230 ME. H. TV. BATES ON THE 



duabus disci nigris ; elytris (basi ramulum utrinque ante bu- 

 merum emittenti) vitta longe post scutellum obliqua (extus 

 recurva et iuterdum ramulum basis attingenti), fascia lata pone 

 medium (apud suturam antice vakle dilatata) apiceque late, 

 cinereis ; tuberibus antenniferis conspicue elevatis ; oculis pro- 

 miuentibus ; elytris apice late flezuoso-truncatis, angulis breviter 

 spinosis ; antennis c? corpore baud longioribas; pedibus graci- 

 libus. Long. 9-10 millim. 



Suyama ; JNikko ; Yokobama. 



Tbe short but distinct spine at tbe apex of the fourth antennal 

 joint brings this species witbin tbe definition of the tropical Asiatic 

 genus Demonax; but the spine in. Demonax is generally of great 

 length and repeated on tbe tbird joint. 



ClTTUS MELiENTJS, n. Sp. 



C. rJiamiii (Linn.) paullo gracilior, nigerrimus, elytris subni- 

 tidis, macula bumerali, fascia arietina, altera post medium paul- 

 lulum obliqua, scutelloque albis ; sternis singulis ventrisque seg- 

 mentis 1-3 utrinque macula laterali triangulari alba. Capite, 

 pedibus antennisque fere sicut in G. rhamnl (sed nigris), tborace 

 longiori, oblongo-ovato multo minus dense punctulato, cum ely- 

 tris longe sed sparsim griseo-birto et suberecte breviter nigro- 

 setoso ; elytris postice baud attenuatis, apice yalde ilexuoso- 

 truncatis, angulis breviter spiniferis. Long. 8^-11 millim. 



Junsai. 



Allied to C. arietis and C. rliamni, but the thorax more elon- 

 gate than eitber, the tborax without coloured margins, and the 

 colour of the whole insect deep black, except the scutellum, elytral 

 markings, and spots on the underside, which are pure white. 



ClTTUS AITEIPILIS, U. Sp. 



C. arieti (Linn.) longicr thoraceque relative multo magis elon- 

 gato. Plavo-pilosus, thoraee antice maculis 5 nigris (una mediana 

 furcata), duabus utrinque lateralibus linearibus ; elytris pilis longis, 

 densis, adpressis, auro-sericeis vestitis, signaturis nigris nudis 

 opacis, viz. annulo ovali utrinque basali, fascia valde obliqua 

 mediana (ad marginem dilatata et retrocurvata), fascia recta ante 

 apicem, marginibusque lateralibus (post fasciam ante-apicalem) 

 dilatata sed apicem hand attingenti. Capite sicut in O. arieti, sed 

 erecte piloso ; antennis dimidlo corporis baud longioribus, sat 

 robustis ; tborace elongato anguste ovato, postice magis quam 



