V 



BUPItESTIDiE COLLECTED IN JAPAN. 



519 



especially near the hind angles ; the margin itself is slightly elevated ; 

 base straight. Elytra transversely rugose and largely punctate-striate 

 sides sinuated above the middle ; apex rounded. Beneath and legs 

 punctured. Antenna; somewhat as in the last species. 

 Length 1£ line. Breadth \ line. 



Resembles the preceding, but smaller, and may be at once se- 

 parated from it by the shape of the thorax, which in this species 

 is contracted in front. 



Cylindromorphus japanensis, E. S. Elongatus, cylindricus' 

 Capite ameo, magno, tumido, punctato. Thorace seneo, rugose punc- 

 tato, lateribus valde carinatis, disco transversalitcr elevato, basi valde 

 depressa. Elytris rugosis, nigro-seneis, apicibus rotundatis. Subtus 

 nigro-ameus, punctatus. 



Elongate, cylindrical. Head and thorax bronzy, the former very large 

 and swollen, channelled in front and deeply punctured. Thorax 

 widest in front ; anterior margin produced ; sides almost straight ; 

 surface punctured in a variolose manner ; disk with a smooth raised 

 transverse line, between which and the base is a large depression bor- 

 dered by the lateral carina;, which are very strongly marked and nearly 

 straight. Elytra bronzy black, transversely rugose, and punctured; 

 apices rounded. Beneath and legs bronzy. 



Length 2 lines. Breadth i line. 



Hab. Japan. 



Trachys Lewisii, E. S. Thorax aureo-ameus. Elytra cyanea, su- 

 tura antice fasciisque duabus aureis albo-pubescentibus. Subtus 

 senea. 



Head and thorax golden bronzy, covered with golden hairs; sides of the 

 latter much depressed and flattened; anterior margin very much ex- 

 cavated, so as to receive the head, which is excavated between the eyes ; 

 sides rounded ; base trisinuate, middle lobe the largest ; disk some- 

 what irregularly raised. Elytra cyaneous, with the apex, suture, and 

 two transverse bands springing from it above the apex golden and 

 covered with grey and golden pubescence, the golden pubescence pre- 

 dominating, especially on the suture and apex ; surface irregularly 

 punctured ; sides gradually converging to the apex, which is widely 

 rounded. Beneath dull bronzy black. 



Length 1£ line. Breadth f line. 



Hab. Japan. 



Tkaciiys. 



Elytra with 



a lateral carina above the margin. 



