IH85.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLKOPTKRA OF JAPAN. 739 



the rest gradually increasing in size, fulvous. Thorax narrow, 

 transverse, the posterior margin strongly rounded, the sides straight, 

 slightly thickened in front of the margin, the surface very closely 

 and finely punctured. Elytra rounded, pnnctured like the thorax, 

 the inner margin of their epipleurse ])laced far inwards ; each elytron 

 with a small black spot at the shoulder, another near the scutellum, 

 three others, of which the third is sutiiral and common to both 

 elytron, placed behind the anterior ones near the middle, and a small 

 spot at the apex ; the apices of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi fulvous, the 

 rest of the underside piceous. Prosternum elongate, rather broad ; 

 coxal cavities open. 



Sapporo. 



lu one of the specimens the elytral spots are very obscure and of 

 a dark fulvous colour, but their position is the same as in the other. 



Genus Psylliodes, Latr. 



PSYLLIODES SUBRUGOSA, Sp. OOV. 



Piceous below ; antennae and tibiae fulvous ; above dark blue ; 

 head and thorax closely punctured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, 

 the interstices finely punctured and slightly rugose. 



Length I line. 



Head distinctly punctured (when seen under a strong lens). 

 Antennae entirely fulvous, the second and third joints of equal length. 

 Thorax rather convex, about twice as broad as long, the surface 

 closely and more strongly punctured than the head, with an indi- 

 stinct central raised line. Elytra rather broad and convex, and 

 strongly punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured, and 

 shghtly rugose at the sides. Legs piceous; the knees, tarsi, and 

 the posterior tibiae fulvous. 



Hakodate. A single specimen. 



From the other tiiree known Japanese species the present one is 

 separated by its shorter, broader, and more convex shape, especially 

 in regard to the thorax, the punctuation of which is much stronger 

 than in the allied species ; further, by the entirely fulvous antennae 

 in connection \nth the slightly wrinkled interstices of the elytra, 

 which is principally to be seen at the sides wlien the insect is held 

 in a certain light. In P. angusticdllis, Baly, the elytral punctviation 

 is much finer. 



Psylliodes intermedia, sp. nov. 



Piceous ; above dark blue ; antennae black, the two basal joints 

 testaceous ; thorax extremely finely punctured ; elytra very deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices costate at the sides, finelv punctured 

 and wrinkled. 



Length 1 line. 



Otsu. A single specimen. 



The head in this species is impunctate ; the antennae, with the 

 exception of the two first joints, entirely black; the thorax is 



