1885.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF JAPAN. 285 



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

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

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

 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 Coptocijcla 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 rugae, 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, ftava, nitida ; prothorace lavi, basi lineis 4 longitiidinali- 

 btis, nigris, mediis subapproximatis ; elytris mediocriter subseriatim ptincfatis, 

 dorso plaga magna communi, nigra, maculis numerosls circiter 26, incBqualibus, 

 devatis, flavis notafa ; margine sat late explanato, hyalino, confertim 

 reticulato ; abdomine inedio infuscato. — Long. 6, lat. 5 millim." 



"Yon Baly nicht als japanische Art aufgefuhrt, durch die Zeichnung dea 

 Halsschildes und der Flgd. leicht kenutlich, die ansebalieLste der bekanntea 

 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 spii-ota. 



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

 fiavis ; prothorace angulis externis rotundatis, basi tenuiter; maculis 

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

 maculis quinque nigris ; corpore subtus nigro, capite, prosterno 

 et pectore rujis, antennis pedibusque pallide flavis. 

 Long. 4j millim. 



Japan, Nowata, between Tokio and Nikko. 



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

 basal ones. Lfgs short and stout, red, spotted with darker red, and 

 coxae pitchy, abdomen and metasternum pitchy red but daik, 

 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, hase 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 



