72 MR. DAYID SHAEP ON 



Ithris sculpturata, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Rufo-fusca, antennis pedibusque rufis, elytris fuscis ; prothorace quadri- 

 costato ; elytris baud elongatis, postenus oblique truueatis, argute costatis, 

 interstitiis fortiter sculpturatis. Long. 2f-3 millim. 



Antennae short, clear red, witli loosely articulated three-jointed 

 club. Sides of head strongly elevated. Vertex granulose ; 

 clypeus subtuberculate, not granulose. Thorax nearly as broad 

 as the elytra, about as long as broad, only very slightly curved at 

 the sides ; the surface coarsely granulose, and adorned with four 

 longitudinal ribs ; the ribs are connected in front by an elevation 

 of the anterior margin, the inner pair are flexuous, the outer 

 straight ; the sides are also strongly margined, the margin not 

 being crenate. The elytra have each four costse, and besides 

 these the suture and outer margin are somewhat costate ; the 

 second costa from the suture is the most elevated, and diverges 

 behind somewhat towards the side, joining the lateral margin 

 before the apex, and defining externally the declivous apex ; the 

 grooves between these ribs bear two rows of deep punctures 

 giving rise to a beautifully sculptured appearance. Ventral 

 plates crenate ; epipleurse near extremity deeply crenate. 



Oyayama, June 1st, 1881 ; three examples. 



Gemptlodes Lewisii, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



Augustus, perelongatus, cylindrieus, niger, opaeus, antennis pedibusque 

 rufis ; prothorace canaliculato, basi tri-impresso ; elytris subcostatis. 

 Long. 7-Sj lat. f millim. 



Antennae broad, broader from the third to the tenth joint, so 

 that the first of these being as long as broad, the latter is strongly 

 transverse. Thorax very elongate, narrowed from behind the 

 middle to near the base, at which it is again a little broader ; it is 

 only sparingly and finely punctate, but is quite dull, and has on 

 the middle a conspicuous channel occupying the greater part of 

 its length, and at the base three large impressions. Elytra 

 almost without sculpture, except that the alternate interstices 

 are a little elevated ; these elevations become well marked at the 

 extremity, which is obliquely decliyous ; the actual apex is emar- 

 ginate in the middle, and on the middle of each side of the 

 emargination there is a small tooth. 



Tuyama, in Higo ; forty examples. 



