Species of Coleoptera from Japan. 465 



prominulis ; thorace disco lsevi, ad basin, punctato, scutello nigro ; 

 elytris rufescentibus vix grosse punctulatis ; pedibus rufis. L. 

 6 lin. 



The large head and prominent eyes of this species bring it 

 near N. mellita, Say, to which, however, it has no very close 

 resemblance. The tarsi are pitchy brown, as are also the 

 lower portions of the hind tibiae. 



Litocerus Roelofsi } n. sp. 



L. niger, griseo-pilosus ; rostro ad basin capiteque sub oculis albo- 

 pilosis ; thorace in medio macula testacea traguliformi, subtus 

 obscure testaceo ; elytris testaceis, nigro-bifasciatis, fasciis mar- 

 ginalibus angustioribus albis ; pedibus testaceo variegatis. L. 

 3| lin. 



Black ; rostrum behind the antennge and a patch under the 

 eyes pubescent white ; thorax with a mesial arrow-shaped spot 

 testaceous. The elytra are testaceous, with two beautiful 

 fasciae, irregular, and narrowly margined with white. There is 

 also a black spot on each of the tubercles at the base, which 

 is confluent with the narrow line of black occupying the base, 

 and behind the humeral spot a small black isolated spot, the 

 latter white-margined. Abdomen has the last five sections 

 testaceous and immaculate. The first joint of each tarsus 

 has a broad testaceous annulus, as has also each tibia. 



Ilab. Nagasaki, Iponmatzu, on the wax-tree (Rhus suc- 

 cedanea, L.). 



Cassida erudita, Baly (1873),= C. rugoso-punctata, Motsch. 

 (1866). 



Cassida consociata, Baly (1873),= G.fusco-rufa, Motsch. 

 (1866). 



Episcajpha hamata, n. sp. 



E. elongata, subparallela, nigra, nitida ; thorace subquadrato, antice 

 leviter angustato, lateribus modice rotundatis, crebre subtiliter 

 punctato ; elytris obsoletius punctatis, annulo humerali integro, 

 extus denticulato, ramum brevem emittente, fasciaque lata sub- 

 apicali pallide fulvis. L. 6 lin. 



Allied to E. indica, Crotch, but not so obsoletely punctured ; 

 it is also rather smaller and less convex. It is the only species 

 from Japan at present with the isolated humeral spot. 



Hah. Hakodate*. 



Episcapha Gorhami, n. sp. 



E. elongata, sublaevis, nigra, crebre fortius punctata ; thorace sub- 

 opaco, antice angustato, lateribus fere rectis, medio obsolete bi- 



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