1885.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 747 



with the ))osterior margin) ; the interstices swollen or irregularly 

 raised, covered, as well as the interior of the impressions, with deep 

 punctures. Scutelhim piceous or fulvous, its apex broadly rounded. 

 Elytra not widened behind, rufous or sanguineous, Hke the head and 

 thorax ; each elytron with eight strongly raised and closely approached 

 costse, the space between tlie first costa and the suture of double 

 the width between the others, the interstices very deeply and 

 regularly impressed with round punctures. Underside and legs 

 black, finely covered with sparing yellow pubescence ; the femora and 

 knees sometimes obscure fulvous ; anterior coxal cavities closed ; 

 claws append iculate. 



Kiga, Konose, Jchiuchi, Suyama on lillies. 



From any of the similarly coloured European species, A. multi- 

 costata is at once to be separated by the eight closely approached 

 costa3, which leave a broader space" only between the" first and the 

 sutural margin. 



Genus Gtalerucida, Motsch. 



Galerucida lewisi, sp. nov. (Plate XLYI. fig. 6.) 



Black ; thorax foveolate-punctate ; elytra closely and very deeply 

 semipunctate-striate ; a spot at the shoulder, a transverse narrow 

 sinuate band behind the middle, and a round spot near the apex 

 yellow. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head impunctate ; antennae more than two thirds tlie length of 

 the body, the second and third joints very short and equal. Thorax 

 transverse, sides nearly straight, slightly widened in front, the 

 anterior angles produced in shape of a small tubercle, surface irregu- 

 larly covered with deep foveolate punctures. Scutellum impunctate. 

 Elytra very deeply and rather closely punctured, the punctures 

 arranged in semiregular rows and sometimes confluent ; the small 

 yellow spot placed at the shoulder smooth and raised, the transverse 

 band below the middle sinuate and not extending to the suture, the 

 apical spot round and small. 



Oyama. 



This species, of which many specimens were obtained by Mr. 

 Lewis, cannot be mistaken for a variety of G. bifasciata "or G. 

 consociatu, Baly, on account of the quite ditferent punctuation of 

 the elytra, the interstices of which are impunctate and smooth, the 

 punctures themselves being arranged in single rows. 



Genus Sphenorata, Clark. 



Sphenoraia intermedia, sp. nov. 



Black ; thorax strongly and remotely punctured ; elytra metallic 

 blue, strongly subgeminate punctate-striate, the interstices finely 

 punctured. 



Length 2 lines. 



Noheyi. A single specimen. 



The only two species with which the present one can be compared 

 are S. fulc/ida and -S'. magica, Harold. Both are, however, of double 



