462 Miscellaneous. 



Build of R. zonaria, Buq., but rather broader. Head aud 

 thorax bright fulvous yellow ; the latter with a lateral tuber- 

 cle rather behind the middle, the sides in front of this oblique. 

 Elytra pale greenish white, tinted with yellow on the sides ; 

 each with six black spots, viz. one next the scutellum, a large 

 oblique one just before the middle at the suture, another be- 

 hind the middle a little removed from the suture, and three 

 smaller spots on the humeral margins. The underside of the 

 insect is greenish yellow, with a black spot on the side of the 

 metasternum, and with the abdominal segments narrowly 

 edged with black. 



Hab. Antananarivo. 



LX. — Description of Ophites japonicus, a new Snake from 

 Japan. By Dr. A. GiJNTHER, F.R.S. &c. 



Scales in seventeen rows, those in the middle of the back so 

 feebly keeled as to appear almost smooth. Ventrals 205 ; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 69. Form of the head resembling 

 that of Le/ptodeira annulata. Eye rather small, with vertical 

 pupil. Anterior frontals short, rather broader than long ; 

 vertical as long as broad. Nostril in a large deep hollow. 

 Loreal narrow, more than twice as long as deep, narrower 

 behind than in front. No prreocular ; two postoculars ; eight 

 upper labials, the third, fourth, and fifth entering the orbit ; 

 the portion of the third which enters the orbit is very narrow 

 and pointed. Temporals 2 + 3. Purplish grey, with nume- 

 rous black cross bands, which on the anterior part of the trunk 

 are subquadrangular, much broader than the interspaces, 

 and subrhombic, and about as broad as the interspaces on the 

 rest of the body. Lower parts whitish, clouded with black or 

 marbled towards the middle of the belly. 



Two specimens were obtained, by Mr. C. Maries, near Nikko 

 in Central Japan. The larger is 26 inches long, of which 

 the tail takes 5 inches. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



New Northern Gephyrea. 

 By MM. D. C. Danielssen and J. Kokejt. 



MM. Daxielssen and Koren have described several new genera 

 and species of Gephyrea obtained by the Norwegian North-sea expe- 

 dition north of 63° N. lat. One species is described and illustrated 

 in detail ; it constitutes a new genus of the family Bonellidse, 

 named Hamingia, after the goddess of fortune in the northern 

 mythology. 



