Mr. G. Lewis on Erotylidse/row Japan. 73 



AulacocMlus Bedelij Harold. 



AulacocUlus Bedeli, Harold, MT. Miinclin. ent. Ver. iv. p. 170. 



This species was first taken by Hilgendorf at Nikko ; I ob- 

 tained it in Higo early in June, and at the end of the month 

 not uncommonly at Nara and Bukenji. 



AulacocMlus japonicuSj Crotch. 



AulacocMlus japonicus, Crotch, Ent. Mon. Mag. 1873, p. 189. 



On my second visit to Japan I found this insect, as above 

 stated (p. 54), in Kioto, June 17, 1881, and other examples 

 at Yokohama and Mayebashi. 



In both the Japanese species of this genus, the prosternal 

 strise terminate before the coxse, and the mesosternum is very 

 widely margiuate anteriorly. 



Satelia. 

 Antennae as long as the thorax, first joint rather large, second 

 smaller and round, third slightly longer than fourth and fifth 

 together, third to eighth of nearly the same thickness, ninth to 

 eleventh forming an oblong-ovate club; last joint of maxil- 

 lary palpus robust and not angular ; head moderate ; eyes not 

 prominent; scutellum cordate ; prosternal process as in A ulaco- 

 cMlus violaceus (fig. 2, Ent. Mon. Mag. xxiv. p. 3, 1887) ; 

 the mesosternum has a crenulate arched line beginning at the 

 base and anteriorly crossing the centre. The general facies 

 of this genus is that of a small Dacne^ but the tarsi and pro- 

 sternum are similar to those of AulacocMlus. 



Satelia scitula. 

 Oblongo-ovata, subseneo-nigra, nitida, eapite obscure rufo; elytris 

 anticis oblique, apiee transversiin flavo-maculatis ; antennis ob- 

 scure rufis, pedibus rufo-testaceis. L. 2|-2| mill. 



Head and thorax evenly and rather finely punctured, the 

 first usually red, sometimes piceous, second black or obscure 

 ffineous black with distinct lateral margins ; the elytra are 

 punctate-striate with the interstices vaguely puncticulate, the 

 anterior yellow fascia begins before the middle of the elytron 

 between the first and second stria and after the fourth stria 

 passes up to the humeral angle, the posterior band is trans- 

 verse, leaving the suture and apex black ; the arched crenu- 

 late stria of the mesosternum is a very striking character ; the 

 presternum in front of the anterior coxas has large subocellate 

 punctures, within the prosternal lines the sculpture is rather 

 rugose. 



I took about a dozen examples in Higo and a few in 

 Yamato. The species is a little variable in regard to the size 

 of the fascias. 



