188 Mr. G. Lewis on the Japanese Cleridse. 



being sometimes confluent with an epipleural black patch ; 

 behind the grey area is a broad, densely black band, which is 

 followed by an apical grey area, in the centre of which are 

 two well-defined black spots, one in the middle of each 

 elytron. The legs vary in colour, but the tarsi are reddish 

 brown and the fore legs generally palish with their upper 

 edge blackish ; the abdomen wholly reddish brown. 



This species closely approaches 0. nigropunctatus, Chevr., 

 in many of its characters. 



Hah. Kiushiu. Six examples in Higo ; and I have little 

 doubt but that it occurs only in the subtropical portions of 

 Japan. 



StigniaMum pilosellum. 



C'lerus jnlosellus, Kiesenw. 1879, = T/ianasiinus pilosellus, Gorhaui, 1878. 



The species is a typical Stigmatiuin. 

 Nab. Kiushiu, at Nagasaki and Konose. 



Tarsostenus univittatus^ Rossi. 



Hah. Kiushiu. I observed this insect once in abundance 

 on the rafters of an old cottage at Ipongi, near Nagasaki. I 

 believe this species has only been recorded from Europe 

 until recent years ; but there are specimens in the Museum 

 from Natal, Ceylon, and South Australia. 



Necrohia rujipes^ De Geer. 



I Jab. Kiushiu. A single example was found in carrion at 

 Nagasaki. 



Necrohia violaceus^ L. 

 Hah. All the islands. 



Necrohia ruficolUs, F. 



Hah. Frequent in all the towns and in the larders of 

 steamers calling at the ports. 



Corynetes cceruleus, De Geer. 

 Hah. Generally distributed in all the islands. 



Opetiopalpus morulus, Kiesenw. 



This insect is more parallel than ohesus. White, and the 

 head is narrower and more deeply punctured and is black. 

 The antennse also are only red at the base. I have placed an 

 example by the side of White's type in the Museum. 



