244 ME. H. W. BATES ON THE 



■wHch it is more nearly allied, in the perfectly straight outer 

 edge of the intermediate tibiae. The cicatrice of the scape is 

 visible only in a certain light, and recognizable chiefly by its 

 limiting margin ; it is very broad, as in Xenolea. 



Nanohammtjs eupescen-s, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 

 Fulvo - castaneus, subnudus, thoracis linea dorsali, scutello 

 maculisque elytrorum (ante et post medium subfasciatim con- 

 gregatis) ocbraceo-tomentosis ; antennarum articulis 3-4 basi 

 tibiisque pallidioribus ; capite omnino discrete punctulato ; 

 thorace creberrime subconfluenter, elytris passim discrete hie illie 

 seriatim, punctatis. Long. 7 millim. 

 Chiuzenji. 



ScoTiifATrGEs DTPHTSis, Fascoe, Ann. Sf Mag. N. JS. 1871, 

 p. 277, t. xiii. fig. 4. 



Island of Tsu-shima (JBowring). 



This species was omitted from my first enumeration of the 

 Longicornia of Japan. 



Mbsosa &EACILIOE, n. sp. 



M. nebuloscB (Oliv.) prime intuitu similis, sed angustior, 

 gracilis, thorace praecipue angustiori, minori lateribusque rotun- 

 datis. Anguste oblonga, fulvescenti-fusco adpresso-pubescens, 

 vertice et thorace nigro pluri-maculatis (nee vittatis) ; elytris 

 guttis sat confertis nigris fasciaque mediana dentata cinerea 

 nigro partim marginata ; antennis nigro-f uscis, articulis basi 

 griseis ; elytris elongato-oblongis, erebrius quam in M. nehulosa 

 punctulatis. Long. 10-11 millim. c? $ • 



Oyayama. 



Narrower and more elongated than M. nehulosa, the thorax 

 especially relatively much smaller and narrower and rounded on 

 the sides. 



Mesosa japonica, Bates. 

 S. Japan ; also Tezo. 



\j Mesosa hiesuta, n. sp. 



Elongato-oblonga, supra dense ereete pubescens, fusco-tomen- 

 tosa, griseo plagiatim varia ; thoracis maculis novem (interdum 

 inrlistinctis), elytrorum maculis circa 20, quarum 4 suturalibus 

 communibus, atro-f uscis ; antennis fusco-nigris, articulis 3-11 



