1885.] COLEOPTERA FROM JAPAN. 195 



baud at the sides black ; surface impunctate, a few punctures only 

 are placed near the sides. Scutelhim black. Elytra much wider at 

 (he base than the thorax, subquadrate-oblong, the punctured strise 

 arranged in the following way : — a double row placed close to the 

 sutural margin, the following space broader than that occupied by 

 the punctures and raised in a costa near the apex ; the eight 

 following rows of punctures regularly placed, but the first and the 

 last three of these very deeply impressed ; the interspace in front of 

 the last two rows costate ; the black sutural band extends to the first 

 row of punctures, the discoidal band occupies the space between the 

 third and eighth rows, both bands are connected with a small 

 triangular black spot at the apex. Underside and legs are entirely 

 black. 



Nikko. A single specimen. 



Crioceris orientalis, sp. nov. 



Below, the lower part of the head, a spot at the vertex, antennse, 

 and legs black ; thorax cylindrical, fulvous ; elytra testaceous, 

 distinctly punctate-striate. 



Length 2^ lines. 



Head impunctate, black, sparingly covered with yellow pubescence; 

 vertex fulvous, with an elongate blackish central spot. Antennae 

 half the length of the body, black, the second joint extremely short. 

 Thorax cylindrical, scarcely constricted at the middle, with a narrow 

 transverse groove close to the basal margin ; surface remotely and 

 very finely punctured, fulvous, the sides below black. Scutellum 

 black. Elytra convex, of paler colour than the thorax, regularly and 

 rather strongly punctate-striate, the punctuation getting finer towards 

 the apex ; at the shoulder a small piceous spot is visible. Underside 

 and legs black. 



Sapparo. 



Of this species only a single specimen is before me, which in structure 

 is without doubt closely allied to C. \2-punctata &nA several others, 

 in which the thorax is nearly cylindrical. The absence of any spots 

 at the disk of the elytra and the general colour of the present species 

 will help to distinguish it. 



Genus Pedrillia, "Westw. 



Pedrillia annulata, Baly. 



In all the specimens which were obtained at Nikko the black 

 spot of the head and thorax as described by Mr. Baly is wanting, 

 but in every other respect the insects agree. 



Pedrillia nigricollis, n. sp. 



Black, pubescent ; elytra testaceous, closely punctured. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head strongly punctured in front of the eyes, the intermediate 

 space and the vertex smooth and shining ; eyes deeply notched ; the 

 space in front of the clypeus deeply foveolate. Antennae half the 



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