160 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



fere ad marginem lateralem producto ; elytris infra basin 

 transversim excavatis, sat fortiter punctato-striatis, inter-r 

 spatiis externis convexiusculis, eallo humerali prominulo. 



Long. I lin. 



Hab. — Guinea, Camaroons. 



Head triangular, vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpse 

 small, subovate, contiguous, carina linear ; antennse about 

 half the length of the body, rather longer in the $ , 

 slightly thickened towards the apex. Thorax rather 

 more than half as broad again as long at the base ; 

 sides straight, diverging from base to apex, anterior 

 angles thickened, obtusely truncate, slightly oblique; 

 hinder margin sinuate on either side the medial lobe, 

 the latter produced, subacutely rounded ; above convex, 

 disk smooth, nearly impunctate, only a few faint 

 impressions being visible under a lens ; basal groove 

 deep, slightly sinuate in the middle, not abruptly termi- 

 nating on the sides, but extending nearly to the lateral 

 border of the thorax ; its surface impressed with a single 

 row of punctures. Scutellum transverse, semirotundate. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, broadly ovate, 

 convex, excavated transversely below the basilar space, 

 the latter distinctly raised; humeral callus thickened, 

 prominent ; surface rather strongly punctate-striate, the 

 interspaces impunctate, those near the outer margin 

 thickened, convex. 



Crepidodera japonica. 



Elongata, convexa, supra viridi-asnea, nitida, antennis 

 (basi fulva excepta) nigris; subtus Eeneo-nigra, pedibus 

 piceis, tibiis tarsisque pallidioribus ; thorace fortiter et 

 irregulariter punctato; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, in- 

 terspatiis convexiusculis, ad latera et ad apicem convexis. 



Mas. — Antennarum articulo quarto elongato, ad apicem 

 incrassato. 



Long. If lin. 



Hab. — Japan, Hakodate ; $ in Mr. LcAvis' collection, 

 the $ in my own. 



Head rugose-punctate, carina raised, linear; encarpse 

 well defined, oblique, contiguous ; antenna more than half 

 the length of the body, 4th joint in the $ one-half longer 

 than the 3rd, thickened and subclavate; not thickened and 

 equal in length to the 3rd in the 2 ; three or four lower 

 joints fulvous, the rest black. Thorax nearly one-half 



