 to 10 ob- 

 conical. 



Owing to the breadth of the thorax and shortness of the 

 antennse, the facies of this species at first sight may seem to 

 exclude it from the genus Melandrya. 



Hah. Ichiuchi, Yuyama (Ichibosa yama) and at Nikko near 

 the temples. Only six specimens. 



