LONGICOEN BEETLES OE JAPAN, . 235 



supra plagis duabus (iaterdum in 4 divisis) nigris, elytris nigris 

 margine lateral! et medio basis testaoeis ; vittula curta obliqua ab 

 bumero versus discum, vitta valde obliqua a sutura usque mar- 

 ginem, ante medium, macula transversa mediana justa suturam, 

 fascia recta ante apicem, sutura a scutello usque ad banc fasciam 

 et apice late, cinereis (fasciis etc. prope basin plus minusve tes- 

 taceis) ; autennis (corpora longioribus) pedibusque nigris, sub- 

 tiliter griseo-pubescentibus; thorace subcj'lindrico, medio utrinque 

 subangulato basi constricto ; elytris apice declivibus justa suturam 

 brevitersinuato-truncatis,angulo exteriorimodiceproducto, cristis 

 basalibus obtusis jJ^-i'um elevatis, bumeris vix rectis. Long. 

 11-15 millim. 



Sparingly tbrougbout Japan. 



Tbe white markings and tbe clotting of the underside consist 

 in fine and compact adpressed pile ; tbe bead and margins of 

 pronotum have a similar but ratber coarser pile. Tbe ricb. 

 deep black parts of tbe elytra bave a black pile, generally partly 

 abraded, and exposing a close and strong punctuation of tbe 

 integument. 



Aglaophis COX0330THEOIDES, u. sp. (Plate I. fig. 12.) 



Pacies gen. CololothecB. Nigra, antennis artieulis (a secundo) 

 basi griseo-rufis, femoribus pedunculo rufo, elytris ultra medium 

 fascia recta lata (marginibus dentatis) nigra, apice late ciuereis, 

 cajtera superficie rufo-castaneo nigro varia, fasciis irregularibus 

 undulatis et intermixtis cinereis ; capite griseo-birto ; thorace 

 fere sicut in Anaglypto mystico, sed magis convexo, ereberrime 

 alveolato-punctato ; elytris lineari-oblongis, versus apicem atte- 

 nuatis apice anguste sinuato-truncatis angulo externo longe et 

 acute producto, lateribus altis et verticalibus, prope liumerospro- 

 minentes subcarinatis ; pedibus sicut in A. mystico, femoribus 

 abruptius clavatis. Long. 14 millim. 5 ? 



Sapporo. 



The bead and thorax are nearly tbe same as in Anaglyptus 

 mysiicus (Linn.), but tbe elytra more nearly approach, in form and 

 colours, certain species of Cololothea. I refer tbe species to tbe 

 Indian genus AglaopJiis, notwithstanding tbe absence of tbe 

 peculiar double convexity of tbe thorax in tbat genus, this cha- 

 racter being distinctly pronounced, judging from an undescribed 

 species wbich I bave examined, in the S only. Tbe third joint 

 of tbe antennae is mucb longer tban tbe fourtb and unarmed, tbe 



