some Japanese Scaphidiidtu. 293 



Oval, convex, black, shining, each elytron with two (often 

 somewhat wide) yellowish-red fascial ; the head, punctuation 

 between the eyes sparse and irregular ; the thorax more 

 evenly but not thickly punctured, transverse punctures largest 

 before the scutelkim ; the elytra with similar punctuation, 

 basal fascijB rather broad, somewhat irregular in outline, but 

 usually divided into two lobes, in some examples (apparently 

 varieties) the spots are small and confined to the outer edge 

 of the wing-case ; the antennte are black, basal joints a little 

 pitchy. 



(J . The anterior tibite are swollen on the inner edge and 

 the hindermost thighs have a conspicuous blunt tooth on the 

 inner side not far from the middle of the limb, but nearest to 

 the tibia. 



Ilab. Main island and Kiushiu. 



Scapliidium Reitteri, Lew. 

 Scaphidium Rdtteri, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1879, iv. p. 460, 



This is the only species recorded from Japan that has part 

 of the thorax red ; in this respect it resembles an American 

 form. Beyond the hairy sternum it has no conspicuous 

 masculine character. 



Hah. Vries Island, Kashiwagi, Chiuzenji, and several 

 places in Higo. I also met with it on Maiyasan, near Kobd, 

 in almost the exact spot where I found it ten years previously. 



The following species have the elytra wholly black : — 



Scaphidium rufopygum, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, pygidio rufo ; pedibus nigris vel rufis. 

 L. 4i-4i mill. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, black, shining, pygidium bright 

 red ; the head feebly and sparsely punctured ; the thorax 

 more clearly punctured, especially on the disk before the 

 transverse punctures ; the elytra, sutural stria w^ell marked 

 and continued along the base nearly to the humeral angle, 

 dorsal area irregularly punctured, some of the punctures 

 assume a linear arrangement. Beyond the hairy metasternum 

 and a slightly increased breadth of the anterior tarsi there are 

 no visible masculine differences ; the legs are usually black, 

 but frequently reddish. 



Hah. Yuyama, Kiga, and Nikko. 



