LONGICOEK BEETLES OF JAPAJS". 231 



antice angustato ; elytris obtuse truncatis ; pedibus nigris, femo- 

 ribus gradatim incrassatis, posticis elytris multo longioribus. 

 Long. 12 millim. J? 



Sapporo. 



Eemarkable for tbe dense golden-yellow pile of the elytra, 

 which is laid partly transversely and partly longitudinally. 



Xtloteechus chustensis, Ghevrolat, Eev. Zool. 1842, p. 416. 



South and Central Japan ; also Tezo. China. 



" Peeds in the larva state in pollard mulberry-trees, planted 

 for silkworms. In August the imago sits on the upper surface 

 of a leaf or walks about with a jerky gait, after the manner of a 

 hornet, which it also mucli resembles in colour." {Lewis.) 



Xtloteechus emaciatus, n. sp. 



Augustus, subliuearis ; fronte subobsolete bicarinata ; thorace 

 valde convexo quadrato-ovato, medio baud dilatato nee basi con- 

 strict©, elytris apice flexuoso-truncatis, augulo exteriori spinoso ; 

 pedibus iii hoc geuere gracilibus. Niger, fronte albo-bifasciata ; 

 thorace creberrime confluenter punctulato, liuea dorsali cristata, 

 marginibus antico et postico fasciaque mediaua, albis ; elytris 

 nigris, basi testaceis, fascia parum obliqua subbasali, altera valde 

 obliqua ante medium (ad suturam autice prolongata sed fasciam 

 anterioremhaud attingeuti), fascia recta ante apicem, flavis, apice 

 late cinereis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; ventre flavo- 

 annulato. Long. 8 millim. 5 ? 



Kurigahara. 



Not a typical Xylotreclms, thougli better placed here than 

 in Cli/tus, the forehead being rounded and having the rudi- 

 ments of cariusD, and the thorax, though wanting tlie charac- 

 teristic outline of Xylotreclms, having a roughened raised dorsal 

 line. 



Xtloteechus claeikus, n. sp. 



X. ihici (G-ebler) quam proxime affinis, differt tantum elytrorum 

 sutura inter fascias secundam et tertiam nigra, inter tertiam et 

 apicem flava. Niger, thorace antice et postice flavo marginato, 

 elytris fascia secunda postice sinuata, tertia pier um que per 

 suturam cum fascia apicali conjuncta ; antennis pedibusque fulvo- 

 rufis, femoribus nigro-fuscis ; corpore subtus griseo-pubesceuti, 

 macula apud episterni metathoracis apicem, marginibusque an- 



