520 



ME. E. SAUNDERS ON SOME 



Trachys griseo-nigra, E. S. Nigra. Capite thoraceque griseo- 

 pubescentibus. Elytris griseis, macula oblonga utrinque ante medium, 

 ad suturam conjunctis, alteraque rotundata prope apicem nigris. 

 Subtus nigra. 



Grey-pubescent. Elytra with an elongate spot on each, starting from 

 the base and uniting at the suture about the middle, and a small round 

 one between each and the apex, black. Beneath black. 



Head deeply and semicircularly excavated between the eyes. Thorax 

 with the anterior margin deeply and roundly emarginate, its angles 

 enclosing the head, up to the backs of the eyes ; sides rounded, de- 

 pressed ; base trisinuate. Elytra with its sides straight, and gradu- 

 ally converging to the apex, which is very widely rounded ; surface 

 punctured. Beneath punctured. 



Length lg line. Breadth f line. 



Hab. Nagasaki. 



Trachys elegantula, E. S. ^Enea. Capite valde excavato, aureo- 

 piloso. Thorace lateribus rotundatis, depressis, postice trisinuato, 

 capillis aureis obsito. Elytris punctatis, capillis aureis variegatis. 

 Subtus punctata. 



Bronzy. Head golden-pubescent, deeply excavated between the eyes. 

 Thorax with the anterior margin largely emarginate, its angles pro- 

 duced to the back of the eyes. Sides rounded, depressed ; base tri- 

 sinuate ; surface covered with greyish and golden hairs, with a deep 

 fovea near each anterior angle. Elytra, sides converging in nearly 

 straight lines two thirds of their length, then rounded to the apex ; 

 shoulders raised, lateral carina extending almost to the apex ; surface 

 punctured, with four irregular greyish pubescent bands, the two upper 

 ones sinuate at the suture, the apical one nearly straight ; there is also 

 a very narrow basal band. In rubbed specimens the centres of the 

 two middle bands are generally marked strongest. Beneath punctured. 



Length 1£ line. Breadth % line. 



Hab. Japan. 



Species without flattened sides to the thorax, and without lateral 

 carince to the elytra. 



Trachys auricollis, E. S. Capite thoraceque aureo-pilosis. Ely- 

 tris nigris, antice griseo- variegatis, postice fasciis duabus valde sinu- 

 atis griseis ornatis, humeris prominentibus. Subtus nigra. 



Head deeply excavated between the eyes, covered with long sericeous 

 golden pubescence. Thorax with the base bisinuate ; surface punc- 

 tured in a scale-like manner, covered with golden pubescence with 

 the exception of the base. Elytra rugosely punctured. Shoulders 

 very prominent ; sides slightly sinuate below them, rounded about the 

 middle, and then somewhat stiaight to the apex, which is widely 

 rounded. Above the middle of the elytra are several irregular grey 



