Mr. G. Lewis on Erotylidee^^om Japan. 63 



capite parum grosse punctate, utrinque rufo ; scutello nigro ; 

 elyfcris basi rufis, apice nigris, in medio nigro-punctatis. L. 4| 

 mill. 



This species is a true Cyrtotriplax, and in many characters 

 is similar to C. sobrina : the thoi'ax is much less wide, the 

 lateral margin more robust ; the club of the antennse alone is 

 black, the head is triangularly black in front, red at the sides ; 

 the elytra are red at the base, and in the central region this 

 colour extends halfway down, enclosing a round black spot 

 immediately below the scutellura ; at the sides of the elytra 

 the black colour encroaches on the red to the middle of the 

 fourth interstice. The prosternum is rugosely punctate, with 

 striae widely separate and not hamate \ the mesosternum is 

 red at base. 



Captured between Nikaido and Kashiwagi, June 15, 1881. 



Cyrtotriplax pantherina. 



Ovata, rufo-testacea, nigro maculata ; antennis pedibusquetestaceis. 

 L. 4| miU. 



Eed ; head and thorax somewhat densely punctate ; head 

 with a black oblong spot between the eyes, two larger spots on 

 thorax, touching its base at centre of each elytron ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra with two large black transverse spots at the edge 

 below the humeral angle and two spots behind the scutellum, 

 confluent at the suture ; the apical portion has a very wide 

 irregular band which leaves the ends of the elytra alone red. 

 The prosternal lines are anteriorly hooked and nearly con- 

 verge ; the fore part of the prosternum and the metasternum 

 are dark-coloured. 



A good series was brought from Oyayama, near Kuma- 

 moto, in Higo, June 1881, by a native collector. 



Cyrtotriplax latifasciata. 



Ovata, nigra, nitida, capite basi rufo, scutello nigro ; elytris late 

 bifasciatis ; antennis (basi excepta) pedibusque nigris. L. 3| 

 mill. 



Black and shining ; head and thorax rather finely punctu- 

 late, former transversely red at base, latter wholly black ; the* 

 elytra are black, with a broad fascia at the base, apically 

 irregular, broadest between fifth and sixth stri^, narrowest at 

 third; the second band is broadest at the same point, the 

 anterior one is slightly the wider, and the extremities of the 

 elytra are reddish ; the posterior line of the posterior red 

 band is not irregular ; the legs are black, with the tarsi red. 



