414 Mr. H. A. Suilth on (lusteropoda 



Cerambycidae. 



LEPTVRiyS. 



Sagridola qiiinqiiemaculata, s]). nov. 



-5^. nigra, clytris obscure fuscis ; fronte, tlioraco lineis tribus, scutello, 

 elytris maculis quatuor Havis. Long. (j.\ lin. 



Head black, with a broad longitudinal line in the middle 

 and a narrow line on each side of it brit^lit yellow ; eyes 

 prominent. Thorax searcely lonp,er than bruad, slightly nar- 

 rowed in front and constricted behind the middle, velvety 

 black, with a broad sutural line and a broad stripe on each 

 side bright yellow. Scutellum yellow. Elytra scarcely twice 

 the length of the head and thorax taken together, broad at the 

 base, much attenuated toAvards the apex, which is truncate, 

 tlat,thc margins towards the apex slightly rcflexcd ; shoulders 

 at the sides somewhat thickly and strongly punctured ; their 

 colour is fuscous, with a large ovate spot in the middle of each, 

 and the apex yelloAV. Antenna slender. Legs and underside 

 of the body pitchy black, with pale yellow markings on the 

 epimera, parapleura, and the sides of the abdominal segment. 



Hub. Madagascar. B.M. 



Lll. — A List of the Gasteropoda collected in Japanese Seas by 

 Commander H. C. St. John, i?.A" By Edgar A. Smith, 

 F.Z.S., Zoological Department, British Museum. 



All the specimens which represent the species included in the 

 following list were liberally presented to the National Collec- 

 tion by Mr. J. Gwyn Jefireys. Certain species dredged at 

 the same time, and stated by Mr. Jefireys (Journal Linn. Soc, 

 Zoology, vol. xii. pp. 100-107) to be identical with, or but 

 varieties of, Em'opean forms, will not now be enumerated, as 

 they have not as yet come under my observation. Before 

 commencing the list, I would add that the shells have been 

 most admirably collected by Commander St. John, to whom 

 the greatest praise and thanks are due. The care bestowed in 



S reserving the exact localities, the depth at which they were 

 redged, at times even the temperature of the water, and also 

 the nature of the sea-bottom, indicates a vast amount of labour 

 and energy, which it would be well if more frequently imitated, 

 as such information always greatly adds to the interest of the 

 subject, and facilitates and adds security to the determination 

 of species. In a future communication I propose to give a list 

 of the Conchifera. 



