218 ME. H. W. BATES ON TUB 



subtilius) punctatis ; thorace quam in L. cyanea paullo breviori 

 lateribus perparum rotundatis, basi modice constricto, angulis 

 baud prominentibus, disco convexo crebre foveolato, erecte piloso; 

 antenDis pedibusque breviter pilosis. Long. 12 millim. 

 Wada-toge ; JSTiohozan. 



i/ Leptuea (Jtjdolia) cometes, n. sp. 



L. cordifercB (Oliv.) affinis : major, dense fulvo-pubescens, nigra 

 opaca, elytris testaceo-flavis, basi juxta scutellum, macula sub- 

 rotunda utrinque laterali (post medium) alteraque apieali, iiigris; 

 tborace campanuliformi, basi depresso, angulis maxime productis, 

 dorse creberrime punctato dense erecte pubescenti; elytris sicut 

 in L. cordifercB apice singulatim productis subacutis, densissime 

 sericeo subincumbenti-pubescentibus. Long. 15 millim. 



Cbiuzenji ; Niobozan ; Sapporo. 



Approaches the North -American L. (JudoUa) cordifera more 

 nearly than any of the European species, having similarly pro- 

 longed apices of the elytra ; but it is very much larger, a,nd 

 wants the anterior marginal spot of the elytra. The glossy 

 tawmy-golden pubescence on the elytra conceals, in certain lights, 

 the black spots. 



Leptuea (Stenuea) yicaeta, n. sp. 



i. ohliteratcB (Haldem.) quam prosime affinis ; difFert statura 

 longiori et graciliori, tibiisque posticis (d') nigris etc. Nigra, 

 fulvo-aureo pubescens ; capite antice testaceo-flavo, macula tri- 

 angulari frontali epistomateque nigris ; thorace utrinque paullo 

 ante medium tuberculo conico, crebre punctulato, fulvo-testaceo 

 plaga magna dorsali nigra; elytris quam in L. ohliterata longius 

 attenuatis, basi relative angustioribus, apice oblique sinuato- 

 truncatis utriuque bidentatis, flavis, apice late, fascia recta mediana 

 maculaque parva versus basin laterali, nigris ; antennis ( c? ) cor- 

 poris apicem fere attingentibus, nigris, scapo subtus articulisque 

 apicalibus basi flavis ; pedibus flavo-testaceis, tibiis posticis ( c? ) 

 femoribusque (basi excepta) nigris. 



(5 . Tibiis posticis dimidio basali flavis ; elytris apice flavis 

 (fascia subapicali nigra) ; antennarum articulis omnibus (a quarto) 

 pallidis. 



Long. 17-20 millim. J $ . 



Niohozan and Sapporo ; on flowers of Hydrangea. 



