i52 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Upis violaceipennis, Mars., is a species closely resembling 

 Eucyalesthes suhviolaceus, Motsch. Both species will go very well 

 into the genus Ujns. 



Dietysus confusus, Pascoe, Journ. Ent. ii. 1866, p. 486. — I 

 introduced this species to the Japanese Catalogue on the authority 

 of an example given to me by Dr. A. Adams, but I have no doubt 

 that it is Javan, not Japanese. 



Eustrophiis dermestoides, F.— I took three examples of this 

 species in the forest lands of Sapporo. 



Bolitophagus reticulatus, Linn. — I have taken this insect 

 abundantly in Yezo on several occasions. It occurs in Scotland, 

 and is also common in Siberia. 



Melandrya mongolica, Solsky,, Hor. Ent. Eoss. vii. p. 378, 

 1871. — Mannerheim knew this species, but did not describe it ; 

 it occurs commonly in all the Japanese forests, and, like its 

 congeners, varies much in size. My specimens measure 8 to 

 15 mill. 



Lagria decora, Mars.— This species belongs to the genus 

 Eutropela, of which there are four species known to me from 

 Japan. 



Neoceramhyx hatesi, Har. 1875, 3- = N. chrysothrix, Bates, 

 1873, 2 . — Harold described the male, which has long slender 

 antennae. The female described by Bates has the terminal joints 

 of the antennae clavate. It is a nocturnal species, and flies into 

 houses when attracted by light. It occurs in all the island appa- 

 rently, but it is seldom seen. July is the month of its appear- 

 ance. 



Stromatium asperulum, White, 1855. — I am indebted to the 

 late Mr. H. J. Fryer for three examples taken on Oshima, in the 

 northern group of the Kui Kiu Islands. White described it from 

 Hong Kong. One example measures 14 mill., another 26 mill. 



Moechotypa fuliginosa, Kolbe, 1886 = Scotinauges diphysis, 

 Pascoe, 1871. 



Leptura aterrima, Motsch., Schrenk Keisen, Col. p. 147. — I 

 have an example of this species taken near the Ishikari Eiver in 

 Yezo. Schonfeldt, in his Catalogue, unites this species with L. 

 dimorpha, Bates, but they are distinct species. In L. dimorpha 

 the elytra are " crebre-punctulatis " ; in L. aterrima, " implicato- 

 punctatis " ; and the outline of the two insects is dissimilar. 

 Bates states (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873, p. 195) that L. atra, 

 Laich., and L. aterrima, Motsch., are conspecific ; and Von 

 Heyden, in his Siberian Catalogue, unites both with the European 

 L. cethiops, Poda., 1761. On this I have no material to form 

 an opinion, but I doubt Von Heyden's determination, because 

 L. (Bthiops must have been a familiar species to Bates. 



Pachyta borealis, Gyl. Ins. Suec. iv. p. 36. — I obtained a small 

 series of this species at Chiuzenji ; the determination was made 

 by Mr. Bates after the publication of bis last memoir. 



