1885.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 285 



nigro-piceo, puncto ante scutellum sat profunda ; elytris intequa- 

 libus, grosse ac remote rugulosis, inter rugas fortiter punctato- 

 striatis, disco nigro-piceo ramos ad humeros late oblique emitfente; 

 lateribus sat explanatis apiceque albido diaphanis, reticulatis. 

 Long. 7, lat. 4 millim. 



Japan, Kiga and Oyama (4000 ft.) on main island (G. Lewis). 

 Apparently not very like any species of Coptocycla recorded from 

 Japan or Siberia, and at once to be known by its very shining 

 surface and roughly rugulose elytra, which are, however, quite 

 shining. The profile of the elytra is rather evenly convex ; they 

 scarcely form a point at their summit, the suture is elevated, and 

 two rugae at this point soon diverge, but becoming united and 

 confused with other rugse, enclose several areolets. 

 Five specimens are all I have seen. 



Coptocycla vesicularis. 



Coptocycla vesicularis, Thunb. Bohem. Cass. iii. p. 256; Kraatz. 

 I.e. p. 271. 



'^ Rotundata, convexa, flava, nitida ; prothorace Icevi, basi lineis 4 longitudinali- 

 bus, nigris, viediis suhapproximatis ; elytris mediocriter subseriatim inmcfafis, 

 dor&o flagamagnacommuni, nigra, maculis nmnerosis ciroifer 26, iiKsqualibus, 

 elevatis, flavis notata ; margine sat late explanato, hyalino, confertim 

 reticulafo ; abdomine viedio infuscato. — Long. 6, lat. 5 millim." 



"Von Baly nicht als japanische Art aufgefiihrt, durch die Zeichnung des 

 Halsschildes und der Flgd. leicht kermtlich, die ansehnlicliste der bekaunteu 

 japanischen Species." 



The thorax has four black lines, the middle one approximate, the 

 disk of the elytra black, with numerous (about 26) unequal, raised, 

 yellow marks. Length 6 millim., breadth 5. 



I have not seen this species. 



Coptocycla spilota. 



Oblonga, parum rotundata, nitida, supra castaneo-rufa, marginibus 

 flavis ; prothorace angulis externis rotundatis, basi tenuiter; maculis 

 tribus basulibus, una disci antica, scutello, sutura, elytrorumque 

 maculis quinque nigris ; corpore subtus nigro, capite, prosterno 

 et pectore rujis, aiitennis pedibusque pallide flavis.- 

 Long. 4| millim. 



Japan, Nowata, between Tokio and Nikko. 



Head red, antennae with joints seven to the end thicker than the 

 basal ones. Lt'gs short and stout, red, spotted with darker red, and 

 co.xae pitchy, abdomen and metasternum pitchy red but dark, 

 punctured towards its apex, but the breast and prosternum almost 

 smooth. Thorax above smooth and convex behind, but uneven, 

 the exterior angle with raised margin, base bisinuate ; elytra bright 

 red, but varying, in places being brick-red, in other parts yellow 

 or chestnut-red ; suture black, but dilated into irregular spots about 

 five in number. Three discoidal oblique spots, the middle one 



