222 ME. H. TV. BATES ON THE 



apieem concava fere sulcata, apice valde oblique et sinuatim trun- 

 cata, angulo suturali sat elougato acuto, exterior! longe producto. 

 Pedes postici relative parum elougati. Cosse anticse et sterna 

 normalia. Ventris segmentum apicale in utroque sesu apice 

 paullo siuuatum, c? haud medio concavum. 



EUSTEAKGALIS DISTENIOIDES, 11. Sp. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Nitida, fulva, vertice thoracis macula utrinque discoidali, ely- 

 trorumque utrinque vitta ab humero usque ad apieem, nigris ; 

 antennis nigris ; tarsis tibiisque posticis apice infuscatis. Capite 

 punctate fere glabro ; thorace punctulato, sulcis fundo Isevibus, 

 disco fulYo-aureo pubescenti ; elytris sat crebre punctulatis, pilis 

 fulvo-aureis incumbentibus sat sparsim vestitis ; corpore subtus 

 fere glabro nitido ; abdominis segmento terminali nigro. Long. 

 15-20 millim. c? ? • 



Nikko ; Sapporo. 



Steangalia dtjlcis, n. sp. 



Yalde elongata, gracilis, sericeo-opaca, nigra, tborace san- 

 guineo ; scutello dense aureo-pubescenti, elytris humeris et 

 apice rufescentibus. 



Variat : 1. Elytris castaneo-rufis. 2. Idem, tboraceque nigro. 



c? . Segmentum apicale vcntrale medio longitudinaliter con- 

 cavum, lateralibus raodice elevatis. 



5 . Segmentum apicale parum concavum, lateribus baud ele- 

 vatis. 



Long. 15 millim. c? 5 . 



"Wada-toge ; Tuyama, in Higo, 



Of very elongate subliuear form, minutely and closely punc- 

 tured, witb fine incumbent pilosity and the surface almost opaque. 

 The muzzle is moderately elongated and quadrate, the antennje 

 set s, little behind the front margin of the eyes, and the head 

 iiarrowed immediately behind the latter, a minute portion only of 

 t!ie .cheeks baing visible behind the eye. The thorax is narrow; 

 ^widened from apex to base, the middle of the sides feebly dilated, 

 the Jiind angles produced, the anterior sulcus well pronounced, 

 but no depression across the middle of tbe base. The elytra are 

 relatively narrow at tbe base, the apex ver^'' obliquely truncated, 

 ithe surface without visible depression near the suture. The legs 

 a.re long and slender^ the hind pair remarkably long. 



The species is intermediate between Stenura and Strangalia ; 

 .the gro.ove or concavity along the apical half of the last ventral 



