LOKGICORIS' BEETLES OE JAPAK. 261 



apicali iBterdum fusco suffusa; antennis fulvis, articulis 1-2 

 nigris, vel fere toto nigris : subtus fusco-nigro. Long. 10-12 

 millim. 



Otaru ; Wanai ; Junsai. 



Kraatz suggests that Oherea marginella would be better placed 

 in Nupserha. It is, in fact, like so many other Japanese Longi- 

 corns, a connecting link between two genera. The sculpture is 

 more that of an Oberea. 



Peaolia, nov. gen. 



G-en. Serixice affinis et similis ; sed differt tarsorum unguibus late 

 et breviter dentatis. Corpus cylindricum, erecte pilosum, elytris 

 sericeo adpresso-pubescentibus. Caput thorace latius; oeuli 

 magni, convesi ; vertex et frons plana. Antennae corpore plus- 

 quam duplo longiores, tenuiter fiHformes ; scapo art. tertio sub- 

 sequali, cseteris a quarto paullo crescentibus. Thorax breviter 

 cylindricus, postice angustatus. Elytra cylindrica, apice rotun- 

 data, seriatim punctata. Pro- et mesosterna angusta sed per- 

 spicua; metasterni episterna antice baud dilatata, elongato- 

 oblonga, postice subangustata. Yentris segmenta fere sequalia. 

 Pemora parum incrassata ; tibiae intermedise extus versus apicem 

 sinuatse ; tarsi breves et lati, unguibus divaricatis basi late et 

 brevissime dentatis. 



Allied to the Indo-Malayan genus Seriocia, the narrower sub- 

 cylindrical species of which it much resembles. But Serixia and 

 its allied genera or sections {lole, Xyaste) have simple claws ; in 

 Praolia the tooth of the claws is not like that of Oherea or of 

 Phyt(JBcia, but is a dilatation of the base with a distinct angular 

 or pointed edge. 



Peaolia citeinipes, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Nigra, dense et minus subtiliter sericeo-griseo pubesceng et 

 erecte pilosa ; capite thoraceque rufis, subnudis, sparsim punctatis, 

 antennis nigris, articulis a quarto basi pallidis ; pedibus citrino- 

 flavis, tibiis apice et tarsis basi fuscis. 



Kashiwagi; on Celtis. 



There remain in Mr. Lewis's collection a few species certainly 

 difierent from any yet described from Japan, but requiring 

 further, and in some cases more perfect, specimens before they 

 can be described. They are as follows : — 



