440 Mr. G. Lewis on 



A. croceiventris as being " viridi-subgeaeus," and these species 

 measure only 3 to 3^ lines. I have used the generic name 

 of ^nortcjf/e.s- instead of JN^cicerc^es, because I do not consider 

 any of the above-mentioned species are congeneric with Na- 

 cerdes melamira J Linn. 



Hah. Juiisai, in profusion in elder-flowers in August ; also 

 taken on Ontake and other places of high elevation in 

 Central Japan. 



Asclera brunneipenms, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigra, subnitida; capita thoraceque nigris; 



elytris rufo-brunneis ; antennis pedibusque nigris. 

 L. 6-8 mill. 



Elongate, parallel, black, somewhat shining; the head black, 

 closely punctulate, with two shallow impressions on the face ; 

 the thorax also black, punctured like the head, widest behind 

 the anterior angles, then somewhat abruptly narrowed to the 

 base, with a rather large shallow fovea on each side at the 

 widest part; the scutellum black; the elytra reddish brown, 

 with two costge parallel to the suture, but abbreviated before 

 the apex, others obsolete ; the antennas, palpi, and legs dull • 

 black. 



Hab. Hakodate. Two examples only. 



Asclera mgroci/anea, sp. n. 



Elongata, parallela, nigro-cyanea, opaca ; capita thoraceque deasis- 

 sima punctulatis ; elytris S-costatis ; aiitenuis (basi excepta) 

 nigris. 



L. 7-7| mill. 



Elongate, parallel, opaque, with greyish pubescence, chiefly 

 noticeable on the sutural cost£e ; the head very densely and 

 rather minutely punctured in the male, rather less densely in 

 the female ; the thorax punctured like the head, emarginate 

 behind the anterior angle, surface uneven ; the elytra 5-costate, 

 interstices closely sculptured, sculpture rather coarser than 

 that of the thorax ; the antennaj black, with the three basal 

 joints flavous on the underside ; the legs with a bluish tint, 

 claws pale. 



Marseul in 1876 considered this species to be Asclera 

 cinereipenms, Motsch., and specimens in his collection in Paris 

 are still possibly so labelled. 



IJab. Oyama in Sagami, Nikko, and at Nagasaki on 

 Mitzudake. 



