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GUNTHER, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.B.S., WILLIAM CARRUTHERS, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., AND WILLIAM FRANCIS, Ph.D., F.L.S. eee VOR) XV.—sIXTH: SERTES: a ROT ; \wnsonian Ing LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS. SOLD BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, AND CoO., LD.; WHITTAKER AND CO.: BAILLIFRE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH : HODGES, FIGGIS, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN, 1895. “Omnes res creatze sunt divine sapientiz et potentia testes, divitia felicitatis humane :—ex harum usu Jonitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine sapéentia Domini; ex ceconomiad in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis elucet. 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J. Taynor, Norwich, 1818, CONTENTS OF VOL, XV. [SIXTH SERIES. ] NUMBER LXXXV. Page I, On two Deep-bodied Species of the Clupeoid Genus Diplo- mystus. By A.SmirH Woopwarp, F.LS. (Plate I. figs. 1-4.) .. 1 II. Note on a supposed Tooth of Galeocerdo from the English Chalk. By A. Smrrx Woopwarp, F.L.S. (Plate I. figs. 5-7.) .. 4 IIT. New Species of Eastern Lepidoptera. By Col. C. Swrnuor, I Ares Le. Seq) Wale baioe: pehaaperslarsua.c: Wl 2k) cagare aie GA Iete og Geka a aoe iia 5 IV. Notes on Crustacea. By the Rev. Tuomas R. R. STEBBING, VIE Nera (ELUM: tet rctantare areca tics cichw sinter ae sidtabele Snete aptie orevae 18 V. Notes on British Spiders, with Descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. F, O. Prokarp-CamBriper. (Plates III. & IV.) .... bo or VI. Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera from the Eastern Islands and Tropical America, By Herpert Druce,F.L.S. 41 VI. On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland. By THomas Scort, F.L.8., Naturalist to the Fishery Board for Scotland, and ANDREW Scorv, Fisheries Assistant, University College, Liverpool. PEACE RAV OG VE LED) Mute cok cid se, inka e tee ce iets |s a,uieis da she’s os ha cetera? 70 VILL. Noteson the Paleozoic Bivalved Entomostraca.—No. XX XI. Some Devonian Species. By Professor T. Ruperr Jones, F.R.S., ARE yy eee GEN Cee LNS))) pe yehcict.-e ccoe se kya ora, sin vey Scalclaye eee stare 59 IX. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. By Con LAIRM EMIS SR OUN: Gree atc tas a daca 6. dele aces so ceanberes 67 _ X. On the Brush-tailed Porcupine of Central Africa. By Oxp- AREIIED EEN O MUNG ete asyane agian oe tet rare celvign + gee eke ae ole 88 XI. Notes from the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland)—No. XV. By Prof. M‘Lyrosu, M.D., TURRETS KOUCG Sah ot street sas dae ee okie 44.5 diva oh gene aane 90 XII. On the Type of the Genus Massospondylus, and on some Vertebree and Limb-bones of M.(?) Browni. By H. G. SrEnry, ES Ls. CR NS ME SA eo. 2. 5 Fact «ayes 6. «'s sip 4 «eR SMe E ave os 102 XIU. Adris sikhimensis, anew Form of the Ophiderid Group of Noctuid Moths? By A.'G. Burinr, Ph. Di&e.. 280 sn ccc ce nes 126 lv CONTENTS. Page New Book :—A Monograph of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles. By Jonn W. Taytor. Part I. .......... 126 On the Embryology of Gebia littoralis, by P. Butschinsky, of the University of Odessa; On Gill-like Organs in certain Species of Sipunculus, by Dr. W. Fischer, of Bergedorf............ 128, NUMBER LXXXVI. XIV. On the Luminosity of Midges (Chironomide). By PETER Scumip7, of the Zoological Laboratory of the Imperial University at SE APG LERS UTE 1). fo. %. v's alate eis, ose javt wie pias ele sere ae in dernetaier= aioe XV. Description of a new Eagle-Ray from Muscat. By G. A. IBOULENGER: 2 RES e hii: sf g..2 ele tvs arareldted aaron Reh cle te aioe ei tte rege pete XVI. On the Devonian Ichthyodorulite, Byssacanthus. By A. SMTA WOODWARD \PLiS.2 2s Limte.cs ee crete ests ne Sa eee eens XVII. On Thecodontosaurus and Pale@osaurus. By H. G, SEELEY, ABREU socio evs Hissin: Bd Bash 15 Nola Sueno) ise ESR at pp te RRS oon RC ee XVIII. Descriptions of Four new Species of Terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. By James Cosmo Matviit, M.A., F.L.S., and JoHN Henry Ponsonsy, F.Z.S. (Plate XID) .:..........605. XTX. On a New and Natural Grouping of some of the Oriental Genera of Mygalomorphe, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. By Kh. lL Pocock: “Plate X.)y 7 cis soe hes ater eee XX. List of the Freshwater Fishes collected by My. A. Everett on Palawan and Balabac. By G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S............. XXI. Diagnoses of Two new Hast-African Mammals. By Oxp- RTE DU OMAG iG, boas iin tia eee ees, oe opie miailets ioe po Pet a euominiens XXII. An Analysis of the Mammalian Generic Names given in Dr. C. W. L. Gloger’s ‘Naturgeschichte’ (1841). By OLpFimxp CTSLOMEASY we seta ierevete eo store ee fers we ates eae @ EpAGIo ohne canta arene een XXIII. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. By Chpiain Dios, .BROUN ste, miele eve acta 's nie atatle sph teihae iets tins oe On some Insects collected in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, by T. D. A. Cockerell, Entomologist of the New Mexico Agricul- tural Experiment Station ; On the Nutrition of Two Commensals (Nereilepas and Pinnotheres), by M. Henri Coupin ...... 204, 131 133 141 142 144 165 185 210 CONTENTS. Vv NUMBER LXXXVII. Page XXIV. On the Genus Alicia (Cladactis), with an Anatomical Description of A. coste, Pane. By J. E. Dumrpen, A.R.C.Sce. (Lond.), Curator of the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica. (eke anes WNMe ee ets Pastas spteteb sh ie 66s one) ate) sVecike se deals iieig'Sce syacae a 213 XXV. On some new Species of Coleoptera in the Museum of the Elon. Walter Rothschild: -By Dr: Ki JORDAN 2. i... c024.005-00% 218 XXVI. A Revision of the Jurassic Bryozoa.—Part I. The Genus Stomasaporan) By J. Wi. GREGORY, DSc) B.G.S.. . 0.5 os onan 220 XXVII. Descriptions of Two new Species of Preride captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton in New Georgia, Solomon slam U seeing tes GuROSE) SMULE coca nar cleie e =i oe a lw wie ced aie ay 228 XXVIII. Descriptions of new Species of Land-Shells from New brctarta crea by Vor WD AEE AN VETS ET ya eres lt era) oAereh chal ele aioavenaty ola 230 XXIX. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. By Captain THos. BROUN ..... Biker narra ots Se afopelahs st hetaleeenaieset cls ee 234 XXX. On an Abnormal Crab (Cancer pagurus), By James R. TosH, M.A., B.Sc., St. Andrews Marine Laboratory.............. 245 XXXI. Descriptions of Two new Fishes obtained by Mr. C. Hose injedtawakee by'G.cA. BOULENGER, FIRS. .):..c 0.0 © a)sul sie eee 247 XXXII. A new Species of Lepton from Guernsey. By GEORGE emt EWA IOR acer Be oer oels thee ero. fave Groen thdcsas eeie ses: chet e tect 248 XXXII. On Charaxes azota of Hewitson, a rare Butterfly of which the Type Specimen is not in Hewitson’s Collection. By A. G. PN Hi ie Mette eH Les QC, 2 oa cette vive A oo opald aw tigi at ele els nate wb. XXXIV. On the Cistelide and other Heteromerous Species of Vagineeoy Gn Wwiss LS. «(Plater VIM) ncnts asj.6%e cass mo ale 250 Proceedings of the Geological Society... 6.2... ede hens: 278, 279 On the Cephalic Lobe of Euphrosine, by Emile-G. Racovitza; On the Development of the Kidney and of the Coelome in Cirri- pedes, by A. Gruvel; On the Formation of New Colonies by WeIIC a ULCY] UTUSs DM WS EOLOD "isha din evete arsiets Wicd Sig bea ye ave 279—283 NUMBER LXXXVIII. XXXYV. Contributions to the Phylogeny of the Arachnida,—On the Position of the Acarina; The so-called Malpighian Tubes and the Respiratory Organs of the Arachnida. By Juntrus WAGNER .. 285 XXXVI. A List of the Scolytide collected in Ceylon by Mr. George Lewis, with Descriptions of new Species. By W. F.H. BLanpForp, INTER R/Fhs Roel o05 3 SS MI ce ee oa RY ge a 315 vi CONTENTS. XXXVII. Note on a West-African Apodal Batrachian hitherto confounded with Cecilia seraphinié of Aug. Duméril. By G. A. PO MTMNGHE, ERAS oc. eels Fine oan ie moc ares ooo 5 hee _XXXVUI. Description of a new Snake from Borneo. By G. A. BOING GHEE EULA) 11/ 3 022 io bie cnatsbaicss aus Calo eee Gieikiee ek ee souks 3 Shea XXXIX. On the American Box-Tortoises. By G. A. BouLENGER, AUS eth oraleohin ose Ue wees @Rne Ge.e mise miei Meath uit. epomiae ko ae gee XL. Description of a new Species of Helictis from Borneo. By OLDIIELD THOMAS’... .2...00.0. a cTal eet oteca ensue Paste ven e veut a) oka afacas aes XLI. Description of a new Species of Papilio from West Africa. By unprer aun, FGSe aso ccckaress coos eet aan oe : XLII. On the Development of the Shoulder-girdle of a Plesiosaur (Cryptoclidus oxoniensis, Phillips, sp.) from the Oxford Clay. By C. W. ANDREWS, F'.G.S8., Assistant in the British Museum (Natural EVSEOTVI) IN... shea 5s. 0scaesiees od Sioned he nO ORE ar eee XLII. Report upon the Chilopoda and Diplopoda obtained by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq., Surgeon R.N., and J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., during the Cruise in the Chinese Seas of H.M.S. ‘ Penguin,’ Commander W. U. Moore commanding. By R. I. Pocock, of the British Museum of Natural History. (Plate XI.)................ XLIV. On a new Species of Hespertide of the Genus Amenis, Watson. By F. D. Gopman and 0. SALVEN.......025.. ume ae New Book :—The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Edited by W. T. Bianrorp. Moths:—Vol. DE “By Gy: PLAMPSON 5.7 noe oeecrner eee : The Irish Stoat distinct from the British, by Oldfield Thomas and ° G. E. H. Barrett Hamilton; Description of a new Suctorial Millipede sent from Trinidad by Mr. J. H. Hart, of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Trinidad, by R. 1. Pocock; On the Dates of Shaw and Noddeyr’s ‘ Naturalist’s Miscellany, by C. Davies HERON ssc casi sveinane cos Voss syepetheeiers wieectahe wales eg meee eee 374, 2 NUMBER LXXXIX. XLY. On the Specimens of the Genus Cutcterebra and its Allies (Family Gistride) in the Collection of the British Museum, with Descriptions of a new Genus and Three new Species. By E. E. AvsteEN, Zoological Department, British Museum. (Plate XIII.) .. XLVI. Two new Amphipods from the West Indies. By the Rev. Toomas R. R. Steppine, M.A. (Plates XIV. & XV.) ........%. XLVII. On a Group of the Aplyside, with Description of a new Species. By J. Grucurist, Ph.D. &c. (Plate XVIIL).......... 397 CONTENTS. Vil XLVIII. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. By Ce oialnerOsmEROUN: Meee tls oee eclae oa ts Gs oes eee 805 0 6) 6) = 40! XLIX. On the Significance of the Proliferated Epithelium in the Foetal Mammalian Jaw. By R. Broom, M.B., B.Sc. ............ 420 L. On the Cistelide and other Heteromerous Species of Japan. nya Cram MPrInVIE US ec revo A cists epee soi gnéid «clave Shove ee ajed cide 38 sae wae one 422 LI. Descriptions of Two new South-American Characinoid Fishes. VG PPO ULUN GOR. HokuSs, 6. tec acme 8's ais esas ties ee 6s dinieee eas 449 LIT. On a Genus of Frogs peculiar to Madagascar. By G. A. ES GHUSPIDNIGHEO ED mE NEURO eHUEe Sy crctayeng Petes D's Se isles sreld wes cab cdee Gees 450 LIII. On the Representatives of Putorius ermineus in Algeria andeHerchana.. (By OuDriEED THOMAS J o..ccuera s+ s 24 stance elses 451 LIV. Note on the Genus Goniopleura, Westwood, with the Description of a new Species. By C.J. Gawan, M.A. .......... 454 Description of a new Species of Butterfly from Taganac Island, N.E. Borneo, by H. Grose Smith, B.A., F.E.S., F.Z.8., &e..... 456 NUMBER XC. LV. On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland. By THomas Scott, F.L.S., Naturalist to the Fishery Board for Scotland, and ANDREW Scott, Fisheries Assistant, University College, Liverpool. GETRC SGN Pere MOVIE oe ooo sate cates wisi Rieia hs ale Cyprobius terrenus, sp. n. Oblong-oval, mnitid, densely clothed with conspicuous yellowish hairs ; colour variable, reddish or fusco-castaneous ; the legs and antenne rufescent. FHlead short and broad, closely punctured. Antenne elon- gate; basal joint very broad, second rather thicker but much shorter than the third. Thorax strongly transverse, the base much rounded, the sides little more than half the length of the middle; its surface is moderately finely but distinctly and rather closely punctured. Scutellum large, triangular, punctate. /ytra moderately coarsely punctured, more finely behind, Underside castaneous, closely sculptured and pubescent. Mentum quite as long as broad. Labial palpi not furcate ; the terminal joint, however, though inserted at the apex of the penultimate, has a tendency to extend inwards. Pro- sternal process acuminate in tront, scarcely reaching beyond the coxee at either extremity. /esosternum in front at the middle with a small almost diamond-shaped depression having raised margins. On comparison with the typical species (C. nit¢dus) this is seen to be larger and more oblong; the sculpture of the thorax, instead of being nearly obsolete, is well defined, that of the elytra is deeper and coarser. Length 24, breadth 12 line. Mount Pirongia, Waikato, March 1894. C. nitidus and C. undulatus were taken off shrubs, but this species was found on the ground amongst leaves. The pubescence is liable to removal by the least friction. Coleoptera from New Zealand. 237 Ta a Veronatus amplus, sp. n. Subopaque, ferruginous, very finely and closely punctured, covered with fine short yellow pubescence. Head large, the gene obtusely dilated behind the eyes and extending outwardly a little beyond them; it is rather con- vex 3 between the eyes there is a large, scarcely elevated, triangular space, the apex of which extends backwards ; this part is less closely sculptured and pubescent than the portion behind it. Antenne filiform, reaching backwards beyond the middle thighs, their first joint thick, second very short, the third about one third shorter than the fourth. Thorax twice as broad as long, its sides finely margined and nearly straight, the front angles much rounded, the posterior better defined but obtuse ; the middle of the base and apex are broadly rounded ; there is an indistinct central groove near the middle ; halfway between the dorsal stria and the side there is a distinct transverse depression ; the pubescence is unevenly distributed. Hlytra very indistinctly tricostate, with some large ill-defined impressions near the sides ; the clothing is so arranged as to cause a somewhat maculate appearance. This is much larger than No. 567 ; the thoracic depressions and move rounded and differently sculptured head will lead to its recognition. The mandibles are short, and during repose are curved inwards just in front of the labrum ; this is more exposed than in V. longipalpis. The sides of the thorax appear broader and flatter. ‘T"he membranous space between the forehead and labrum is larger. Length 54, breadth 2} lines. Nelson. One example was caught on Mount Arthur by Messrs. Cheeseman and Urquhart. Cyphon McKerrowt?, sp. n. Oviform, not narrow, convex, shining; black, thorax reddish yellow, elytra with a large pale yellow spot on the sides betore the middle and two small contiguous ones close to the suture near the apex ; pubescence ash-coloured on the dark parts, yellow elsewhere ; legs and antenne variegated fuscous. Head finely punctured. Thorax strongly transverse, the middle of the base and apex obtusely rounded, its surface finely and distantly punctured. Scutedlum large, triangular. Llytra not impressed, finely punctate, with an indistinct sutural stria on each near the middle. Antenne stout, third joint barely half the bulk of the fourth, the latter rather longer than the fifth. 238 Capt. T. Broun on new Underside nigro-fuscous, densely clothed with greyish pubescence. Subocular line indistinct, the genal space moderately broad and smooth. This is the prettiest and most distinctly marked species that has as yet been found in New Zealand. Length 13, breadth 1 line. Waiorongamai, about four miles from ‘T’e Aroha. Named in honour of Mr. James McKerrow, F.R.A.S., who, as a member of the Council of the New Zealand Institute, has done much to facilitate scientific research. Group Melyride. Dasytes nigripes, sp. ni. Narrow, subparallel, glossy, zneous; antenne and legs black, these latter slightly tinged with green; pubescence dense, short, depressed, almost brassy. Head nearly as large as the thorax, narrowed behind, feebly impressed between the eyes; distantly, finely, yet quite distinctly punctured. yes large and prominent. Antenne subserrate, joints 3 to 10 differ but little, eleventh much narrowed near extremity. Zhorax about as long as broad, constricted in front, much narrowed near the base; the sides therefore appear swollen near the middle; its punctuation closer and more distinct than that of the head; there is a broad impression near the base. Scutellum broad. Elytra slightly depressed before the middle, moderately coarsely punctured, and, except near the shoulders, transversely rugose. Jarsi as long as the tibia. This is of a more glossy brassy tinge than No. 1611 (D. Cheesemant) ; the clothing is more conspicuous and of a greyish yellow, and the sculpture is more distinct. Length 13-2, breadth # line. Wellington. Taken off tussocks on the hills near the coast by Mr. J. H. Lewis in January 1894. Group Cioide. Cis fulgens, sp. n. Glossy, glabrous, rufo-piceous; the antenne, palpi, and tarsi yellowish ; club fuscous and opaque. Head small; the strongly raised protuberances near the eyes are widely separated in the middle, which is smooth and shining. yes large and very prominent. Antenne short, Coleoptera from New Zealand. 239 basal joint stout, second also stout, but only about half the length of the first; third slender and more elongate than the succeeding ones; joints 8 to 10 form the club. Thorax large, as long as it is broad, its sides margined and slightly rounded ; the surface finely, rather indistinctly, and distantly punctured. Eiytra scarcely wider than the thorax at the base, their sides a little rounded, so that they are widest near the middle; they are a good deal narrowed posteriorly, and they are apparently without sculpture of any kind. This is a rather small, convex, oblong-oval species, which should be placed near C. perpinguis and C. obesulus ; from these it may be separated by its convex eyes, obsolete sculp- ture, and narrower shape. Length §, breadth nearly 3 line. Mount Ve Aroha. One, March 1894. Cis pygmeus, sp. n. Nude, shining, fuscous; thorax pale yellowish grey, irre- gularly mottled with brown; the legs and antenne some- what testaceous. Head simple, pale, finely and distantly punctured. Thorax rather broader than long, the sides finely margined and slightly rounded; posterior angles rectangular; it is remotely and finely punctured. /ytra much longer than the thorax; they are rather more distinctly punctured than it is, but not at all closely. Zarsz stout. This is the smallest species I am acquainted with. The bald surface and fine sculpture will lead to its recognition. It is just possible that the maculation of the thorax may not prove to be a constant character. Length 4, breadth } line. Mount Te Aroha. Found amongst leaves on the ground. Mr. J. H. Lewis at the same time found a second specimen, which I am unable to separate, the only noticeable difference being the darker unspotted thorax. Cis lobipes, sp. n. Cylindric, not narrow, moderately shining, clear red; the antenne, tarsi, and palpi yellow; legs pale red; the yellow sete on the elytra are erect and conspicuous; they are not, however, scale-like, as in C. recurvatus; those on the thorax are slender and decumbent. Head simple, punctate. Antenne with joints 5 to 7 small and transverse, the third and fourth longer than broad; the 240 Capt. T. Broun on new three joints of the club are rather broad and infuscate. Thorax hardly any longer than broad, its sides much rounded, so that the angles are obtuse and ill-defined ; it is closely and comparatively coarsely punctured. Scutellum small. Elytra of the same width as the thorax throughout, vertical and obtusely rounded behind ; closely, rather coarsely, and somewhat rugosely punctured. Zhe a good deal expanded towards the extremity, the anterior with three or four minute denticles; the intermediate have a sort of lobe on the outside near the apex ; this lobe is finely pectinate. The anteriorly rounded thorax, robust rough-looking body, and lobate tibiew distinguish this from all but C. Fultond, Length 3, breadth 3 line. Howick. One individual has been in my possession for several years. I delayed its description in the hope that others might be found. Group Opatride. Paraphylax binodosus, sp. n. Suboblong, opaque, chestnut-red; the head sometimes piceous, the tarsi and palpi red, antenne dark obscure red ; densely clothed with decumbent scale-like hairs and erect setee; the elevated parts and the sides of the thorax with pale tow-like clothing ; on the elytra the hairs are slightly variegate, mostly pale brown and yellowish grey; the tibie have one or two dark marks. Head impunctate, the curved interantennal suture directed forwards at the sides. Hyes prominent, oblique, lateral, coarsely facetted, almost quite truncate in front. Antenne elongate, setose, the fourth joint distinctly shorter than the third ; joints 4 to 9 longer than broad. Thorax transverse, narrowed towards the base, the sides broad and nearly flat, so that the disk appears as if it were abruptly elevated and uneven ; in front at the middle there are two large prominent elevations, separated by a broad deep channel; there is no distinct sculpture visible when it is denuded, but in its natural state it is rough and uneven with coarse scaly matter. Hlytra subquadrate, deeply depressed and emarginate at the base ; the shoulders rounded; these, owing to the coarse sappy matter and sete, seem elevated ; the series of punctures appear small as seen through the clothing ; when the latter has been scraped off the sutural row on each is seen to consist of closely placed punctures ; the three or four other series are directed obliquely towards the shoulders, but near the Coleoptera from New Zealand. ° 241 scutellar region there are some irregular punctures; the posterior declivity is nearly vertical and very much narrowed ; the two rows of punctures on each side.of the suture do not form striae; in perfect specimens there are several setose elevations on and near the sides, but the sutural portion is plane. Scutellar region with grey pile. Underside densely clothed, mentum punctate; front coxe rufous, the others pale castaneous ; the inter mediate segments of the abdomen with deep and, when examined from behind, sinuous sutures. This differs from the typical species (No. 644) by the more elevated disk and flattened sides of the thorax, by the more prominent frontal elevations and the hair-like elytral clothing. From No. 645 it may be separated by a glance at the antenne ; these in P. vardus have shorter joints; joints 4 to 9 are not longer or but little longer than they are broad, according to sex Length 23, breadth 13 line. Capleston, Westland. Three individuals were found by Mr. Cavell. Group Trachyscelide. Cherodes fuscatus, sp. 0. Variegate, mostly fuscous ; the legs, antenne, palpi, front of head, the lateral and basal margins of the thorax, and sometimes the sides of the elytra testaceous. Head coarsely and rugosely sculptured. Thorax transverse, its sides finely margined and strongly rounded; apex in- curved, anterior angles obtuse, the posterior subacute ; its punctuation distinct, but irregular, the sides nearly smooth. Seutellum broad, smooth. lytra rather broader than the thorax, shoulders rounded, apices obliquely narrowed ; the lateral margin is bent inwards at the shoulder, but does not extend beyond the hind angle of the thorax ; their surface is covered with a coarse rugose punctuation, which, though close on the disk, becomes more open and less rugose towards the sides. Legs thickly setose, the anterior tibiee with oblique terminal lobes extending as far as the third tarsal joint. Underside sordid testaceous, sparingly setose. This is smaller than the typical species and is more nearly allied to C. concolor, Sharp. The body is nearly glabrous and a little shining. The thorax is more closely and the elytra more rugosely punctured than my specimens of C. con- color, and the middle tibiae seem to be more densely covered with greyish sete. ‘he numerous examples I have seen 242 * Capt. T. Broun on new exhibit no well-marked variations. Nos. 647, 648, and 649 occur amongst alge along the east side, whereas C. fuscatus was found on the opposite coast. Length 34, breadth 2 lines. Manukau Harbour and New Plymouth. Group Diaperide. Menimus levicollis, sp. n. Convex, oval, shining, minutely pubescent ; nigro-piceous, legs and antenne pale red, lateral margins and front of head rutescent. Head distinctly but not coarsely punctured. Thorax transverse, gradually and a little curvedly narrowed towards the front, the margins there thinner than at the base; dis- tantly, quite minutely, and indistinctly punctured; base subtruncate, apex slightly bisinuate. Scutellum short, not smooth. Eiytra attenuated and narrowly marginated poste- riorly, of the same width as the thorax at the base, slightly wider behind the shoulders, with numerous almost regular rows of moderately coarse punctures, these become finer behind and are least regular near the base; a few minute grey hairs can be detected. Legs with yellowish pubescence. Underside distinctly punctate, sparsely pubescent. Pro- sternum nearly smooth and a little concave along the flanks ; its process moderately narrow, horizontal, and attaining the base. Aesosternum slightly raised and rather smooth in the middle. The specimens I possess cannot be referred to WM. dubdus, which they most resemble, because the punctuation of the head and elytra is evidently coarser and the eyes are rather smaller, though not at all minute, as in some species. It may be distinguished from J/. Batest, Sharp, by the rather shorter form and obsolete thoracic sculpture. In one example the femora are yellow. Length 13, breadth { line. Tarukenga. ‘Ten individuals found on the underside of decaying logs. Obs. In this genus the prosternal process passes over the mesosternum and touches, or nearly touches, the suture between the middle coxz when the body is bent; when relaxed and straightened the mesosternum is uncovered. There is no saltatorial power. Coleoptera from New Zealand. 243 Group Tenebrionide. DEMTRIUS, gen. nov. Body elongate. Palpi short, terminal joints securiform. Mentum subquadrate, rather longer than broad, Tvbcée with small apical spines. ars? narrow, simple, finely setose below. Mandtbles bifid at apex. Hyes transverse, extending below the surface, not deeply emarginate; the thickened lateral margins of the forehead touch the eyes. Prosternal process of moderate breadth, reaching just beyond the hind margin of the prosternum. Tvochanters small but distinct. Antenne thick, inserted in round cavities near the inner and lower margins of the eyes, 11-articulate; first joint nearly concealed above, third rather longer than broad but not much longer than the fourth; joints 4 to 8 each a little shorter, but only very slightly thicker than the preceding; ninth and tenth transverse, only a little broader than the eighth ; eleventh short, oblique at apex. From Lorelus it differs by the shape of the eyes, the less broadly securiform terminal joints of the palpi, more slender femora, the more widely separated front and middle coxe, broader epipleurz, and by the simple penultimate joints of the tarsi. Demtrius carinulatus, sp. n. Elongate, subdepressed, nearly glabrous, having only very minute, hardly noticeable, grey sete ; piceous black, the legs, antenne, and palpi pitchy red. Head narrower than the thorax, curvedly narrowed in front of the eyes ; the margins of the forehead reddish ; it is moderately finely and not closely punctured. Thorax trans- versely quadrate, very slightly rounded and narrowed towards the anterior angles; behind the middle the sides are almost quite straight, posterior angles rectangular; lateral margins well developed, with distinct channels inside; base and apex subtruncate ; its surface moderately, not closely, and some- what irregularly punctured. Scutellum broad. Elytra broader than the thorax at the base, quite twice its length, their margins more explanate near the shoulders and behind than in the middle; their surface finely punctate and indis- tinctly rugose ; they have broad shallow striz ; the interstices are slightly and irregularly elevated, the third, fifth, and seventh are more distinctly raised than the others, and become almost carinate behind. Legs nearly bare. Antenne finely pubescent. 244 On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Underside more or less coarsely punctured, the abdomen much more finely; fourti ventral segment rather shorter than the third, fifth transversely impressed at the base; pro- sternum truncate in front, the flanks marked off by oblique sutures ; prosternal process bisulcate between the coxe. Length 3, breadth line. Invercargill. Mr. Alf. Philpott sent me a specimen, and Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, the Curator of the Auckland Museum, found a mutilated'example on Mount Arthur several years ago. Group Cistelide. Omedes apterus, sp. 0. Oblong-oval, slightly convex, almost glabrous, fuscous ; the legs and antennz testaceous, Head younded and narrowed behind, finely but distinctly and irregularly punctured ; between the eyes there is a broad depression ; the space between the forehead and labrum is very short, almost linear. Labrum reddish, pilose. yes large, but not protruding beyond the lateral outline of the head; they are touched by the raised antennal orbits and they are quite transverse. Antenne pubescent, reaching the hind thighs, third joint longer than the first, twice the length of the second. Thoraa broader than long, finely margined ; the sides rounded before the middle, nearly straight behind ; posterior angles rounded, base bisinuate ; its disk with rather fine, shallow, irregular punctures; there are two rounded foves: near the middle and two smaller ones close to the basal margin. Scutellwm triangular, transverse, red. /ytra finely margined, shoulders somewhat narrowed; each elytron has eight series of rather fine punctures ; there is an additional scutellar row, the sutural two almost form strive and are recurved at the apex; there isaslight longitudinal impression inside the shoulder; the interstices are minutely and densely sculptured and have a few very fine punctures. Tarst pubescent, the basal two joints of the anterior narrowed towards the base, the second slightly shorter than the first, third short and broad, with a short membrane under- neath ; fourth with a large semitransparent membrane, extending nearly halfway under the fifth; posterior pair elongate. Most nearly resembles O. fuscatus ; the terminal joint of the maxillary palpi more transverse and cultriform ; scutellum shorter and broader; hind angles of thorax more obtuse ; Mr. J. R. Tosh on an Abnormal Crab. 245 elytra not depressed between the middle and the base; thorax shorter, the surface more shining ; body apterous. Length 3, breadth 1} line. Wellington. One, sent by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Group Salpingide. Salpingus ornatus, sp. n. Glossy, nearly nude ; head and thorax fusco-rufous ; elytra nearly black, each with a testaceous curvate mark extending from the shoulder to the middle, but not united to the opposite one, and a large subapical but less definite spot ; antenne red, but with three or four terminal joints piceous; legs fuscous. Head coarsely punctured. yes large and prominent. Thorax as long as broad, widest near the front, a good deal narrowed behind, anterior angles rounded; it is coarsely punctured, some of the punctures are longitudinally con- fluent. Llytra oblong, wider than the thorax at the base, their sides but little rounded: they are slightly flattened before the middle, with irregular series of coarse punctures ; the inner three on each elytron scarcely extend beyond the middle, the fifth is more prolonged, the hind portion is quite smooth. This is certainly nearly allied to S. perpunctatus (No. 702) ; the thorax is a little longer, not so broad near the front; the sides are obliquely narrowed there and the intervals between the punctures are not so large; the marks on the elytra are different and their punctuation is less regular. Length 1, breadth 3 line. West Plains, Invercargill. Two examples from Mr. A. Philpott. [To be continued. ] XXX.—On an Abnormal Crab (Cancer pagurus). By JAMES R. Tosu, M.A., B.Sc., St. Andrews Marine Labo- ratory. In June of 1894 a crab with a strange malformation was brought to the Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, by one of the fishermen. Prof. M‘Intosh desired me to figure it. The greater part of the right chela was out of sight, being situated in the branchial chamber, only the first three joints, a small Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. xv. 17 946 Mr. J. R. Tosh on an Abnormal Crab. part of the fourth, and the tip of the sixth being visible above the ventral part of the carapace. he first joint alone was normal in size, the next two were a little less than normal, the next two five times and the last two six times less than normal. The dactylopodite was not opposable to the beak of the protopodite, but curved downward into the branchial cavity as a more or less rigid process. It had apparently taken the direction of least resistance. It bore no serrations. The same blackish hue occurred at the tips of dactylopodite and protopodite as in those of the functional chela. All the arti- culations in the limb were more or less immovable. The specimen was an average-sized female, and, to judge from the state of the ovaries, which were nearly ripe, had suffered very little from the condition of the claw. In the figure the dotted line represents the posterior edge of the shell, which has been removed to show the limb. It may be supposed that at the last moult this chela had been injured in some way, probably a few joints knocked off, and that, before it was restored, the shell had overgrown -and imprisoned it: certainly it has never been functional. pinie aes Ss Ist walking leg. —— bas. —_— ischiop. — merop. branch. cay. pro. carp. In Ann. des Sci. Nat. 1893, sér. 2, tome xv., M. Jules Richard describes a number of cases of abnormality in crus- tacean appendages. These fall into two classes: the first Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new Mishes from Sarawak. 247 contains a single case of abnormality by reversion to a simple type of limb occurring in one of the mouth-appendages of a specimen of Platycarcinus pagurus. Those of the second class are cases of ‘ monstruosité par excés:” they are usually con- fined to the chela; but in such cases the limb is more or less functional. Possibly the example described above is unique. XXXI.—Deseriptions of Two new Fishes obtained by Mr. C. Hose in Sarawak. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. Plotosus abbreviatus. Band of teeth in each premaxillary thrice as broad as long; vomerine teeth large, molar-like, in a large crescentic patch ; a broad band of molar-like mandibular teeth, with an outer series of large obtusely conical ones. Depth of body 8 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Head 14 as long as broad, its depth | 3 its width ; diameter of eye 11 times in leneth of head, 34 times in interorbital width ; nasal barbel extending to praeopercle, maxillary barbel to opercle, First dorsal | 4, its depth 2 length of head; confluent dorsal, anal, and caudal with 190 rays (D. 90; C.18; A. 82). Pectoral with 12, soft rays, ventral with 145 pectoral spine a little longer an dorsal, 2 length of head. Uniform dark olive above, whitish beneath. Total length 420 millim. A single specimen, from the mouth of the Baram River. Rasbora Hosit. Depth of body 3§ to 34 times in total length, length of head 4 times. Snout as long as diameter of eye, 34 times in length of head ; interorbital width half length of head ; no barbels. Dorsal II 7, originating a little nearer base of caudal fin than end of snout, nearer to base of ventrals than to origin of anal fin, and opposite to the eleventh scale of the lateral line. Anal II 5. Pectoral nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral. Scales 28-29 3; one seule Belgreen lateral line and base of ventral. Caudal as long as head. Olive above, silvery beneath, the dorsal and lateral scales with a blackish edge; caudal edged with blackish. Total length 110 millim. T'wo specimens, from the Baram River. te 248 Dr. A. G. Butler on Charaxes azota. XXXII.—A new Species of Lepton from Guernsey. By Grorce W. CHASTER. DurinG the examination of a large quantity of material dredged last summer off Guernsey by Mr. E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., I met with several examples of a minute bivalve which appears to be new. Subjoined is a brief description. Lepton Sykesit, sp. n. Shell minute, nearly oval, with a tendency to a subrhom- boidal outline, rather convex, inzquilateral, very thin and hyaline, sculptured with numerous regularly disposed con- centric strize ; epidermis inconspicuous or absent ; umbones large, but not projecting ; margins rounded; teeth, in each valve an extremely minute erect cardinal placed beneath the umbo and an anterior and posterior lateral. Length 1 millim., height rather less. From the fry of L. sguamosum and nitidum this species is readily recognized by the want of prominence of the umbones and by the sculpture, and from L-suleatulum and Clarkicee by the different shape and hinge. In outline it somewhat resembles the young of Laswa rubra, though the teeth and sculpture are very unlike. I have great pleasure in associating the name of my friend Mr. Sykes with the species. XX XI1I.—On Charaxes azota of Hewitson, a rare Butterfly of which the Type Specimen is not in Hewitson’s Collection. By A. G. Butter, Ph.D., F.L.8., &e. In 1877 Mr. Hewitson described a female Charaxes under the name Philognoma azota in the ‘ Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,’ vol. xiv. p. 82. It was obtained at Delagoa Bay by Mr. and Mrs. Monteiro, and was, apparently, so nearly related to the female of Charaxes protoclea, that it could hardly be expected that Mr. Hewitson, with his broad views respecting the variability of Butterflies, would have con- sidered it worthy of a name.- However, the fact remains that he did give it the appellation of Philognoma azota. The following year Mr. Hewitson, in the same volume of the Magazine, described a form believed to be the male of Dr. A. G. Butler on Charaxes azota. 249 what he now recognized as a true Charaxes. His type of the latter, still in his collection, was received from Nyasaland, and obtained by Mr. Thelwall. In 1892 a specimen of the true male of C. azota was received from Delagoa Bay, through the Rev. Henri A. Junod, and in 1894 Mr. Whyte brought home a collection from Zomba in which was a male corresponding with Mr. Hewitson’s example, and clearly proving that the forms from Delagoa Bay and Nyasa are as distinct as C. azota itself from OC. protoclea. follows :— C. azota. Tawny border of primaries with- out defined spots from inner margin to second median branch, whence it separates into two series of tawny spots, of which the inner row consists of five and the outer of six. Outer tawny border of second- aries occupying nearly half the wing, its inner edge straight. Shining central or postmedian band on under surface, especially on secondaries, very narrow; ground- colour bright rufous-brown. Delagoa Bay. They may then be distinguished as C. nyasana. Tawny border of primaries with well-defined black spots at centre of each division, but undivided into spots to above third median branch, so that the inner series of the furea consists of two and a half and the outer of three and a half tawny spots. Outer tawny border of second- aries occupying only two fifths of the wing, its inner edge acutely zigzag from the median vein to the costa. Shining central band of all the wings very broad below, the ground-colour dull smoky rufous- brown. Nyasaland (Zomba). C. azota was described shortly before Mr. Hewitson’s death, and it is possible that the female type may never have been actually purchased from Mrs. Monteiro, who (in her work on Delagoa Bay) gives an illustration of it; at any rate, it is not in his collection, and was not there when Mr. Kirby catalogued it. The male from Nyasa, however, is in the series of Charazes, though only labelled with its locality, and corresponds tolerably closely with the specimen brought home by Mr. Whyte, thus clearly proving the Nyasa form to be constant in its characters. 250 Mr. G. Lewis on XXXIV.—On the Cistelides and other Heteromerous Species of Japan. By G. Lewis, F.L.S. (Plate VIIT.] THIS paper is written to follow that of the Tenebrionide, published in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xii. pp. 377-400, and 465-485, 1894; and in some notes given here at the end of the Cidemeride will be found some refer- ences to the synonymy which is necessary to bring the paper of last year up to date. Of the families now treated of, Marseul in 1876 enumerated nearly fifty species, and about forty more have been described by other authors, including myself, and these, with the additions recorded here, bring the entire number to about 175. The Pyrochroide have been chiefly dealt with separately in a paper in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xx. pp. 167-174, 1887, and the Mordellidew, Rhipiphoride, Meloide, and Cantharide remain to be worked out before the Heteromerous series 1s complete so far as my Japanese collection is concerned. The collections in the National Museum of the later families in the Heteromera have not been of material use to me; they are not so rich in named specimens as in the Tenebrionide, but [ am again much indebted to Mr. G. C. Champion for both the loan of typical specimens and for a continuance of the kindly assistance given to me last year. It will be noticed also from the number of genera I have been obliged to establish that this section of the Heteromera has been less studied, owing partly no doubt to the greater paucity of material in collections than in the genera of the earlier series, and this too after using, as other authors have done, names sunk in the Munich Catalogue as synonymic. In the list of species at the end of this paper a reference is again given to the year of the ‘ Zoological Record’ in which some isolated descriptions may be found. ‘This only applies to species to which the full reference is not given here or in Marseul’s memoir of 1876 or the Munich Catalogue of 1869. Allecula cryptomeric, sp. n. Elongata, opaca, nigra; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufis vel ob- scure brunneis; thorace leviter punctulato; elytris punctato- striatis, interstitiis impunctatis convexis. L. 16-174 mill. Elongate, rather parallel at the sides, black, opaque ; the head sparingly and unevenly punctured; the thorax ob- scurely punctulate, with a faint median channel, nearly as long as broad, bisinuous at base; the scutellum almost the Cistelidee &e. of Japan. 251 smooth ; the elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices i1m- punctate and convex; antenne, mouth-organs, tibie and tarsi reddish brown, thighs darker. This fine species is longer and much more parallel in form than A. fuliginosa, Miklin; the thorax much less transverse and the punctures in it are so fine and sparse that in certain lights it appears smooth. flab. Chiuzenji, Nikko, and Mayebashi. Apparently local; found running at night on large decaying trunks of Cryptomeria japonica. Allecula fuliginosa, Miklin. Allecula fuliginosa, Makl. Act. Fenn. x. p. 566 (1875). Allecula obscura, Har. Abh. Ver. Brem., y. p. 182 (1876). Allecula velutina, Mars, Ann, Soc. Ent, Fr. vi. p. 322 (1876). Hab. Nagasaki, Kioto, and other places ; very abundant. Allecula melanaria, Maiklin. Allecula melanaria, Mikl. Act. Fenn. x. p. 569 (1875). Allecula rufipes, Mars. 1876, nec rufipes, Fabr. 1801. Hab. Yokohama and Nagasaki; taken very commonly at both places. Allecula noctivaga, sp. n. Klongata, brunneo-nigra, opaca, griseo-pubescens ; capite thoraceque densissime punctulatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis dense et minute punctatis, marginibus externis anguste rufis. Ibi. 64-64 mill. Elongate, brownish black, opaque ; the head densely and evenly punctulate ; the thorax even more densely punctulate and opaque, somewhat quadrate, nearly as broad before as behind ; the scutellum reddish brown, punctulate ; the elytra more than three times the length of the head and thorax, parallel for two thirds the length, then gradually narrowing to the apices, outer margin dull red, striz deep and punc- tate (especially the fourth), interstices densely and minutely punctured ; the antenne and legs reddish brown, thighs darker before their apices. Hab. Kashiwagi. Two examples, 22nd June, 1881. Allecula simiola, sp. n. Parum elongata, rufo-brunnea, subnitida ; capite thoraceque dense punctatis ; elytris marginibus internis et externis rufis. L. 67-74 mill. Rather elongate, reddish brown, somewhat shining, clothed 252 Mr. G. Lewis on with tawny pubescence ; the head rather densely punctured and relatively wide between the eyes; the thorax wider than long, widest posteriorly, hind angles obtuse, punctured some- what similarly to the head, but a little more densely before the scutellum, median impression faint ; the scutellum reddish, punctulate; the elytra not parallel laterally, but widest behind the posterior coxe, punctate-striate, interstices ob- scurely punctulate, narrowly red on the sutural and outer edges, dorsal region darkest ; the antenne, mouth-organs, and legs wholly reddish brown. Larger, with a wider head and thicker antenne, but other- wise very similar to A. tenuis, Mars., 1876 (nec tenuis, Fairm., 1894). Hab. Kashiwagi and Nikko; one example at each place. Allecula eneipennis, Harold. Allecula eneipennis, Har. Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. p. 80 (1878). Distinguished from all in this series by the green or blue colouring of the elytra. Hab. Fukushima, Kashiwagi, Nikko, and Chiuzenji. An abundant species where it occurs. ‘Tokio, the locality given by Harold, is probably an error, as I found it only at inter- mediate and high elevations. Hymenorus veterator, sp. n. Elongatus, brunneo-niger, pubescens, parum nitidus ; capite thorace- que distincte punctatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, apicalibus vage rufis; antennis pedibusque rufis. L. 62 mill. Elongate, brown-black, with tawny pubescence, somewhat shining; the head rather closely punctured; the thorax transverse, widest before the base, arched anteriorly, punc- tured like the ead, bisinuous at the base, distinctly impressed before the scutellum ; the elytra rather long, not quite parallel at the sides, punctate-striate, interstices obscurely punctulate and transversely rugose, apices vaguely reddish ; the antenne and legs clear red. Hab, Nikko and Maiyasan near Kobé. Three examples only, taken in August. Cistela Haagi. Pseudocistela Haagi, Har. Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. p. 80 (1878). Harold only knew the female; the male has strongly pecti- nate antenne, and the thorax is, in all my specimens, red at and within the posterior angles only. I have one female with the thorax entirely black. the Cistelidee de. of Japan. 253 Hab. Nikko, Miyanoshita, and Kashiwagi, in June. In Nagasaki as early as March. Mycetochares collina, sp. n. Picea, nigro-pubescens, nitida; elytris 4-maculatis, maculis rufis ; pedibus rufis. L. 43-53 mill. Piceous, clothed with black pubescence; the head rather wide, width especially noticeable between the eyes, irregu- larly and rather finely punctured; the thorax widest near the middle and rounded off to the anterior angles, posteriorly rectangular, punctured like the head, basal fovez well-marked, with a rather wide antescutellar depression; the scutellum triangular and distinctly punctured; the elytra parallel at the sides, with a lobe-shaped red spot behind the humeral angle and a second transverse spot well before the apex and placed midway between the outer and sutural edges, punctate- striate, striae not well-defined, owing to the punctuation, interstices vaguely rugose and punctulate; the antenne red, with joints 6 to 10 usually infuscate ; the legs clear red. Hab. Kashiwagi. Mycetochares mimica, sp. n. Nigro-brunnea, griseo-pubescens, nitida; elytris basi bimaculatis ; pedibus brunneis, L, 43-6 mill. Blackish brown, with greyish pubescence ; the head nar- rower than that of J. collina, irregularly and rather coarsely punctured ; the thorax narrowest anteriorly, punctured like the head, basal fovea not well defined ; the scutellum trian- gular, punctured irregularly ; the elytra not parallel at the sides, widest near the middle, sometimes with a small humeral red spot; the antenne and legs reddish brown. Resembles J. linearis, Ll., a European species. Hab. Hitoyoshi, Wada-togé, Sapporo and Junsai. Mycetochares scutellaris, sp. n. Brunnea, nigro-pubescens, nitida; capite elytrisqus infuscatis ; thorace obscure brunneo ; scutello rufo; antennis pedibusque rufo- testaceis. L. 44-42 mill. Somewhat elongate, narrower than either of the last two species, reddish brown, shining ; the head somewhat narrow, punctulate, nearly black between the eyes, anterior part and mouth-organs testaceous; the thorax rather finely punctured, brownish, darkest on the disk ; the scutellum reddish brown 254 Mr. G. Lewis on or bright red; the elytra darker in colour than the thorax, sometimes immaculate, usually with a humeral flavous spot and a second transverse one before the apex, rather parallel at the sides, punctate-striate ; the antenne and legs reddish brown, the antenne being rather the darkest. Hab. Konosé. A series taken, 17th May, 1881. Pytho nivalis, Lewis. Pytho nivalis, Lew. Ent. xxi. p. 220 (1888). This is the only species at present known from Japan. Hab. Niohosan, and on the highest altitudes above Nikko, in places where the snow remains in shady spots until the beginning of June. ISTRISIA, gen. nov. This genus has most of the characteristics of Salpingus. The chief differences are: ten joints of the antennz monili- form, basal joint nearly as large again as the second; 2-7 almost similar, 8-9 thicker and larger than the basal joint, terminal largest and conical; maxillary palpi, 2 basal joints short, third moniliform, terminal longer but not wider; the leos and tarsi are formed like those in Salpingus. ‘The thorax is gradually narrowed at the sides from behind the anterior angle; the elytra not striate. Having only one example, I give an outline of the body, and an enlarged drawing of the palpi (fig. 1). Fig. 1. Istrisia rufobrunnea, sp. n. Elongata, subdepressa, parallela, brunnea, punctata, nitida; tho- race basi angustiore; elytris punctatis, haud striatis; antennis pedibusque concoloribus. aeons Elongate, parallel, very slightly convex, brown, shining ; the head rather wide, carinate at the sides from the anterior the Cistelide de. of Japan. 255 part past the antenne to the eyes, sparsely punctate, trian- gularly impressed between the antenne, sides parallel, with the eyes abruptly prominent; the thorax, punctured like the head, widest just behind the anterior margin, then gradually lessening in width to the base, where it is narrower than behind the neck ; the scutellum smooth; the elytra punctate, punctures at times vaguely arranged in longitudinal lines ; the legs and antenne palish brown, somewhat lighter in colour than the body. Hab. Sapporo. Salpingus niponicus, sp. n. Nigrescens, nitidus; capite thoraceque punctatis; elytris nigro- brunneis ; antennis articulis 1°-8™ rufis, 9°-11™ nigris. L. 23-31 mill. Blackish, shining; the head very clearly punctate, punc- tures rather closely set, eyes prominent ; the thorax, punctate like the head, arched at the sides before the narrowed base, usually with a fovea on the middle of the anterior edge; the elytra striate-punctate, interstices smooth, brown, dark brown, or nearly black with humeral angle brown; the antenna, eight basal joints reddish brown, three apical black ; the legs dull brown, tarsi paler. I did not obtain a species of Rhinosimus, but the genus probably occurs in the north. Hab. Nikko, Chiuzenji, Nishimura, and Junsai. Lissodema ainunum, sp. 1. Robustum, piceo-nigrum, nitidum ; elytris pallide testaceis, basi et medio dorsi infuscatis ; antennis parum brevibus. L. 34 mill. Rather robust, pitchy black, shining ; the head somewhat wide and rather roughly punctate, mouth-organs reddish brown; the thorax 4-denticulate laterally and closely punc- tate, with two basal fovee ; the elytra striate-punctate, pale testaceous, with two lobe-shaped patches at the base and a band across the middle of the dorsum (the band widens out in the sutural area) infuscate; the antenne and legs reddish brown, the former being shorter and stouter than those of any other of this series. Hab. Junsai. ‘Two examples only. Lissodema plagiatum, sp. n. Longiusculum, nigrum, nitidum; capite thoraceque dense punc- tatis ; elytris macula subhumerali flavo-testacea ; tibiis tarsisque pallide brunneis. L. 23 mill. 256 Mr. G. Lewis on Black, shining ; the head a little prolonged before the eyes, with two lateral impressions near the bases of the antenne, mouth-organs palish; the thorax 4-dentate, narrowed at the base behind the posterior denticulation, densely punctured, with one very distinct fovea on each side near the base; the elytra punctate-striate at the base, the strie gradually becoming punctiform after the middle, behind the humeral angle and extending across the wing-case nearly to the sutural stria is a pale yellowish spot, more or less defined and in one specimen almost absent; the antenne, joints 1-8 reddish brown, 9-10 black, terminal reddish at the apex only; the legs, thighs infuscate, tibize and tarsi pale brown. This is the most elongate species of this series. Hab. Junsai. Four or five examples. Lissodema pictipenne, sp. n. Breve, nigrum, nitidum; capite parum sparse, thorace dense punctatis; elytris distincte 4-maculatis, maculis flavis ; tibiis tarsisque pallide brunneis. L. 23 mill. Black, shining, body somewhat short ; the head punctured, punctures clear but not set closely ; the thorax, 4-denticulate laterally, little narrowed at the base, with two shallow fovee ; the elytra widest at the middle, punctate-striate, punctures not evanescent at or before the apices, with a transverse, somewhat broad, flavous spot before the base, which reaches from the sutural stria outwards nearly to the edge, and there is a second somewhat oval spot on each wing-case before the apex; the legs, thighs darkish, tibiz and tarsi pale brown; the antenne, joints 1-8 obscurely brown, 9-L1 somewhat large, infuscate, with the apex of the last reddish. The somewhat enlarged apical joints of the antenne distinguish this species from others of the series, except L. validicorne. Hab. Chiuzenji. One example, August 23rd, 1881. Lissodema laevipenne, Mars. This species was found originally at Nagasaki, but I met with it afterwards in various places as far north as the plain of Fujisan. Lissodema japonum, Reitter. Lissodema japonum, Reitt. Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. p. 882 (1877). “Oblongum, leviter convexum, nitidum, piceo-brunneum, haud metallo-zeneum, ore, antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis; pro- the Cistelidee dc. of Japan. 257 thorace transverso, confertissime fortiter punctato, ante basin utrinque oblique foveolato, lateribus rotundato, quinque denticu- lato, basin versus magis attenuato; scutello levi, elytris thorace paullo latioribus et triplo longioribus, lateribus late rotundatis, supra fortiter seriatim punctatis, interstitiis levibus.” L. 2°5 mill. Hab. “Japan.” Iam much indebted to Herr E. Reitter for an example of this species. I did not meet with it, but I believe it was taken by Herr Hiller at Hagi, north-east of Shimonoseki. Lissodema beatulum, sp. n. Parum breve, rufo-brunneum, nitidum; elytris tenuiter striato- punctatis ; antennis pedibusque concoloribus. L, 23 mill. Somewhat short, reddish brown, shining; the head bi- impressed between the antenne, clearly and rather closely punctured ; the thorax arched at the sides, from the anterior angle to the base, punctured like the head, with two basal fovee ; the elytra are a little paler in colour than the thorax, especially at the humeral angles, punctures which constitute the striz are irregular, largest near the bases, and becoming gradually finer towards the apices, interstices flat; the antenna, joints 9-10 and the terminal, except at the apex, infuscate, the others with the legs reddish brown. Hab, Oyayama and Nishimura in June. Two examples. Lissodema dentatum, sp. n. Brunneo-nigrum, nitidum ; capite parum dense, thorace dense punc- tatis, hoc lateribus distincte denticulato; elytris unicoloribus, punctato-striatis ; antennis basi pedibusque obscure rufis. L, 28-3 mill. Brownish black, shining ; the head clearly but not thickly punctured, with a small, not always very distinct, fovea between the eyes; the thorax more closely punctured than the head, 4-foveolate, with the lateral denticulations some- what acute and well defined ; the elytra concolorous, punctate- striate, with the rows of punctures along the suture more or less broken; the antenne, basal joints red, 9-11 infuscate ; the legs wholly dull red. Hab. Fukushima and Junsai. A series of specimens from both places. The two following species have one lateral thoracic tooth yery prominent :— 258 Mr. G. Lewis on Tissodema validicorne, sp. n. Parum breve, brunneo-nigrum, nitidum ; capite utrinque carinato ; thorace subeeneo, dense et parum profunde punctato, in medio valde dentato; elytris punctato-striatis; antennis articulis 1°—6™ flavis, 7°-11™ infuscatis ; tibiis tarsisque brunneis. L. 2 mill. This species is rather larger than L. tomaroddes, and like it has one very prominent tooth on the middle of the lateral edge; but the chief difference is in the antenne, the four apical joints are nearly black, and the 3-jointed club much more robust. Hab. Oyayama, June Ist, 1881. One specimen. Lissodema tomaroides, sp. n\. Breve, brunneo-nigrum, nitidum; capite sparse punctato, utrinque carinato; thorace lateribus in medio valde dentato ; elytris in medio latioribus ; antennis pedibusque brunneis. L, 18-2 mill. Rather short, brownish black, shining ; the head carinate on either side over the eyes and as far as the antenne, not closely punctured, especially between the eyes; the thorax closely and more coarsely punctured than the head, the second lateral denticulation from the base is at the middle of the thoracic margin and is very prominent, two anterior teeth obsolete; the elytra widest in the middle, rather browner than the thorax, punctate-striate ; the antenne are slender and relatively shorter than others of this series, and are with the legs pale brown. Resembles a species of Corticaria or Tomarus. Hab. Miyanoshita. Found rather commonly. Lissodema minutum, sp. n. Breve, brunneo-nigrum, nitidum; capite utrinque carinato, sparse punctulato; thorace transverso, dense punctato; elytris late ovatis, punctato-striatis ; antennis basi pedibusque pallide brun- neis. L. 14 mill. This minute species is remarkable in having the thorax distinctly transverse and the elytra broadly oval. ‘The elytra are much broader than the thorax. Hab. Oyayama. One example, June Ist, 1881. the Cistelidee dc. of Japan. 259 Hustrophus niponicus, Sp. Nn. This species is extremely like £. dermestoides, Fabr. It differs structurally in being a little narrower in body, thoracic posterior angles much less overlapping, thorax more rounded off behind the eye; scutellum one-fourth smaller; hind tibia less stout, with the tarsi longer and less robust. Tn sculpture the punctuation is less marked, and the carina along the base of thorax much less conspicuous. ‘lhe pubescence also is more tawny. Hab. Sapporo. Two examples only. Holostrophus orientalis, sp. u. Oblongo-ovalis, rufo-brunneus, pubescens ; elytris bifasciatis, disco rufo-bimaculato, apicibus obscure rufis ; antennis pedibusque rufo- brunneis. L. 6-62 mill. Oblong oval, rather densely clothed with short pubescence ; the head wholly red; the thorax, disk, and base more or less widely infuseate, anterior and lateral edge reddish, rather densely punctulate ; the elytra black, with a fascia at the base reddish brown, the fascia leaves two round dusky spots on the basal edge, one near the humeral angle, the other midway between it and the suture, posteriorly the fascia 1s bidentate, the inner dentation being the strongest, on the middle of the dorsum on each side of the suture is a reddish spot irregular in outline, and behind it on the outer elytral edge and extending two-thirds across the wing-case, 1S a second fascia, the apices of the elytra are also somewhat reddish brown ; the antenne and legs reddish brown, with the thicker joints of the former somewhat dusky. In one example the dusky spots at the base of the elytra join. Hab. Hitoyoshi on Rakuwayama in May, and at Niigata in September. Holostrophus dux, sp. n. H. quadrimaculato simillimus, at multo major et latior; capite rufo ; thorace nigro; elytris 4-maculatis ; subtus rufo-brunneus. L. 62 mill. This fine species in colour and elytral markings is extremely like H. 4-maculatus, but it is very much larger and the legs and tarsiare much more robust. ‘The head is red; the thorax black above; the elytra with four red spots, the red spot below the shoulder is narrower and more transverse than that of 4-maculatus, and it leaves a much wider margin of black on the outer edge e, and the anterior edge of the maculation is 260 Mr. G. Lewis on obtusely dentate in the middle; the second spot is also rela- tively narrower and more transverse, and it leaves a wide margin both at the suture and on the outer margin, and it is also further from the apex of the wing-case. Body beneath reddish brown. Hab, Yuyama. Holostrophus 4-maculatus, sp. n. Oblongo-ovatus, subtus rufo-brunneus ; elytris 4-maculatis, maculis rufis, macula posteriore tranversa; antennis pedibusque rufo- brunneis. L. 33-4 mill. Oblong oval, clothed with short pubescence ; the head piceous or reddish brown; the thorax black, punctulate, some- times with an obscure reddish spot on the middle of the lateral margin ; the elytra black, with a red lobe-shaped spot before the base, which nearly touches the epipleure, but on the sutural side leaves a wide interstice, before the apex is a second red spot, transverse in form, sometimes it touches the epipleuree, and sometimes it is interrupted at the suture, but not usually ; the antenne and legs clear reddish brown. The punctuation of the thorax is more clearly defined than in that of H. orventalis. Hab. Miyanoshita, Fujisan Plain, and Nikko. Holostrophus unicolor, sp. n. Oblongo-ovalis, punctulatus, obscure niger, subtus brunneo-niger ; elytris immaculatis ; antennis pedibusque dilutioribus. L. 4 mill. This species is smaller and narrower than H. 4-maculatus, with the upper surface concolorous ; the antenna, palpi, tibie, and tarsi reddish brown, with thighs darker. ‘The surface- sculpture in this and the three preceding species 1s very similar, and the characters suitable for specific distinctions relate chiefly to colour. I am indebted to Dr. Horn, the author of the genus Holo- strophus, for indicating, when on a visit here, that my Hastern captures belong to his genus. Hab. Yuyama in Higo. Three specimens in May. Orchesia elegantula, sp. n. Elliptica, fusco-brunnea, pubescens ; elytris rufo-brunneis, nigro- fasciatis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-brunneis. 164 IF mill. Elliptical, dusky brown, pubescent, densely and minutely the Cistelidee te. of Japan. 261 sculptured above; the head reddish brown; the thorax red- dish brown behind the head, the rest infuscate, less pubescent on the reddish part than behind, thoracic fovew shallow and somewhat triangular ; the elytra, margins of the suture infus- cate, and at the ‘base of the wing-case, ‘and sometimes touching the basal edge, is a dark longitudinal blotch which joins the sutural marking and at about half its length it spreads out oS towards the lateral edge, over the second segment of the ? abdomen is a dark undulating fascia which extends quite across the elytra, at the apex is a third dark marking which leaves a very narrow reddish margin on the outer edge; > the antenne and legs reddish brown, with 7-10 joints of fhe first generally dusky. moe species and the next agree with O. undulata, Kraatz, i 1 having the last four antennal joints enlarged and eine a lake The elytral markings of this and O. ¢mitans differ from O. undulata, Kraatz ; otherwise they are not very dissimilar, Hab. Junsai. Several specimens. Orchesta imitans, sp. 0. Elliptica, rufo-brunnea, pubescens; elytris trifasciatis, lateralibus in medio nigro-maculatis ; antennis pedibusque brunneo-rufis, L, 4-42 mill. Elliptical, reddish brown, densely sculptured, pubescent ; the head and thorax unicolorous ; thoracic fovea wide and shallow ; the elytra, margins of the suture infuscate, at the base is a somewhat similar marking to that of O. elegantula, but less defined in outline, the middle fascia is broader and in front of it near the lateral edge is a detached dark spot, the apical marking is rather broader and the margin less distinctly red; the antenne and legs reddish brown, with 7-10 joints of the first dusky. Smiller than O. elegantula, with the thorax usually wholly reddish brown. The detached spot near the middle of the elytral margin is also a conspicuous specific character. Hab. Ichiuchi, Miyanoshita, and other places; not un- common in South and Central Japan. Orchesia ocularis, sp. n. Elliptica, pallide rufo-brunnea ; thorace obscure brunneo vel infus- cato ; antennis pedibusque concoloribus. L. 53-52 mill, Hlliptical, rather pale reddish brown; the eyes coarsely ‘ranulate, very large, in male nearly meeting above, female with the space between the eyes much wider; the thorax Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol, xv. 18 262 Mr. G. Lewis on faintly dusky, especially on the disk, with the fore part red- dish, sculpture very clear and rather larger than that of the head; the elytra clear reddish brown, without fasciw; the antenne and legs testaceous ; the eighth joint of the antenne is not longer than the seventh, the three terminal joints form a club, which is much stouter than that of O. Marseult. Hab. Kashiwagi, in June. Orchesia Marseult, sp. n. Orchesia micans, Panz.; Mars. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 333 (1876). This species differs structurally from O. micans in being larger and much more elongate, the thorax less broad at the base, and the basal joint of the hind tarsus is more than one- third longer. Marseul’s determination rested on indifferent specimens. Hab. Kashiwagi, Fukushima, Chiuzenji, and Junsai. Microscapha japonica, Reitter. Lederia japonica, Reit. Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. p. 80 (1891). Hab. Kashiwagi and Nagasaki. Rather common in hay- stack-refuse at the latter place in March. Microscapha jfenilis, sp. n. Elliptica, convexa, pubescens, obscure brunnea, supra minutissime strigosa; antennis articulis primo et secundo robustis. L. 12 mill. This species is much broader than JZ. japonica and much darker in colour; the two basal joints of the antenne are shorter and much stouter. The abdominal segments of the male in both species are very curious ; there is a broad channel in the middle bordered by a carina: the channel equally occupies all the segments, but in J/. japonica it is compara- tivey shallow. The two basal joints of the antenne in this genus are remarkable for their size and length. Hab. Simabara and Nagasaki. ‘Two examples. Microscapha lata, sp. n. Ovalis, convexa, pubescens, piceo-brunnea, nitida; elytris apice per- spicue dehiscentibus ; antennis pedibusque testaceis. L. 23 mill. This species is at once known from the two preceding by its larger size, greater breadth, and the gaping apices of the wing-cases, and also by the absence of a sternal sulcus in front of the posterior coxe. ‘The abdomen is only feebly the Cistelide dc. of Japan. 263 impressed where in M. japonicr and M. fonilis there is a conspicuous longitudinal channel, but my examples apparently are both females. flab. Kashiwagi. Two examples, 23rd June, 1881. Synchroa crepuscula, sp.n. (PI. VIII. fig. 1.) Elongata, angustata, infuscata, subopaca, pubescens; capite thorace- que minute et dense punctatis; elytris distincte striatis, interstitiis convexis; antennis pedibusque obscure rufo-brunneis. L. 18 mill. Klongate, narrow, dusky or blackish brown, somewhat opaque, with short greyish pubescence; the head finely and densely punctured ; the thorax, sculptured like the head, narrowest anteriorly, feebly swollen in the middle, widest at the posterior angles, angles obtusely produced, depressions at the base wide and shallow; the elytra, very long and narrow, distinctly striate throughout, interstices convex and finely punctulate; the antenne, palpi, and legs dull reddish brown. The third joints in all the tarsi are shorter than those of S. melanotoides. This is the finest species of the genus known at present. Hab, Sapporo and Junsai. Only five specimens. Synchroa melanotoides, sp. n. Elongata, elliptica, infuscata, subnitida, pubescens ; capite thoraceque parum dense punctatis ; elytris striis leviter impressis; antennis pedibusque obscure brunneis. L. 10-123 mill. Elongate, elliptical, dusky brown, somewhat shining, with somewhat long tawny pubescence; the head rather densely but not finely punctured; the thorax narrowest anteriorly and gradually widening to the base, posterior angles not pro- duced, depressions at the base deep, somewhat triangular, and not widening out like those of S. crepuscula; the elytra, strie feebly impressed, interstices punctured like the head and thorax; the antenne and legs dull brown. This species somewhat resembles S. umbrina, Mels. Hab. Miyanoshita, Kurigahara, Sapporo, and Junsai. Many specimens. Serropalpus niponicus, sp. n. Elongatus, angustatus, brunneus, pubescens; eapite thoraceque densissime rugoso-punctulatis ; elytris distincte striatis, interstitiis dense rugoso-punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque concoloribus. L. 9 mill. This species is similar in form and colour to S. filiformis, Se 264 Mr. G. Lewis on Mars., but the elytra are wholly and distinct striate like those of the European species S. barbatus, Schall. S. niponicus differs markedly, however, from the last-named in the elytral interstices being much more rugose and more convex. Hab, Fukushima. One example, 28th July, 1881. MIKADONIUS, gen. nov. This genus should be placed close to Serropalpus ; tlie most conspicuous differences consist in the prominent eyes, form of the thorax, and in the shortness of the third joint of the pos- terior tarsus. Body elongate, parallel laterally; head scarcely as wide as the anterior part of the thorax ; eyes prominent, finely granulate ; maxillary palpi, last joint cultriform and large, other joints triangular, enlarged on the inner edge; antenne filiform, long, and slender, first joint stoutest, second much less robust and about half the length, third as long as the basal joint, 4, 6, 7 equal, fifth shorter than the fourth, 8-11 equal and rather longer than the seventh ; thorax widest behind, narrowest in front; scutellum somewhat square; legs elongate; tibie with two strong and lengthy spurs at the tarsal end; tarsi, the fourth joints of anterior and intermediate pairs short and coequal with those of the third joints of the posterior pair. Mikadonius gracilis, sp. n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 2, g.) Elongatus, angustatus. griseo-pubescens, vix nitidus, capite thoraceque densissime punctatis; elytris in colore variabilibus; antennis pedibusque testaceis. L. 7-12 mill. g,, 9-13 mill. 9. Elongate, narrow, parallel at the sides, with grey or tawny pubescence; the head and thorax very closely punctured, the latter narrowest anteriorly, slightly swollen about the middle, widest behind ; the elytral sculpture finer and less deep than that of the head and thorax. ‘The sexes differ in colour. Male: mouth-organs, head (except a wide black band between the eyes), undersides of basal joints of the antenne, legs, under- side of the thorax, mesosternum, and first segment of abdomen (partly) testaceous; metasternum and apical joints of the abdomen blackish brown; elytra infuscate on the margins, with a pale longitudinal vitta as shown in the figure. Female: mouth-organs, apical joints of antenne somewhat vaguely, tibie, and tarsi testaceous ; elytra with a short palish vitta in the middle of the wing-case, but close to the base, and a longer not well-defined second vitta, which commences near the humeral angle and continues down nearly to the apex, the Cistelidee &e. of Japan. 265 other parts infuscate. Some allowance must be made for variation, but my specimens are fairly constant in colour. Hab. Miyanoshita, Chiuzenji, and Nishimura in June. Ten examples. EURYZILORA, gen. nov. The species of this genus is oblong and wide, resembling in outline a species of Luciola. Palpi robust, last joint cultri- form; antenne slender, joints 4-10 scarcely obconical, last joint elongate; head somewhat broad, eyes rather prominent; thorax transverse, arched laterally ; scutellum rather wide, semi- circular behind; elytra parallel laterally, depressed, striate ; legs and tarsi more robust and shorter, but similar to those of Zilora. ‘The last joimt of the palpus is long and parallel at the sides as compared with that of Zc/ora (agreeing more with Phleotrya), the genus to which it is in most respects similar. Euryzilora lividipennis, sp.n. (Fig. 2.) Oblonga, piceo-brunnea, nigro-pubescens ; thorace 4-foveolato ; ely- tris striatis, lividis ; antennis basi pedibusque rufo-brunneis. L. 11-113 mill, Oblong, pitchy brown, with black pubescence obliquely erect ; the head rather wide and uneven, irregularly and not closely punctured ; the thorax, sometimes reddish in parts, punctured like the head, median channel not well defined, basal fovea shallow, with a second in front of it, but nearer the middle of the disk, deeper; the elytra rugosely striate, interstices rather convex and obscurely punctate: or rough, lateral margins narrowly dull reddish brown ; the antenne, three basal joints reddish, others more or less dusky ; the legs wholly reddish brown. Hab. Chiuzenji and Nikko. Three examples only. 266 Mr. G. Lewis on Phleotrya bellicosa, sp. n. Elongata, parallela, infuscata, opaca; capite in medio impresso ; elytris granulatis, obsolete tristriatis ; antennis pedibusque ob- scure brunneis. L. 20-21 mill. Elongate, parallel, dusky brown, opaque ; the head densely and evenly granulate, with a circular impression between the eyes ; the thorax convex above, also densely but more coarsely granulate than the head, with small irregularly set nodules behind the neck and on the disk ; the elytra densely granulate like the head, with three striz more or less visible and wide apart; the antenne and legs dull dusky brown. I believe this is the largest species known. Hab. Buno, Nishimura, Sapporo, and Junsai. Phleotrya rugicollis, Mars. This species has more slender legs than P. bellicosa and relatively shorter tarsal joints ; the third joint of the hind tarsus is especially noticeable in this respect. L. 65-114 mill. Hab. Maiyasan near Kobe, Kashiwagi, Sapporo, and Junsai. Dircea flavitarsis, sp.n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 3.) Elongata, parallela, fusco-brunnea; elytris bifasciatis ; antennis articulo ultimo tarsisque flavis. L, 114-14 mill. Elongate, parallel, dusky brown, somewhat opaque; the head densely sculptured, usually with a well-marked fovea between the eyes; the thorax margined laterally, fuscous, with a median yellowish pattern, which widens out trans- versely on the anterior and posterior margins ; the scutellum yellow ; the elytra finely and very densely granulate, with a reddish-yellow transverse band rather before the middle with dentate-sinuate edges, meeting at the suture, but not touching the outer edges, before the apex is a lobe-shaped yellow spot with its anterior edges only dentate; the antenne dusky, with the terminal joints flavous ; the thighs and tibie dusky brown, tarsi yellow. : Hab. Yuyama, Miyanoshita, and Nikko. Found com- monly. Dircea validicornis, sp. n. Elongata, elliptica, nigra ; thorace canaliculato ; elytris 6-maculatis ; antennis funiculi articulis sensim crassioribus. iS amnallle Elongate, elliptical, black, with a bluish tinge above, some- the Cistelide de. of Japan. 267 what shining, with short pubescence ; the head rather densely, not coarsely punctured, face nearly flat; the thorax densely sculptured and transversely rugose, median channel rather deep and a little shortened before neck; the scutellum semi- circular in outline; the elytra, finely and densely sculptured, with two lobe-shaped spots on the edge of the wing-case near the middle of the base, two median spots or bands on the space over the intermediate and posterior coxe, these spots touch the outer margin and leave a wide area near the suture dark, and are emarginate in front and feebly sinuous be- hind, before the apex are two bands which nearly touch the suture and the outer edge, and have sinuous edges, all the spots orange-red; the antenneg, first and second joints cylin- drical, third to the tenth gradually widen and flatten out, joints 8,9, and 10 are markedly transverse, terminal joint conical in outline, all densely black; the legs black, claws palish. Except the form of the antenne, which may be a sexual character only, I can see nothing to separate this species from Dircea. flab. Ikenchaiya near Kashiwagi. One example only, June 22nd, 1881. Dircea erotyloides, sp. n. Elongata, elliptica, brunneo-nigra, subnitida; elytris 4-maculatis, maculis flavo-rufis et dentato-sinuatis ; antennis pedibusque nigris. L. 84-132 mill. Elongate, elliptical, brownish black, somewhat shining ; the head clearly punctulate, some points transversely con- fluent, not foveolate; the thorax longer than wide, widest before the base, densely punctured, transversely rugose, median channel narrow and reaching midway only from the base ; the scutellum densely punctured, semicircular in outline ; the elytra with four reddish-yellow maculations, each strongly dentate-sinuate and not touching the outer or sutural edges, sculptured like the thorax ; the antenne, legs, and under surface black. This species resembles D. 4-guttata, Payk. Hab. Nikko, Chiuzenji, and Buno. Dircea dentato-maculata, sp. n. Elongata, parallela, nigra, opaca ; elytris flavo-maculatis ; antennis (basi excepta) nigris. L. 11-124 mill. Elongate, parallel, black, opaque; the head densely but finely sculptured, usually with a deep frontal fovea; the 268 Mr. G. Lewis on thorax arched and narrowly explanate laterally, rugosely punctured, with irregular indentations; the scutellum black, nearly quadrate; the elytra finely and densely sculptured, with four yellow markings or blotches with dentate edges, the anterior ones leave the widest space at the suture, but they each reach equally near the outer margin ; the antenne, three basal joints yellow, the rest black; the palpi and legs black, claws and last joint of the tarsus palish. The abdo- minal segments are sometimes, although rarely, yellow. Hab. Nikko and in the forests bordering the Kumagawa, a river which runs through the Province of Higo. Dirceea obscura, sp. n. Elongata, parallela, fusco-nigra, pubescens ; antennis basi, palpis, ore tarsisque rufo-testaceis. L. 63-8 mill. This species is somewhat similar to D. femoralis in colour, but the head is smaller, the thorax is longer than wide, the elytra less parallel, the thighs infuscate, and tibie more slender. Hab. Nikko, Miyanoshita, and Kashiwagi. Hight ex- amples. Dircea parvula, sp. n. Elongata, parallela, fusco-brunnea, pubescens ; antennis basi, thorace antice pedibusque rufo-brunneis. L. 5-53 mill. This species is extremely like the last, and might even be taken for a small variety of it, were it not for the antenna being more slender. It differs in colour also, the mouth- organs, palpi, three basal joints of antenne, anterior thoracic margin, and legs wholly are reddish brown. Hab. Nikko, Otaru, and Junsai. Three examples. Dircea femoralis, sp. n. Elongata, parallela, fusco-nigra, pubescens ; antennis basi et femo- ribus flavis. L. 9-93 mill. Elongate, parallel, infuscate, somewhat opaque, with short greyish pubescence ; the head densely granulate, with a linear impression before the neck ; the thorax wi ider than long, rounded off anteriorly, punctate-granulate, punctures most conspicuous just behind the anterior margin, with a shallow median longitudinal channel], scutellar fovea well-marked ; o the elytra, stria obsolete, finely granulate, and somewhat the Cistelide &e. of Japan. 269 rugose, the rugosities formed transversely ; the antenne, two basal joints yellow, others with the palpi dusky; the legs, tibiw, and tarsi dusky, with the apices of the tibie some- times yellow, thighs wholly clear yellow. Hab. Yuyama and Kumamoto. Several specimens. Abdera scriptipennis, sp. n. Parum elliptica, fusco-brunnea, opaca; thorace rufo-marginato ; elytris transversim fasciatis ; antennis (basi excepta) nigris. Le3 mull: Somewhat elliptical, dusky brown, opaque; the head densely and minutely sculptured ; the thorax sculptured like the head, with a narrow margin of reddish brown, widest at the posterior angles; the elytra, apical half of the lateral margin narrowly reddish brown, sutural margin and a fascia over the posterior cox, shaped like the letter Z, of the same colour; the antenne, two basal joints and apex of the terminal joint reddish ; the legs dull brown, tarsi rather paler. It is probable that the colour of this species is variable ; it may be placed near A. flewuosa, Payk. Hab. Junsai. One example. Hypulus cingulatus, sp. n. Elongatus, granulatus, parum opacus; capite thoraceque nigris ; elytris basi late rufis ; antennis pedibusque obscure rufo-brunneis. L. 6-8 mill. Klongate, surface granulate, subopaqne, with tawny pu- bescence ; the head sometimes with an impression between the eyes, black ; the thorax also black, widest in the middle} posteriorly rectangular, disk convex ; the elytra at the base and for about one third of their length dull red, over the hind coxe there is an oblique band of golden-grey pubes- cence, and behind it a broad area black, well before the apex is a second golden-grey transverse band with the posterior edge sinuous, apex and area behind the second band black ; the antenne and legs obscure reddish brown. Hab, Oyayama, Hakone, and Nikko. Chiefly taken from decaying beeches early in May. Hypulus higonius, sp. v. Elongatus, obscure rufo-brunneus, griseo-pubescens ; capite inter oculos foveolato ; thorace angulis posticis haud productis ; ely tris vage bifasciatis ; antennis pedibusque obscure rufo-brunneis. L. 7-74 mill. Elongate, dull reddish brown, nearly opaque, clothed with 270 Mr. G, Lewis on griseous pubescence; the head slightly but widely impressed before the antenne, distinctly foveolate between the eyes, neck infuscate ; the thorax granulate, rounded off anteriorly, hind angles nearly rectangular, on each side near the centre well in front of the scutellum is a dusky, nearly black, blotch not very well-defined in outline; the eiytra with two dark vittee behind the scutellum, each vitta touching the suture at its base, and two similarly coloured marks near the suture in the middle of the dorsal fascia, dorsal fascia infuscate and on the area over the hind coxe, in form dentate-sinuate, the apices also infuscate; the antenna, tibiz, and tarsi dusky reddish brown, thighs darker. Beneath the meso- and meta- sterna are darker than the general colour of the body. This species most nearly resembles HH. acutangulus. Hab, Oyayama in Higo, in May 1881. Hypulus acutangulus, sp. n. Elongatus, granulatus, subopacus, fusco-brunneus ; fronte impressa ; thorace angulis posticis acute productis; elytris fasciis dentato- sinuatis, griseo-sericeis ornatis; antennis tarsisque obscure brun- neis, femoribus et tibiis infuscatis. L. 7-72 mill. Elongate, dull dusky brown, granulate, with greyish pubes- cence; the head somewhat widely impressed between the eyes; the thorax much longer than broad, with the hind angles acutely produced, variegated with greyish pubes- cence, in front of the scutellum is a median longitudinal shallow channel with two longer lateral ones on each side of it; the elytra are longer and narrower than those of H. higontus and darker in colour, the markings are very similar, but the dark band behind the posterior cox reaches further posteriorly as well as further in front, and the edges are con- spicuously sinuate-dentate, apices infuscate; the antenne and legs infuscate. Hab, Oyama in Sagami and Chiuzenji. Six examples. BONZICUS, gen. nov. The characters of this genus correspond in a great part with those of Melandrya. Maxillary palpi, second joint long and triangular, third triangular and short, terminal appears trun- cate if viewed one way and cultriform on the other; the antennee after the sixth jot are widened and flattened out, terminal joint conical; the thorax bisinuous at the base and emar- ginate before the scutellum; the elytra without striae and temora robust. the Cistelidee de. of Japan. 291 Bonzicus hypocrita, sp.n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 4.) Elongatus, niger, subnitidus, parum pubescens ; elytris punctatis, hand Sabie azureo-Micans; antennis nigris, femoribus apice rufo-flavis. L. 12-13 mill. Elongate, black, with short greyish pubescence, some- what shining, with an azure tint above in some lights, espe- cially on the elytra; the head densely punctate; the thorax widest posteriorly, less thickly punctured than the head, bisinuate at base, emarginate before the scutellum, basal foveee wide and somewhat deep; the scutellum somewhat rounded off behind, rather closely punctured; the elytra punctured like the thorax, without strie; the antenne densely black, with apical joint reddish or testaceous at the tip; the legs black, with the apices of the femora broadly, and the bases of the tibia narrowly, reddish yellow or clear yellow. In some examples there is a red patch, more or less diffused, on the elytra around the scutellum, and in such specimens the abdominal segments are margined with red. During life this insect, running on timber, looks like a spotted buprestis, the yellow colouring of the femora appearing to be lateral spots on the elytra. Hab, Oyayama, Nikko, Chinzenji, and Nishimura in June, and Junsai and Sapporo in August. Not rare where there are large decaying beeches. IVANIA, gen. nov. ‘This genus is also proposed for a species which corresponds generally with those of Melandrya. Maxillary palpi short, and formed like certain species ot Melandrya, e. g. rufipes, Gebl.; antenne, two basal joints as in Melandrya, third flattened and triangular, fourth similar but rather larger, fifth again larger and similar to 6, 7, 8, and 9; tenth less trian- oular and scarcely as wide, terminal smaller and conical ; head rather small, eyes a little prominent, thorax narrowest anteriorly, widest before the base, canaliculate in the middle ; scutellum nearly quadrate ; elytra 4-striate, striae with wide interstices. Ivania coccinea, sp.n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 5.) Elongata, nigra; thorace infuscato, parte obscure coccineo ; ely tris 4-striatis, interstitiis dense rugoso-punctatis, in totum coccineis ; antennis pedibusque nigris. es —lemallle Elongate, black, with short scarlet pubescence ; the head 272 Mr. G. Lewis on somewhat densely punctured, foveolate between the eyes; the thorax blackish, more or less scarlet in parts, especially on the ridges, widely canaliculate in the middle, channel open at the base, closed anteriorly, at the sides from the base to about two-thirds of the thoracic length are excavations or deep depressions of irregular outline, pubescence more scattered than on the elytra; the scutellum black; the elytra bright scarlet, with pubescence of the same colour, 4-striate, striz more or less conspicuous, interstices densely and rather rugosely punctured ; the abdomen, antenne and Jegs densely black. Hab. Miyanoshita, Kiga, Chiuzenji, Kashiwagi and other places. ‘This pretty species is by no means uncommon in the forests in June, flying in the sunshine. Melandrya gloriosa, sp. n. Elongata, rufo-testacea, pubescens; thorace margine extus et subtus rufo; elytris aureo-viridis, nitidissimis, apice rufis; antennis (basi excepta) pedibusque rutis. L. 74-133 mill. This species is very similar to, but quite distinct from, M. rufipes, Gebl. The head rather small, somewhat thickly punctured, black, with mouth-organs and palpi testaceous ; the thorax black above, leaving the lateral margin broadly and the under surface wholly red; the elytra brilliant golden green, with the apex red, posterior area striate; the antenne somewhat infuscate at the base, gradually becoming red- brown towards the terminal joints; the legs and abdominal segments reddish brown. Hab. Miyanoshita, Hakone, Nikko, also at high elevations in Higo. Abundant at the time of appearance in June. Melandrya mongolica, Solsky. Melandrya mongolica, Sols. Hor. Ross. vil. p. 878 (1871) ; Lew. Ent. xxvi. p. 152; Mannerheim, Bull. Mose. p. 105 (1853) (indescrip.). “Nigra, nitida, subtiliter puberula, punctata, thorace anterius angustato, basi utrinque sinuato, profunde, late excavato, medio plus minusve canaliculato, lateribus postice explanatis subreflexis ; elytris nigris, subcyaneis vel subvirescentibus, crebre profunde sulcatis, interstitiis sulcorum costulatis ; ore cum palpis, antennis pedibusque nigro-piceis, plus minusve rufescentibus. “« U. 9-14 mill.” Hab. “¥. Siberia.” I found it also generally throughout Japan ; on the main island and in Yezo. the Cistelidee &c. of Japan. 273 Melandrya modesta, sp. 0. Elongata, nigra, parum nitida, griseo-pubescens ; capite punctulato ; thorace tenui et sparse punctulato ; elytris nigris vix azureo-micans ; antennis pedibusque rufo-brunneis. LE. 8 mill. Elongate, black, somewhat shining, pubescent; the head punctulate, punctures not closely set ; the thorax narrowest in front, widest before the posterior angles, less densely punc- tulate than the head, median channel feeble, basal fovez rather wide; the scutellum not transverse, semicircular in outline ; the elytra, strize four in number, outer one shortest, all evanescent well before the base, black but opalescent in certain lights; the antenne reddish brown, dusky at the base ; the legs also reddish brown, with the intermediate and hind femora dusky. This species somewhat resembles a small example of M. mongolica, Sols., but the elytral striz are incomplete. Hab. Oyama in Sagami. ‘Two examples. Melandrya niponica, sp. n. Elongata, nigra, nitida, griseo-pubescens. MJ. canaliculate forma simillima, at multo major. L. 14-19 mill. Elongate, black, shining, with grey pubescence; the head regularly and somewhat roughly punctured; the thorax rather widely canaliculate in the middle, with two wide depressions before the posterior angles, rather less thickly punctured than the head; the elytra striate, interstices rugosely punctulate ; the mouth-organs, palpi, base of an- tenne, legs, and the greater part of the under surface obscure reddish brown or piceous. The large size and greater breadth of the thorax distinguish this from the European species. Hab. Chiuzenji, and on Niohosan in June. Twenty specimens. Melandrya atricolor, sp.n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 6.) Elongata, parum angustata, atrata, nitida; elytris striis evanes- centibus ; palpis tarsisque brunneis. L. 94-12 mill. Elongate, black, shining, somewhat narrow and parallel at the sides; palpi, apical joint of antenne, and tarsi brown; the head irregularly and not densely nor deeply punctured; the thorax widest before the base, narrowest anteriorly, less dis- tinctly punctured than the head, median channel shallow ; 274 Mr. G. Lewis on the elytra vaguely brownish at the base, striz distinctly traceable only in certain lights, sculpture similar to that of the thorax. Hab. Chiuzenji. Six examples in June 1880, only seen once. Melandrya ordinaria, sp. n. Elongata, nigra, subnitida, pubescens; capite thoraceque parum dense punctatis; elytris haud striatis, lateralibus obscure rufo- brunneis. L, 83-93 mill. Elongate, black, somewhat shining, pubescent; the head distinctly rather closely punctured, impressed between the eyes; the thorax punctured like the head, widest behind the middle, median channel well-defined, shortened only just be- hind the neck, basal foves very small, situated in a wide depression ; the scutellum black; the elytra punctured like the thorax, striw obsolete (traces are seen in one example), with a rather broad lateral band reddish brown; the antenne black, apex of terminal joint reddish ; the legs blackish, tarsi obscurely reddish brown. ‘The elytra are wholly reddish brown in one example. Hab. Oyayama, Kashiwagi, Mayebara, and Chiuzenji. Nine examples. Melandrya ruficollis, sp. n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 7.) Elongata, depressa, parallela, atrata, subnitida; thorace, abdomen apice, rufis ; antennis brevibus. te nll: Elongate, depressed, parallel, somewhat shining, with short pubescence; the head, surface uneven and irregularly punc- tured, punctures rather small; the thorax one third wider than broad, rounded at the sides, sinuous at the base, clearly punc- tured, orange-red, with pubescence of same colour; the scutellum black, rather densely and finely punctured; the elytra, parallel at sides, sculpture close, black, with black pubescence ;_ the abdomen, last segment orange-red; the antenne, palpi and legs black, the first short, about the length of the head and thorax, with joints 7 to 10 ob- conical. Owing to the breadth of the thorax and shortness of the antenne, the facies of this species at first sight may seem to exclude it from the genus Melandrya. Hab. Ichiuchi, Yuyama (Ichibosa yama) and at Nikko near the temples. Only six specimens. the Cistelide dic. of Japan. 275 Melandrya pictipennis, sp.n. (Pl. VIII. fig. 8.) Elongata, nigra, nitida, pubescens ; capite dense punctato; elytris flavo-maculatis, haud striatis. L. 64-7 mill, Elongate, black, pubescent, shining ; the head densely and clearly punctured, sometimes with a fovea between the eyes; the thorax rather less thickly punctured, widest before the base, narrowest anteriorly, basal fovesee wide and shallow, median channel moderately deep; the elytra, without strie, black, with a wide flavous band over the metasternum, which leaves the outer and sutural edges black, well behind the middle is a second band, which touches the cuter edge (but not the sutural) and along the edge it continues on narrowly almost to the apex. A second specimen has the elytral markings different; the base is narrowly pale, the median band is reduced to an elongate lateral spot and the apical dark area has a median flavous region along the suture; the antenne black, with the apex of the last joint, and three or four others at the base, reddish; the legs also reddish, with infuseate joints. The example figured is perhaps the most constant colour- form of this variable species. I do not see any reason for not including the species in JJelandrya, but it may be allied to species placed by Leconte and Horn in Prothalpia. Hab. Nikko, Chiuzenji, and Nishimura. I found only four examples. Penthe gapana, Mars. This species is like P. obliquata, in having the scutellum covered with orange-coloured hair. The apical joint of the antenne is also of the same colour. Hab. Common in a white arboreal fungus throughout all the islands. Scotodes niponicus, sp. 0. This species resembles S. annulatus, Kschsch., in colour and facies generally, but it is more robust; the sculpture of the elytra is coarser and the tarsi are shorter. The shortness of the tarsus is most conspicuous in the basal joint of the hind foot. L. 94 mill. Marseul did not notice these differences, and assigned it to the European species. I do not know 8S. uniforms, Motsch. Hab. Miyanoshita, in May. Four or five examples only. 76 Mr. G. Lewis on Nothus (Osphya) orientalis, sp. n. Elongatus, niger, opacus, pubescens; capite thoraceque punctulatis, griseo-vestitis; elytris late bifasciatis; antenmis (basi excepta) nigris vel infuscatis. L. 6-62 mill. Elongate, black, opaque, pubescent ; the head with a short and close ereyish pubescence, rather closely punctulate; the thorax punctulate and clothed like the head, arched at the sides, very feebly sinuous before the scutellum the scutellum densely clothed with an ashen pile; the elytra, punctulate, with a very narrow ashen-grey margin along the suture and a broad ashen fascia across the wing-case over the inter- mediate cox and a second, rather narrower, well before the apex; the antenne, long and slender, three basal joints flavous, 4—7 black, 8-11 infuscate; the legs black, with bases of the tibiz pale. Hab, Miyanoshita and Nikko. Ten examples. Oruntius, Leconte, 1861. Elacatis, Pascoe, 1860. There are only two species of this genus known from Japan— 0. Kraatzi, Reit., Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. 1879, p. 226, and O: ocularis, Lew., Emt. M. M. ser.. 2, vol. 1) 1890, p- 247. ‘This genus is introduced here in the serial position assigned to it by Leconte and Horn in the ‘ Classification of the Coleoptera of North America,’ 1883, p. 391. Pascoe’s name was preoccupied. O. Araatzi is common in all the inland forests of Japan, but O. ocularts is a tropical form, found as yet only in the region of the Kumagawa in Higo. The habits of the species are noticed, Ent. M. M. 1891, p- 248. Eutrapela robusticeps, sp. n. Elongata, eneo-nigra, nitida, hirsuta; capite thoraceque vix grosse punctatis ; elytris striatis, interstitiis transversim rugosis ; antennis pedibusque nigris. L. 10 mill. Brassy black above, the antenne and legs black, ese with longish hair, but not so long as that of £. elongata the head rather broad and punctured, punctures large, but not dense ; the thorax, anterior margin not raised, about as broad as long, punctured like the head; the elytra punctate-striate, interstices transversely rugose. In form this species agrees fairly well with £. elongata, F. ; the Cistelide ec. of Jupan. 277 the thorax is rounded off anteriorly, the body is similarly hirsute, and the last joint but one of the antenna is short, like that of the Fabrician species. Hab. Sapporo. Two examples. Arthromacra viridissima, sp. n. Elongata, viridissima, nitida, punctata ; antennis pedibusque flavis vel obscure flavis. 1b, GD reall. Elongate, bright metallic green, densely punctate above ; the head, eyes rather small and rather prominent, with a semt- circular raised process over the point of the antennal insertion, coarsely and densely punctured, surface somewhat uneven ; the thorax punctured like the head, cylindrical, truncate before and behind; the elytra nearly as wide again as the thorax, punctate, with the punctures inclined to be transversely confluent, apices obtusely acuminate ; the antenne, terminal joint as long as the eighth, ninth, and tenth together, testa- ceous,with terminal and ninth and tenth joints sometimes infus- cate, basal joint also sometimes dusky on the upper surface ; the legs testaceous, with apical portion of the femur broadly green, and the base of the first tarsal joint narrowly dusky, claws and apical parts of all the tarsi also dusky. Very rarely the legs are wholly pale yellow. The last joint of the palpus is infuscate. In Arthromacra enea, Say, the elytral strie are obscurely traceable; in the Japanese species there are no indications of striz. Hab. Miyanoshita, Oyama, Tokio, Nikko, and Hitoyoshi. This pretty species is common in certain places in May, occurring in the flowers of Deutzia and Cerasus. Arthromacra sumptuosa, Sp. n. Elongata, purpureo-cuprea, nitida; antennis pedibusque obscure nigris. L. 94-102 mill. This species closely resembles A. viridissima in sculpture, but the colour is wholly different. In structure it differs in having shorter and more robust antenna, joints 7-10 being somewhat obconical, not elongate; the thorax is shorter and less cylindrical, with the outline nearly quadrate when viewed from above and the elytra are less acuminate at the apices; the legs and antennz wholly and obscurely black. Hab. Chiuzenji. Apparently scarce and local. Six ex- amples. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser.6. Vol. xv. 19 278 Geological Socvety. Arthromacra higonice, sp. ui. Elongata, aureo-cuprea, nitida; thorace clare punctato ; antennis pedibusque obscure brunneis vel infuscatis. L. 9-94 mill. Elongate, golden coppery; the head coarsely punctured, with a median fovea between the eyes; the thorax very clearly punctate, cylindrical, with the anterior and basal rim markedly raised; the elytra are sculptured like those of A. viridissima ; the antennw and legs obscurely black, with the intermediate and hind tarsi less dark. The antennz in this species are formed somewhat like those of A. sumptuosa, but they are more slender and joints 8, 7, 6 less obconical. This species is separated from the others of this series at once by the clear punctuation of the thorax, the punctures are clearly separated one from another. In form it is inter- mediate between A. swmptuosa and decora, Hab. Yuyama in Higo, May 8th, 1881. Arthromacra decora. Lagria decora, Mays. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1876, p. 389, Marseul placed this insect in the genus Lagria; it is of a greenish-brassy tint, with the antennz (apex excepted), tibie, tarsi and base of the femora testaceous. The joints of the antenne are formed like those of A. higonie, but they are shorter and less slender. Hab. Kobé, near the base of Maiyasan. Apparently very local. I took one specimen in 1871 and on returning to the place on the 11th June, 1881, I found seven others. [To be continued. | PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. January 9, 1895.—Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following communication was read :— ‘The Formation of Oolite.”. By E. B. Wethered, Esq., F.G.S. In previous communications the Author has described pisolites formed by the growth of Girvanella, and some true oolitic granules having a like origin. He has long entertained the opinion that all oolitic granules are of organic origin, but has not, up till now, been in a position to prove this. He describes the form of the grannles, which frequently exhibit a series of concentric layers of calcium carbonate around a nucleus, and also dark striz and patches, the former placed more or less at Miscellaneous. 279 right angles to the nucleus. The concentric layers often exhibit an irregularity which the Author maintains to be incompatible with their chemical origin. Again, granules are found, made of calcium carbonate occurring in two forms—a clear crystalline portion repre- senting the organic structural part, and an amorphous portion con- sisting of ordinary carbonate of lime, which is either infilling or secreted material, possibly both. In discussing the origin of the crusts around the nuclei the Author treats of the radial structure which is so marked a feature in the crust of oolitic granules. ‘This structure has the appearance of light and dark striz when seen by reflected light: the ight are tubules which have grown at right angles to the nucleus, while the dark are secondary formations. He refers to Rothpletz’s description of the oolitic granules of the Great Salt Lake, which are stated to have originated from the growth of lime-secreting algze, and thinks it possible that the fossil forms are of like origin, though not necessarily due to organisms allied to alge, and possibly even lower in the scale of life; Gir- vanella was the first type of oolite-forming organism discovered, and it is simply a tubule. February 6, 1895.—Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The following communication was read :— “On Bones of a Sauropodous Dinosaur from Madagascar.’ By R. Lydekker, Esq., B.A., F.R.S., V.P.G.8. The bones described in the paper were collected by Mr. Last to the east of the town of Narunda, on the north-eastern coast of Mada- gascar. They include vertebr, limb-bones, and portions of pectoral and pelvic girdles. ‘These bones are described in detail, and the animal which possessed them is referred to the genus Buthrio- spondylus, Owen: a dorsal vertebra, described in the paper, being taken as the type of the new species. The identification of the Malagasy reptile with a type occurring in the Jurassic rocks of England harmonizes with the reference of some of the strata of the island to the Jurassic period. MISCELLANEOUS. On the Cephalic Lobe of Euphrosine *. By Extin-G. Racovrrza. Tun cephalic lobe of the Amphinomidi, in its most complicated condition, is provided with the following organs: an unpaired antenna, inserted near the posterior border, and two pairs of eyes, one of which is situated in front of, and the other behind, the base of this appendage. A pair of antennre is situated in front of the anterior pair of eyes. On the ventral side, in front of the mouth, * The investigations were conducted at the Arago Laboratory (Banyuls- sur-Mer). 280 Miscellaneous. are found the two lips, while on the dorsal surface, behind the un- paired antenna, is situated the caruncle. The ewternal antenne (auctorum) are tentacular cirri by reason of their innervation, and Quatrefages (1865) justly contends that they must belong to a rudimentary segment. On studying certain series of forms belonging to the family with which we are dealing, two tendencies may be remarked in the modi- fication of the anterior extremity: (1) The parapodia of the first three or four segments travel more and more towards the front, so that their axes tend to lie in the sagittal plane of the body ; (2) the mouth and lips travel more and more towards the rear, and the anterior pair of eyes, with the paired antenne, tends to pass to the ventral surface. It is probable that the second tendency is but a result of the first. These modifications are exhibited to a very high degree in Euphrosine. In this genus the caruncle, the unpaired antenna, and the posterior eyes have retained their dorsal position (they have even been thrust slightly backwards), but the anterior eyes and the paired antenne are ventral. Between the paired antenne and the unpaired organ lies a considerable space, occupied by the terminal projection of the anterior extremity, which corresponds to the very small interval that separates the appendages in question in the case of the other Amphinomide. Since in Huphrosine the first segment is normal, the tentacular cirri appear in their primitive guise of parapodial cirri. The study of the brain not only justifies the interpretation given to the cephalic lobe of Euphrosine, but permits us at the same time to comprehend the true nature of the appendages. I agree with Hatschek (1893) in considering that the brain of the Polychetes provided with cephalic appendages is forined of three distinct regions : the anterior brain innervating the palpi; the middle brain giving off nerves to the antenne, to the eyes, and furnishing the major portion of the fibres of the commissures; and finally the posterior brain which innervates the nuchal organ. In Euphrosine the brain undergoes the same change of position as the cephalic lobe. The anterior brain is ventral; it gives off two large nerves, which pass each to the corresponding lip. These organs, formed by evaginations of the dermo-muscular layer, are therefore palpi. They cannot be homologous with the buecal pads (caussinets buccaux) of the Eunicide, as is supposed by Ehlers (1887), but are homologous with the palpi of those animals, as also of the Aphroditide. The middle brain exhibits great elongation and great lateral compression. Its median region, from being dorsal, has become anterior. From its anterior region, which has become ventral, issue the commissures which run their entire course in a plane that: is horizontal, and not more or less vertical as in the case of the other Polychetes. From the same region arise the nerves of the anterior eyes and those of the paired antennee. The nerve of the unpaired antenna and those of the posterior eyes are furnished by the posterior region, which is here dorsal, of the middle brain. Miscellaneous. 281 The posterior brain, which, in this form, is distinctly dorsal, is very strongly developed ; it gives off two large nerves which pass into the caruncle. ‘The latter organ, which was misinterpreted by Ehlers (1864), has recently been described by McIntosh (1894), who, however, did not recognize its true nature and saw in it nothing but some fibres. Its innervation, however, shows that the caruncle is nothing else than the nuchal organ. It is formed, in fact, by three elongated folds of the body-wall. One of these folds is of greater length, and is placed between the other two ; its lower edges are united to the inner edges of the lateral folds. Vibratile furrows, which are very distinct and parallel, run the entire length of the folds. There are four of them on the median fold, and only two on the lateral ones. Two of the vibratile furrows pass from the caruncle on to the cephalic lobe, and extend as far as the paired antennz. I shall describe this arrangement in detail else- where. Iam lhkewise unable to dwell here upon the histological structure of the caruncle, which, moreover, does not differ essentially from that of the same organs in other Polychetes. The three folds indicated above are entirely similar to the occipital lappets (ailerons occipitaux) of e. g. Amblyosillis. Their union into a single mass only disguises the primitive condition which is still represented in Euphrosine triloba, Ehlers. The glandular organs which, according to McIntosh (1894), are found on each side of the caruncle, are nothing but masses of pigment deposited in the posterior lobes of the brain. Similar masses are also found along the pedal nerves, and also in other Polycheetes (e. g. ventral chain of Eunice’. Veritable glandular organs, however, exist. These are two pyriform masses, constituted by greatly elongated hypodermic gland-cells. These organs belong to the palpi ; for if the bodies of the cells are situated behind the brain, their ducts open on the surface of the palpi. In the genus Spinther the tendencies indicated at the commence- ment of this note have been realized much more completely. The parapodia of the first segment have become united in front of the cephalic lobe. The caruncle has disappeared equally with the palpi and the paired antenne. ‘The unpaired antenna of the Amphino- midze alone persists, with its four eyes at its base. The presence of four of these organs upon the dorsal face and at the base of the unpaired antenna clearly indicates that Spinther cannot be the direct descendant of HKuphrosine. These two genera form two distinct branches from the stem of the Amphinomide. The tendency towards radial symmetry which is displayed in Spinther as in Huphrosine must not be attributed to a direct parental con- nexion between the two forms. The explanation of the phenomenon is to be sought in a convergent evolution occasioned by a mode of life almost as sedentary as that of fixed animals.—Comptes Rendus, t. cxix. no. 26 (December 24, 189+), pp. 1226-1228. On the Development of the Kidney and of the Coelome in Cirripedes. By A. GRuvEL. In the paper which I have published in the ‘ Archives de Zoologie 282 Miscellaneous. expérimentale,’ I stated, in speaking of the relations between the kidney and the ccelome in Cirripedes, that there was no communi- cation between the renal sacs and the exterior or the general body- cavity. Herein, as throughout my paper, I took into consideration only the adult forms. It was interesting to ascertain whether, at a certain stage of development, any communication whatever existed between the kidney and the body-cavity. As I had at my disposal some larvie and very young examples of Lepas pecturata, obtained at the Arago Laboratory, I have beeu able to make certain investigations upon this subject, the result of which I will brietly detail. On examining series of transverse sections of larvee and young specimens of Lepas pecturata, we are able to perceive how the reciprocal relations between the kidney and the body-cavity are modified. In the Cypris larva we find an extremely small csvity in direct communication with the exterior by means of a pair of orifices situated upon the palps of the lower lip, and which evidently represents the ccelome as it is met with in the adult. At the very bottom of this cavity—that is to say, on the side opposite to the external aperture—we notice a little cluster of scarcely differentiated cells with a narrow central lumen; this is the beginning of the renal gland. In proportion as the ccelome enlarges, the lumen of the renal gland increases more and more, and in individuals which are quite young and have scarcely emerged from their larval shell there exists a distinct communication between the body-cavity and the kidney. Then, as the animal grows, the renal cells become more and more differentiated, and the sac is entirely reconstituted, destroying the communication which had existed for a time between the two cavities In question. At a certain period of their development, therefore, Cirripedes, or at least the species that I have been studying (and there is no reason that the conditions should not be the same in the remaining forms), possess a pair of veritable segmental organs, formed by an excretory band scarcely differentiated, it is true, but in direct com- munication with the exterior. The accumulative pseudo-kidneys (pseudo-reins d’accumulation) that I have described in the adult would therefore be, at this period of life, genuine organs for the direct elimination of excrementitious products to the exterior. The body-cavity of the adult would be primitively a simple excre- tory canal, which has become, so to speak, passive in consequence of the obliteration of the renal sacs, the products of which it still eliminates to the exterior indeed, but in a manner altogether indirect, by the aid of the incessant osmotic exchanges which take place between the general body-cavity and the kidneys of the adult. We know that in the Crustacea the shell-gland generally opens upon the second pair of maxille. In reality the position of the excretory orifice of this gland varies enormously, not only in the different groups, but even according to the genera and species. Miscellaneous. 283 Moreover, since the terminology of the mouth-parts in Crustacea is, in the majority of cases, only based upon their relative position, and not upon their development, I do not think it is impossible to regard the true larval kidney of Cirripedes (the pseudo-kidney in the adult) as homologous in a general way with the shell-gland of the other Crustacea.— Comptes Rendus, t. exix. no. 26 (December 24, 1894), pp. 1228-1230. On the Formation of New Colonies by Termes lucifugus. By J. Pérez. Although the biology of the European and exotic Termites has engaged the attention of numerous zoologists, some of whom are of the highest rank, the origin of the societies of these insects still remains enveloped in complete obscurity. Neither de Quatrefages nor Lespes has observed the swarms of sexual individuals which at certain periods escape from the galleries, and to which has been attributed the mission of founding new colonies, Fritz Miiller even goes so far as expressly to deny that they perform such a function. He writes as follows :—‘‘ As to the males and females of Calo- termes, 1 will not absolutely refuse to admit that they possess the capability of continuing to exist by themselves and of commencing a new settlement. In the case of all species of Termes, Eutermes, and Anoplotermes, however, with whose mode of life I am to some extent acquainted, a winged pair would undertake the founda- tion of a new colony with precisely the same success as a pair of new-born children deposited upon a desert island” (‘ Jenaische Zeit- schrift,’ Bd. vii. 1873, p. 458, note 1). In spite of so absolute a denial on the part of the eminent zoolo- gist just quoted, it is, | think, evident that a social species devoid of the faculty of disseminating itself at a distance would be doomed to fatal and early disappearance. Dissemination must and does exist in the Termites. When a nest has furnished a swarm of winged males and females there are always to be found in the proximity of the colony, or even about the orifice of exit, a few stray individuals which have lost their wings. They go, as a rule, in pairs, the-one following the other very closely. The leader is invariably a female, while her follower is a male. When these couples are captured they speedily perish, unless they are kept under natural conditions, which appar- ently has never been done. My own method of proceeding is as follows:—In a large jar containing a certain quantity of earth is placed a block of old dead wood, it matters little whether of oak, fir, or elm. More earth is then added, so as to surround the lower part of the wood to a height of several centimetres. One or more pairs of Termites, which are then placed upon the wood, quickly creep between it and the earth, and take up their abode in some depression, either underneath or upon the sides of the buried portion of the wood. ) 1801. 5 1045-1068 1813. It will be comparatively easy to fix with a fair amount of cer- tainty the actual month any of the above plates was issued. C. Davies SHERBORN (Index gen. et spec. anim.). THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. [SIXTH SERIES. ] No. 89: MAY, 1895. XLV.—On the Specimens of the Genus Cutiterebra and tts Allies (Family Cistridee) in the Collection of the British Museum, with Descriptions of a new Genus and Three new Species. By K. EK. Austen, Zoological Department, British Museum. [Plate XIII.] THE genus Cutiterebra * was founded by Bracy Clark in the year 1815 (Clark, ‘ An Essay on the Bots of Horses and other Animals,’ London, 1815, p. 70) for a group of CEstride which is confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions, where the larve are parasitic in the subcutaneous tissues of Rodents and Marsupials. ‘he flies themselves, which are characterized by a large stout body, feathered arista, brown wings, and broad flat tarsi, include some of the largest of all Diptera, but are by no means frequently found in collections, although the Jarvee of certain species must be exceedingly common in the districts in which they occur. Since the publication of Prof. Brauer’s epoch-making work on the Cistride (‘ Mono- graphie der Oestriden,’ Wien, 1863), more than thirty years ago, which includes seventeen species of Cutiterebra, two of which are apparently synonyms, only one additional species of the genus (C. approximata, Walk.) has been described. The present revision proves that the British Museum possesses specimens of nine species of Cuttterebra, two of which are new. In 1887 the “ division” (Abtheilung) CUTEREBRID& (Brauer, * Clark wrote Cuterebra: the obviously correct form given by Scudder (‘Supplemental List of Genera,’ p. 93), on the suggestion of Verrall, is here adopted. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. xv. 27 378 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus Wien. ent. Z., vi. Jahrg., 1887, pp. 5, 11, and 13) (which it would surely be better to call the subfamily CUTITEREBRIN£) was instituted by Prof. Brauer for Cutcterebra and the allied genera Rogenhofera and Dermatobia. I now find it necessary to introduce a fourth genus, allied to Rogenhofera, for an interesting new species from the ‘Mexican shore of the Gulf of California. I am aware that, as a result of the recent labours of Brauer and von Bergenstamm, the family Cistride is abolished, and its constituent genera form a “section” of the Muscide (“‘ Muscaria Schizometopa,” Brauer and v. Berg.). For the sake of convenience, however, I have decided to retain the old terminology in the title of the present contribution. Cutiterebra funebris, sp.n. (Pl. XIII. figs. 1-1 0.) Cuterebra atrox, Clark (?), ‘Essay: Addenda’ (1848) ; description trans- lated by Brauer, ‘ Monographie der Oestriden,’ pp. 241-242 (1863), The type of this species is a male specimen from Trinidad, forwarded for identification by Mr. J. H. Hart, of the Trinidad Botanical Department. The larva is known in the island as the ‘ Mosquito Worm,” and the present specimen, which is accompanied by its pupa-case, was bred from a spiny rat (Loncheres guiane, Thos.). Mr. Uart’s statement on the subject will be found below. ‘This species is apparently closely allied to C. atrox, Clk., with which after all it may prove to be identical. Unfortunately, owing to the fact that the typical specimen was sent home in a mixture of spirit and glycerine, many of the characters, such as pollinose markings, have been destroyed, while, on the other hand, in spite “of many attempts, 1 have not succeeded in obtaining access to Clark’s original description of C. atrox, which is accom- panied by a figure: I have therefore been forced to content myself with Brauer’s translation. On the whole, however, it seemed better to describe the present specimen as new, espe- cially as the type of Clark’s species was obtained from Mexico. Since writing the appended description I have discovered that the type of C. atrow is in the Oxford Museum, and by the kindness of Prof. Poulton I hope before long to have an opportunity of comparing it. ¢@. Dimensions agreeing very well with those given by Brauer for C. atrox, taken from Clark’s figure: length 24 millim. (25 millim., Brauer); length of wing 20 millim. (as in Brauer); width of vertex 4 millim.; width of head 94 millim.; width of thorax at base of wings 93 millim. ; width of abdomen at base of third segment 113 millim. Black ; reddish brown on pectus, pleure, sides and posterior angles of dorsum of thorax, base of scutellum, and sides of Cutiterebra and tts Allies in the British Museum. 379 abdomen below ; abdomen metallic greenish black, shining, dull reddish brown on sides of segments below ; wings dark brown, lighter at the base in front ; alulce blackish brown. Front dull, with a deep depression in the median line, possibly due to immaturity ; ocellar triangle large, shining black ; the depressed area of front reddish brown, doubtless originally pollinose; an impressed pollinose mark running from the eye on each side to the fissura frontalis opposite the base of the antenne ; below this, and separated from it by a subquadrate shining black spot, a large dull reddish-brown area, extending from the eye to the fissura frontalis and also running upwards so as to join the extremity of the former mark; this area would doubtless likewise be pollinose in a well-preserved specimen; a round subconical shining black tubercle on each cheek below the eye; entire head thinly clothed with short black pile. Antenne: first two joints black, with black pile; third joint short, about as long as the first two joints taken together, reddish brown, apparently pollinose; arista black, thick at the base. Antennary pit broad, septum not developed. Thorax and scutellum dull dark brown above ; the beginnings of two narrow shimmering silvery stripes in front of the dorsum, not reaching to the suture, which is very deep; a dull dark brown broader stripe outside these and reaching to the suture, and a similar median one scarcely reaching the suture, faintly indicated; thorax and scutellum entirely clothed with short black pile, which is sparse above, but thicker and longer on the pleure and along a line bordering the dorsum. Abdomen also thinly clothed with short black pile and punctuate; fifth segment more thickly clothed with hair and showing no blue above ; appa- rently it was originally more or less covered with greyish pollen ; the reddish area on the sides of the segments below was doubtless also covered with pollen; there are indications that the margins of the second, third, and fourth segments were narrowly white. Legs black and clothed with black pile; tibie with a very prominent fringe of bristly hairs on the outside, making them look very broad ; there is a faint indi- cation that they were originally pollinose at the base; all the tarsi extremely broad, the second joint of the second pair measuring 14 millim. in breadth, the posterior pair even broader. Trinidad (fart) ; one specimen. Pupa-case: length 30 millim. ; breadth across the ridge on the sixth segment 17} millim.; the transverse ridges very strongly developed ; entirely clothed with imbricated scales, of which those on the anterior portion of the segments, on the dorsal surtace at any rate, are denticulate. 2 380 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus Mr. Hart writes as follows :— “Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, Dec. 11, 1894. “I take the liberty to forward you a circular issued by my office on the so-called ‘ Mosquito Worm.’ ‘This insect has been commonly attributed to Zpula as its originator in Trinidad, which of course, without experiment or argument, could be shown to be erroneous. Still the actual rearing of the imago was needed to show on the spot that it was so. This has now been done, as described by circular.” . . . The following is the circular referred to :— “ Botanical Department, Trinidad. Circular-note No. 14. “ On Saturday, the 13th of October, I had brought to me a specimen of the Spiny Rat (Loncheres guiane), which had been found feeding on a fruit-tree in the Royal Botanic Gardens. “¢ On examination the animal was found to be affected with the parasite known in Trinidad as the ‘ Mosquito Worm,’ whose life-history up to the present has been but imperfectly known. “The Rat was placed in a finely netted cage, and on Oct. 22nd, or nine days after it was captured, the animal rid itself of the parasite, and the latter assumed the chrysalis stage in one of the cage corners. “The chrysalis was a hard body, almost black, with nine [eleven] segments, and in form slightly tapered to opposite ends. It was over one inch and a quarter in length, and measured five eighths of an inch in diameter at its broadest art. “The chrysalis was kept in damp earth, and on Dee. 3rd (42 days) the perfect insect emerged... .. “The puncture in the skin of the Rat on which the fly was developed healed in two or three days. e ° “The term ‘ Mosquito Worm’ is therefore proved to be erroneously applied. (Signed) “J. H. Hart, F.LS.” “Dee, 8rd, 1894.” Cutiterebra approximata, Walk. Cuterebra approximata, Walker, ‘The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia,’ by J. K. Lord, vol. 11. pp. 838-839 (1866). This, with C. terrisona, Walk., C. funebris, Austen, and Cutiterebra and its Allies in the British Museum. 381 C. atrox, Clark, belongs to a group of black or blue-black species, which are clothed with black hair, either entirely or with the exception of a tuft of yellow pile on the pleura. Much more material is necessary before the limits of these species can be determined satisfactorily. Judging from the descriptions (Brauer’s translation in the case of that of C. atrox, Clk.), C. approximata, Walk., and C. atrox, Clk., are very closely allied. If the dimensions of the latter as given by Brauer (‘ Monographie,’ &c. p. 242) on the basis of Clark’s figure are to be depended upon, however, C. approximata is a smaller and much more slender species. The following are the dimensions of Walker’s type (a female) :—Length 21 millim. (correctly given by Walker as “10 lines”) ; width of vertex 3 millim.; width of head 8 millim.; width of abdomen at base of third segment 9 millim.; length of wing 16 millim. The head shows only a single flattened, deeply punctured, but ill-defined tubercle on each side, its base resting on the eye opposite the antenne; there is no tubercle on the cheeks beneath the eyes, as in the specimen from Trinidad, which I have described as C. funebris; the dorsum of the thorax and scutellum seems originally to have been shining black; the ‘ dark cinereous tomentum”’ mentioned by Walker is due to the dirty state of the typical specimen ; pleure clothed with tufts of black pile, without a trace of yellow ; dorsum and scutellum thinly clothed with shorter black pile : abdomen metallic dark violet, shining, the fourth and fifth segments more purple than the rest, the central portion of the third segment somewhat greenish blue; the sides of the segments below sprinkled with the usual irregular markings of greyish pollen, leaving rounded and irregular patches of the shining ground-colour; no trace of white margins to the segments above. Legs: femora reddish at the tips; tibiew pollinose at the base; tarsi apparently not very broad ; front tarsi, at any rate, scarcely more than half as broad as the corresponding pair in the typical specimen of C. funebris, the first joint longer, the remainder more compact and squarer. Wangs somewhat narrow, uniformly brown, not paler at the base in front. C. approximata, Walk., is distinguished from C. funebris, Austen, by its smaller size, more slender form, deeper violet colour of the abdomen, narrower tarsi, and the absence of a tubercle upon the cheeks. The typical specimen, which is the only one in the collec- tion, is from British Columbia (J. K. Lord) ; it is labelled in Walker’s handwriting, and the description is attributed to 382 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus Walker in the list on p. 337 of vol. 11. of Lord’s work ; van der Wulp is therefore in error in crediting the species to Smith (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Diptera, vol. 11. p. 2). Through the kindness of Mr. O. Salvin I have had the privilege of examining the ‘ Biologia’ specimens of Cutiterebra, and after a careful study of the two specimens which van der Wulp (loc. cit.) somewhat doubttully assigns to C. approxt- mata, Walk., I am able to say that neither of them belongs to this species. The specimen from Pinos Altos, Mexico, should apparently be referred to C. terrisona, Walk., while that from San Geronimo, Guatemala, seems to me to be a male of C. americana, I. Prof. Brauer (‘ Monographie,’ &e. p. 222) states that the eges of Cutiterebra are unknown, and he is inclined to think, on account of the structure of the abdomen of the female, that the flies may be viviparous. However, I found an egg protruding from the ovipositor of the type of C. approximata, and also discovered an egg adhering to the type of C. terrisona, Walk. The ege of C. approximata is about 14 millim. in length, and is yellowish white in colour ; but with the excep- tion of a longitudinal groove, doubtless due to drying, it appears to present no peculiarities. Cutiterebra terrisona, Walk. (Pl. XIII. figs. 2, 2 a.) Cuterebra terrisona, Walker, List Dipt. Ins. in Coll. British Museum, iii, p. 683 (1849). The typical specimen (the only one in the collection) is a female from Guatemala (Sal/é). Dimensions :—Length 233 millim. (correctly stated by Walker as 11 lines); width of vertex 33 millim.; width of head 9 millim.; width of abdomen at base of third segment 10% millim.; length of wing 183 millim. ue There are five triangular spots of yellow pollen resting on the inner margin of each eye; the three uppermost spots are small, the other two much larger; the lowest, which rests on the inferior angle of the eye, is somewhat more quadrangular than the rest, while the spot above this is much the longest and extends to a point midway between the eye and the tip of the oral cleft ; the extremity of the vertical fissura frontalis on each side is also surrounded with an oval spot of yellow pollen ; the antennary pit is greyish and the occiput yellowish pollinose ; the head is entirely clothed with black hair, and there is no jagged band of yellow pollen on the posterior border of the cheeks below ; thorax, eacept a narrow oblique ae Cutiterebra and its Allies in the British Museum. 383 tuft of yellow pile on the pleuree in front of the base of the wings, entirely clothed with black hair: abdomen shining plum-purple *, the anterior margins of the third and fourth segments narrowly yellowish pollinose; in the case of the third segment there is an expansion of this narrow band on each side, so as to include the posterior margin of the pre- ceding segment, and there are indications that the band at the base of the fourth segment is similarly expanded at the sides ; the sides of the first four segments below and the whole upper surface of the fifth sprinkled with the usual irregular markings of yellowish pollen, leaving connected or isolated dots of the shining ground-colour. Zegs: tarsi large and broad; last two pairs of femora with a patch of yellowish pollen at the base in front. Wangs broader than in C. ameri- cana, ’., 74 millim. in width at their broadest part, some- what paler towards the base on the inner side. Prof. Brauer (‘ Monographie,’ &c. p. 245) states that he regards C. terrisona as a synonym of C. americana, F., and that he cannot understand how Walker could separate it ; on this account Walker’s species is definitely referred to C. americana by van der Wulp (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Diptera, vol. il. p.1). C. terrisona is, however, a perfectly good species, which can at once be distinguished from C. americana by the pleure being entirely clothed with black pile, except the small fleck of yellow hair, and by the absence of the jagged yellow pollinose border to the cheeks in the female. Cutiterebra americana, F. Cuterebra americana, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 774, 6 (nec Walker, List Dipt. &e. iii, p. 683). Two specimens, both females—one labelled “ Georgia,” the other without a locality. In his description Fabricius writes, ‘‘thoracis lateribus canis:” in these specimens the pleure are clothed with cadmium-yellow pile, but herein they agree with Prof. Brauer’s description of the species (‘ Mono- graphie,’ &c. pp. 243-244) and also perfectly with Bracy Clark’s coloured figure of his species C. cautertum (§ An Essay on the Bots of Horses and other Animals,’ London, 1815, p. 70, pl. 1. fig. 28), which is regarded by Brauer as a synonym of C. americana, F. ‘The colour of the pile clothing the pleuree is probably variable. In these specimens the contrast between the yellow pleuree and black dorsum is very sharp, and with the polished deep purple abdomen and unitormly deep brown wings renders the species a strikingly * Ridgway, ‘ Nomenclature of Colours,’ pl. viii. 384 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus handsome one. The dimensions of the specimen from Georgia are as follows:—Length 23 millim.; width of vertex 33 millim.; width of head 94 millim.; width of abdomen at base of third segment 103 millim.; length of wing 18 millim. ; greatest width of wing 6 millim. Cutiterebra buccata, F. Cuterebra buccata, Fabricius, Genera Insectorum, p. 805, 1776 (1777 ?), = C. horripilum, Walker (nec Clark), List Dipt. &c. ili. p. 683. Two specimens, both males—one from Nova Scotia (Red- man), the other with no locality. Prof. Brauer (‘ Mono- graphie,’ &c. pp. 249-250) does not mention that the outside of the anterior femora is thickly clothed with whitish hair. Cutiterebra fontinella, Clark. Cuterebra fontinella, Clark, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. pp. 410-41] (1827), = C. americana, Walker (nec Fabricius), List Dipt. &e. iii. p. 683. Three female specimens—two from Nova Scotia (Redman), the third presented by the Entomological Club, without a locality. These specimens have certainly nothing whatever to do with C. americana, F., but I refer them somewhat doubtfully to C. fontinella, Clk., since this species is stated by the author to have the last two segments of the abdomen white, whereas in the present specimens only the fifth segment is of that colour. In size, however, and other respects they agree very well with Clark’s description, and fontinella is the only species given by Prof. Brauer in his table (‘ Monographie,’ &c. pp. 229-250) to which it is possible to assign them. In ‘Insect Life,’ vol. v. p. 319 (1893), Townsend describes two female specimens which he assigns to C. fontinella and which were bred from larve obtained near Dofia Ana, New Mexico, “ taken from Lepus artemisia (?), the common cottontail of the lower Rio Grande region in New Mexico.” Townsend states that his specimens are ‘ without doubt Cuterebra fontinella, Clark ;”’ but the correctness of the identification seems to me to be very ques- tionable. Clark mentions that C. fontinella is half the size of C. cuniculi’, Clk., which he states to be as large as Bombus terrestris ; but Townsend gives the length of his specimens as 20°5 millim. to 21 millim.,” while he adds that a third specimen received from Colorado, which he also regards as belonging to this species, is ‘£22 millim. in length.” Towns- end’s specimens therefore must be nearly as large as C. cundteuld itself. Clark calls C. fontinella the “ White-tailed Cuterebra, Cutiterebra and its Allies in the British Museum. 385 or Blue Rabbit Fly,’”’ and the former of these names would seem to imply that the white tip to the abdomen is a con- spicuous feature; but in the case of the two specimens bred by Townsend it was not until the colour of the abdomen was restored with chloroform that a “ greyish bloom,” clothing the inferior lateral edges of the segments, was observed “ to extend in both specimens upon sides of abdomen and dorsum of last two segments, or even in places on dorsum of second segment.” With reference to the specimen from Colorado, Townsend writes :—‘‘ The dorsum only of segments 1 to 3 of abdomen is narrowly purplish black, the side of the abdomen and all of last segment being covered with the whitish bloom and circular purplish-black spots.” Clark’s description of the abdomen, however, runs as follows :—‘‘ Abdomen breve, atrum, lucidum, superne violaceo resplendens: segmentis duobus postremis hirtis, albidis, punctisque variis atris elevatis, glabris.” I take this to mean that the white seg- ments are more hairy than the rest, and clothed with pale pile; Townsend, however, says nothing about this, though, on the other hand, he states that the yellowish-white hairs clothing the pleure are “continued completely around edge of scutellum,” which is not mentioned by Clark. Our specimens have the scutellum entirely clothed with black hairs, the first four segments of the abdomen shining violet- purple, clothed with short black pile, the fifth entirely covered with whitish-yellow pollen, sprinkled, especially at the sides, with small round shining dots of the ground-colour, and fairly thickly clothed with short pale golden-yellowish pile. It 1s therefore evident that, whether. I am correct in assigning these specimens to C. fontinella, Clk., or not, they certainly cannot belong to the same species as ‘Townsend’s specimens. Except that only the last segment of the abdomen is whitish yellow, our specimens agree very well with Clark’s descrip- tion so far as it goes. The front shows two small triangular flecks of silvery-white pollen, resting on the eye on each side, which are not mentioned by Clark, and there is a similar fleck on the occipital margin on each side of the ocellar tubercle. The whole of the face and cheeks is covered with yellowish-white pollen and clothed with pile of a similar colour. In addition to the round shining spot on each cheek mentioned by Clark there is a similar but smaller one resting on the lower margin of the eye. ‘The antennary pit is greyish, the lower margin on each side shining black, and the vertical fissura frontalis terminates on each side below in the usual dull black triangular mark. The antenne are dark brown or 386 Mr. E. EK. Austen on Specimens of the Genus reddish brown, the third joint stout, rather longer than the first two joints taken together. The dorsum of the thorax greyish black, shining, clothed with short black pile; the pleuree clothed with longer yellowish-white pile, which terminates above the base of the wing in front of the posterior tubercle. Of the three black spots on the pleura, arranged in a triangle, the upper one, which consists in a tuft of black pile, is in one specimen almost obsolete. Legs shining dark reddish brown, entirely clothed with black pile. Dimensions : length 16 millim. ; width of vertex 3 millim.; width of head 7 millim. ; width of abdomen at base of third segment 73-8 millim. ; length of wing 13 millim. These specimens are much smaller than any other species | of Cutiterebra in the collection, and their size and the white tip to the abdomen give them a very distinctive appearance. One specimen has three yellowish eggs adhering to the right hind tarsus. Cutiterebra analis, Mcq. (= C. apicalis, Guér.). Cuterebra analis, Macquart, Diptéres Exotiques, ii. 3, pp. 22-23, tab. ii. fig. 5 (1843). Cuterebra apicalis, Guérin-Méneville, Iconographie du Régne Animal, Insectes, pp. 547-548 (1844), and pl. ci. fig. 1 &c. (1835). Two specimens, male and female—the former from Orizaba, Mexico (Sal/é), the latter from Tunantins, R. Amazons, Brazil (Bates). The male has a fleck of black pile on the humeral tubercles in addition to those on the pleure. Guérin-Méneville’s excellent coloured figure leaves no doubt of the synonymy above given. Macquart’s figure, on the other hand, is execrable; but his description is much more detailed than that of Guérin-Méneville. It is clear from internal evidence (the date 1844 is quoted on p. 531 and “ mars 1844” on p. 553) that the description of C. apicalis was not published until 1844, although the date on the title- page of the portion of the ‘ Iconographie’ which contains the Insects would lead the reader to suppose that it appeared in 1838. The particular plate on which the figure of C. apicalis is given is, like certain other of Guérin-Méneville’s plates, not dated; but since the plates immediately preceding and following it bear the date “ 8re 1835,” we may safely con- clude that pl. ci. was published at the same time. On the whole, however, it seems better to adhere to the principle that a figure of a species unaccompanied by a description does not constitute publication. Cutiterebra and vts Allies in the British Museum. 387 Cutiterebra rufiventris, Macq. (PIOSEEE tes. 3, 3.a.) Cuterebra rufiventris, Macquart, Diptéres Exotiques, 11. 3, pp. 21-22 (1843) ; Brauer, Monographie der Oestriden, pp. 245-246 (1863). A female specimen from Ecuador, collected by Mr. Clarence Buckley, undoubtedly belongs to this species, which was described from a single male from the neighbourhood of Para (Brazil) : Brauer merely translates Macquart’s description without having seen a specimen. I therefore append a description of this female. 9. Length 234 millim. (rather more than that of Mac- quart’s type, which he states as 9 |. (French),=20 millim.) ; width of vertex 33 millim.; width of head 94 millim. ; width of thorax at base of wings 9 millim.; length of thorax in- cluding scutellum 114 millim.; width of abdomen (second segment) 11} millim. Margins of the front next the eyes below bordered with yellowish pollen, which on each side runs out inwards in two triangular projections, enclosing the uppermost ‘ espace arrondi luisan”’ of Macquart; the lower of these triangular projections extends to the jissura frontalis ; the bare spots on the face large and very conspicuous when the head is viewed from in front. Thorax greyish black; scutellum reddish brown, darker at the sides, semitranslucent by transmitted light, flattened, and somewhat acuminate, yellowish pollinose below; a strongly marked brownish-black median stripe extending from the anterior margin of the thorax to the middle of the scutellum, about 2 millim. broad in front, and tapering somewhat posteriorly; on each side of this a light grey stripe of about half its width, and, contrary to the state- ment of Macquart, extending to a distance of 2 millim. beyond the suture ; outside the grey stripe a black one on each side running to the scutellum, somewhat broader than the grey stripe in front, but extremely attenuated behind the suture ; the greyish area outside the last-mentioned stripe on each side somewhat indistinctly divided by a broader black stripe, which joins the inner margins of the tubercles on the ante- rior and posterior angles : pectus and pleure greyish pollinose, two small dark brown shining spots, of which the posterior is the more elongated and duller, on the pleuree below the spots ot black pile noticed by Macquart ; the yellow pile clothing the pleure and pectus forming a narrow fringe, which limits the dorsum and extends to the posterior tubercle above the base of the wing; dorsum and upper surface of scutellum clothed with short black pile, becoming more conspicuous 388 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus where it meets the yellow fringe ; a few short yellowish hairs projecting from the under surface of the scutellum posteriorly. Abdomen reddish chestnut, the sides of the last three segments below, as well as more or less of the anterior portion of the third, greyish pollinose ; the first fouxsegments thickly clothed with short, appressed, silky hairs of a ferruginous hue; the fifth segment thickly clothed with longer golden hairs; the second segment with an oblong patch of black hairs on each side, occupying only the anterior two-thirds of the segment, and not descending far down the sides ; it is probably to these patches that Macquart is referring when he states, “ premier segment noir, & bord postérieur fauve ;”’ a triangular area in the centre of the second segment also clothed with short black pile, reaching to the posterior margin in the median line, and surrounded on each side by a tuft of longer yellowish-orange pile starting from the posterior margin of the first segment ; central portion of third segment near the posterior margin with an ill-defined black band, due to short black hairs mingling with the ferruginous ones; posterior margin of second and third segments narrowly whitish. Legs: first two pairs of core black, greyish pollinose, the anterior pair clothed externally with pale yellow hairs and in front with black hairs, the middle pair clothed externally with yellow hairs, mingled with which are a few black ones; posterior coxe black, reddish brown behind, clothed externally with a tuft of yellow pile and at the extreme base with black hairs; femora, tébie, and tarsi brownish black, clothed with black hairs ; the anterior femora and the posterior side of the others at the base reddish brown; the bases of the femora, posteriorly in the case of the first two pairs and anteriorly in that of the the last pair, yellowish pollinose and clothed with yellow pile; bases of the middle femora also with traces of yellow pollen above and anteriorly, those of the last pair posteriorly slightly yellowish pollinose and with a few yellow hairs. Wings, alule, and squame very dark brown, the latter with a fine border of extremely short yellowish pile; wings not very large for the size of the insect, covered with conspicuous transverse wrinkles; alule large, subquadrate in shape, strongly wrinkled, and very conspicuous when the insect is viewed from the side with the wings at rest. Ecuador (Clarence Buckley) ; one specimen. Cutiterebra nigricincta, sp. n. (Pl. XIII. figs. 4, 4a.) ¢. Length 194 millim.; width of vertex 3 millim.; width Cutiterebra and its Allies in the British Museum. 389 of head 8 millim.; width of thorax at base of wings 83 millim. ; width of abdomen (second segment) 10 millim. ; length of wing 163 millim. Black ; dorsum of the thorax, except a small area on the anterior margin, clothed: with black pile; central portion of the pleure also clothed with black pile; abdomen metallic brassy green, shining, thickly clothed with silky golden-yellow pile, with a conspicuous band of black pile on the posterior margin of the third segment, the base also clothed with black ile. f Head entirely clothed with shimmering pale golden pollen, thinly covered with short pile of the same colour, which is longer and thicker on the cheeks below and nearly conceals the oral cleft ; occipital margin of the vertex brownish, with a blackish-brown triangular mark enclosing the upper angle of each eye, and bearing a few short black hairs; ocellar tubercle also with a few black hairs; antennary pit greyish pollinose ; antenne dark brown, first and second joints clothed with pale golden pile above, third joint ovate, about half as long again as the two former taken together ; arista dark brown at the base, reddish brown towards the tip, cilia pale yellowish ; lunula frontalis brownish black, shining; on each side of the face and touching the margin of the eye opposite the third joint of the antenna a large shining black spot, with the upper margin straight and bluntly conical below, sparsely punctuate and bearing a few pale golden hairs; the upper margins of these spots are on a level with the base of the third joint of the antenna; they are separated from the fissura frontalis by barely half their width ; @ s¢mdlar spot, rather larger in size and subquadrate in shape, on the cheeks near the lower margin of each eye, and directly below the upper spot; a small bare triangular fleck between the lower spot and the eye, touching the lower margin of the latter. Thorax: anterior surface clothed with golden pile, which extends to a distance of 2 millim. as a semilunar patch on the anterior margin of the dorsum; this patch is scarcely visible when looked at from above, but conspicuous when the insect is viewed from in front ; scutellum black and clothed with short black pile above, yellowish pollinose below, and with a few short yellowish hairs projecting from below the posterior margin; pectus clothed with deep yellow pile, which runs up on to the pleure in two stripes ; the anterior of these, which is the broader, forms an arch over the prothoracic stigma and is in connexion with the yellow pile on the anterior surface, while the posterior stripe terminates in a tuft in front of the squamee. Abdomen: first and second segments clothed with short black pile, sides 390 Mr. E. EK. Austen on Specimens of the Genus of the second segment below greyish pollinose and with a few short yellow hairs, a little yellow pile on the anterior angles of the first segment also; central portion of the third segment somewhat bluish, the band of black pile on the posterior margin very conspicuous and sharply defined when the insect is viewed obliquely from the front ; this band does not reach the posterior angles of the segment below, while the ends are divided by a tapering band of greyish pollen, on which the pile is somewhat sparser, while in front of it there is a line of hair projecting at a different angle from the rest, so that on looking at the ventral surface we appear to see the margin of an additional segment ; ground-colour of the fifth segment, when viewed from behind, tawny, with a dull greyish pollinose transverse band, divided in the median line and occupying rather more than the anterior half of the segment ; this is most conspicuous when the specimen is held so that the eye looks directly at the edge of the hind margin of the fourth segment; in certain positions a narrower greyish pollinose band is also visible on the sides of the third and fourth seg- ments, lying nearer to the anterior than to the posterior margin, but not in contact with either, and dying away on the dorsal surface before reaching the median line ; a narrow dull median longitudinal stripe is faintly indicated when the abdomen is viewed obliquely from behind; the pile clothing the fifth segment thicker and longer than elsewhere. Legs clothed with black pile, the posterior surface of the last pair of femora thinly clothed nearly to the tip with short silky yellowish pile ; all the coxz, the bases of the anterior femora above, and those of the middle pair posteriorly also with some yellow pile; femora and tibie reddish brown, the latter darker than the former; tarsi black, short and broad; claws black. Wings brown, somewhat lighter towards the posterior margin, narrow and tapering to the tips, somewhat lancet-shaped ; alule dark brown, of moderate size, subquadrate ; squame dark brown, fringed with short brown pile, and showing no light margin. Para, Brazil (Bates) ; one specimen. This species presents no resemblance to any of those pre- viously described : itis at once distinguished from Cutzterebra analis, Macq. (apicalis, Guér.), by the thorax and scutellum (with the exception of the anterior margin of the former) being entirely clothed with black pile instead of with golden yellow; while the unstriped thorax and the shining metallic abdomen, with its black transverse band, render it impossible to confuse C. nigricincta with C. rufiventris, Macq. Cutiterebra and vts Allies in the British Museum. 391 BoGERIA, gen. nov. Large, compact, and thick-set flies, resembling Cutiterebra in general appearance, but with the arista bare and the tarsi, or at least the front and middle pairs, not expanded. Allied to Rogenhofera, Brauer (Verh. k. k. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1863, and ‘ Monographie der Oestriden,’ 1863, pp. 215-216), but differing as follows:—Profile of the head much more nearly semicircular than that of Rogenhofera as shown in Brauer’s figure (‘ Monographie,’ &c. tab. iv. fig. 8 a) ; viewed from in front the outline of the head much more nearly circular than that of Rogenhofera as figured by Brauer (‘ Mono- graphie,’ &c. tab. vi. fig. 14) ; eyes occupying rather more than the upper half of the head in profile, but not projecting above the vertex—rather on a slightly lower level when viewed from in front; with the head in its natural position, no space visible between it and the thorax, when the insect is viewed from the side; antennary pit small, in length equal to about one fourth of the greatest length of the eyes, and, when the head is viewed from in front, extending from a point opposite the centre of the inner margin of the eye to another slightly lower than the middle of the lower half of the latter ; antennw small, first two joints very short, third joint rounded at the tip, rather longer than the first two joints taken together ; arista short, stout, tapering only at the tip, first segment somewhat elongated and arising from the third joint of the antenne at a point about one third of its length from the base ; proboscis short, concealed in the oral cleft, at least in the typical species ; occipital orbits very conspicuous ; first pair of legs slender, the tarsi not expanded; middle and posterior legs, though stouter, with tarsi but slightly dilated, scarcely broader than the tibie, their middle joints ovate, not semilunar; wings shorter than in Rogenhofera, tapering to their tips, with no appendix to the angle of the fourth vein ; alule large, quadrate, with the anterior angles rounded, very prominent when the wings are at rest; abdomen bluntly conical, the basal angles rounded off abruptly. Pupa-case viewed from above subpyriform, much more regular in outline than that of Cutiterebra, since the segments bear no ridges as in the genus alluded to; viewed from the side, the under surface slightly concave, the upper strongly convex ; upper surface of the first four segments forming a cap (‘‘ Deckel”’), as in Cuttterebra, to facilitate the escape of the imago; terminal segment concealed in a narrow trans- verse slit, bearing a notch on the dower instead of the upper margin, as in Cutiterebra; the eighth segment the longest ; 392 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus rather less than the anterior half of all the visible segments (the ‘‘ cap” is wanting in the two specimens from which this description is taken) surrounded by a zone of small, sharp, backwardly directed spines, the largest of which are about 1 millim. in length ; a narrow and less conspicuous ring of smaller spines surrounds the posterior margins of the segments; the rest of the surface covered with small, distinct, bluntly conical tubercles, not scales; the three lateral rows of pro- tuberances exhibited by the pupa-case of Cutiterebra but very faintly indicated, and that only upon segments anterior to the seventh ; posterior stigmata reniform. The absence of transverse ridges upon the posterior region of the segments and the fact that the surface is covered with tubercles and spines * instead of with imbricated scales at once distinguish the pupa-case of Bogeria from that of Cutiterebra. ‘The previous stages of Rogenhofera trigonophora, Brauer (‘ Monographie,’ &c. pp. 217-218), the type of its genus, are unknown; but, according to Berg’s description (Stett. ent. Z., Jahrg. xxxvii. 1876, pp. 271-272) of the larva of fogenhofera (Cephenomyia) grandis, Guér., the only other species that bas as yet been assigned to Rogenhofera, the pupa- case in that genus also is covered with scales. Bogeria can be inserted in Prof. Brauer’s tables (vide ‘Monographie der Oestriden,’ p. 45, and Wien. ent. Z., Jahrg. vi. 1887, p. 15) as follows :— C&stride. CUTITEREBRIN2. I. Arista feathered above. a. Tarsi broad, flattened .......... Cutiterebra, Clk. b. "Tarsi'slender ).j-nieerets es = 6 ss 6 Dermatobia, Brauer. II. Arista bare. a. Antennary pit large ; third joint of the antennz short, round, not longer than the second; arista * The spiny larva described by Coquerel and Sallé (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. sér. t. 2, 4ieme trim., 1863, p. 785, pl. xix. fig. 2) from Lepus palustris, Bachm., from Mexico, and assigned by the authors to an undetermined species of Cutiterebra, may possibly belong to this genus. In this case, however, the spines are apparently not arranged in definite zones, and, judging from the enlarged figure (pl. xix. fig. 26), they are shorter and broader than in Bogeria. The fact that some of them are bifid at the tip may be due to their being broken. Townsend (‘ Psyche,’ vol. vi. 1892, pp. 299-300) describes a spiny larva, assigned by him to Dermatobva, sp., from Lepus callotis, Wagler, from New Mexico ; but neither in this case are the spines arranged in zones. Townsend writes :—“ Segments after the first sparsely covered with short, black, curved spines. . . .” Cutiterebra and dts Allies in the British Museum. 393 long, slender ; alulze of moderate size; wings with a short ap- pendix to the angle of the fourth VEINS Prete eo oy sisare cue die sa Rogenhofera, Brauer. 4. Antennary pit small ; third joint of the antenne slightly longer than the first two joints taken to- gether; arista short, stout ; alule large; wings with no ap- pendix to ‘the angle of the fourth VELMA eee ea arash o.lars Aaya Shae Bogeria, nov. I dedicate this genus to Lieut. H. O. Boger, R.N., to whom the British Museum is indebted for the specimens of the typical species described below. Bogeria princeps, sp. 1. (Pi. XIII. figs. 5-5 3.) &. Length 203-214 millim.; width of front at vertex 3-3 millim.; width of head 84 millim.; length of wing 16 millim. General colour of thorax brownish grey, abdomen silvery grey ; ground-colour reddish brown, concealed by greyish dust ; thorax and abdomen nearly bare above ; pleure clothed with thick white pile, which extends in a stripe above the base of the wing to the base of the scutellum. Head almost precisely the same width as the thorax, the latter appearing slightly broader at the base of the wings, owing to the pilosity of the pleura: ; front thinly clothed below with short appressed yellowish-white bairs, and above and on the vertex with short erect blackish hairs, and forming a rounded projection in front of the eyes when the insect is viewed from above ; a narrow median shining black triangle extending forwards "from the anterior ocellus to a distance of 134 millim.; a strongly marked ridge surrounding the anten- nary pit, except below, and bounded by the vertical semi- circular fissura frontalis ; antennary pit contracted below into a narrow flattened median ridge extending to the oral cleft ; septum separating the antenne well marked : antenne blackish brown, second joint reddish brown; arista bright reddish brown; first jomt and extreme base of the second black; a shining dark brown semilunar spot above the base of each antenna, while, on a slightly lower level, a transversely elon- gated shining spot of a similar colour extends upwards and inwards from the margin of each eye; above each of the latter spots a small sil very-white triangle, resting on the margin of the eye: face and cheeks silvery white; face covered Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. xv. 28 394 Mr. E. E. Austen on Specimens of the Genus with somewhat coarse closely-set punctures, which become smaller below and are absent on the cheeks below the eyes ; face and cheeks clothed with silvery-white pile, which is very sparse on the former, but thicker on the latter, and partially conceals the oral cleft ; a curved shining black mark on each side of the antennary pit below, continued backwards as a narrow incised line on each side of the contracted portion, and ending in a small triangular shining spot on each side of the commencement of the wider portion of the oral cleft; between each of these spots and the eye, and nearer the latter, a con- spicuous, sharply defined, and somewhat rounder shining spot, while in the same straight line and close to the orbit lies a much smaller and less distinct fleck, above which and halfway between it and the transverse shining spot already mentioned is a similar mark; the extremity of the vertical are of the fissura frontalis on each side dull black ; occiput clothed with silvery-white pile ; occipital orbits silvery white. Thorax and scutellum thinly clothed above with short black pile, which becomes more conspicuous and forms a distinct longitudinal stripe above the thick white pile of the pleure ; pectus also clothed with thick white pile ; posterior border of the scutellum thinly clothed beneath with whitish pile, which projects beyond the margin, and so gives the scutellum a whitish rim. Abdomen coarsely granular above; posterior border of third, fourth, and fifth segments and that of the second on the sides narrowly shining black; upper surface thinly clothed with short black hairs; basal angles in the typical specimen clothed with longer silvery-white pile, in front of which is a little black pile, while the basal angles are connected by a semilunar band of silvery-white pile, which conceals the hind margin of the second segment, and in the median line projects on to the third segment, which is clothed in the centre behind this projection with brownish pile; in the other specimen the longer pile on the second segment is for the most part brownish, a little paler and thinner in the middle of the hind margin, while there is more black pile on the sides of the seement in front; ventral groove thickly clothed with whitish pile, except in the median line; sides of the segments below thinly clothed with short silvery pile; genital ring a broad quadrangular plate. Legs: cove shining black, pollinose, clothed with whitish pile, the posterior pair also with black hairs ; femora reddish brown, pollinose, apices black, extreme tips shining, clothed above and below with whitish pile, while the second and third also bear a certain number of black hairs on the inner side at Cutiterebra and tts Allies in the British Museum. 395 the base and above ; tibize and tarsi black, greyish pollinose, the former thinly clothed, the latter fringed at the sides with black hairs; claws black, sometimes reddish brown in the middle. Wings uniformly light brown; alu/e and squame also brown, the margin of the latter paler and fringed with very short silvery pile; alula very conspicuous when the wings are at rest, directed upwards, and embracing the scutellum on each side. Pupa-case black: length 25-26 millim. ; width of seventh segment (the broadest) 15 millim.; posterior stigmata orange- ellow. Médano Blanco, Sta. Barbara Bay (Gulf of California), Mexico (Lieut. H. O. Boger, h.N.) ; two specimens, both males, with their pupa-cases. ‘he pups, from which the specimens subsequently emerged, were found in January 1893, when Lieut. Boger was serving on the Pacific station in H.M.S. ‘ Melpomene.’ The flies appeared in the following March. To the anal extremity of each of the pupa-cases are still adhering a number of hairs, evidently those of the host; they are pale yellowish brown, somewhat curling, and one of them has a distinct black tip. They probably belong to some Rodent, but I fear are not sufficient to enable one to hazard even a guess at the host’s identity. Lieut. Boger, however, informs me that jack-rabbits (Lepus callotis, Wagler) were abundant in the locality where the larve were found. DERMATOBIA, Brauer. Dermatobia, Brauer, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1860; ‘ Monographie,’ &c. 1863, pp. 251-253. # Dermatobia cyaniventris, Macq. (=D. nowitalis, Goudot). nee cyaniventris, Macquart, Diptéres Exotiques, ii. 3, p. 23 Ciherebon noxtalis, Goudot, Ann. des Sc. Nat. 3° sér. t. iii, pp. 229, 230 (1845). One female, from Ega, R. Amazons, Brazil (Bates). In spite of the fact that, as pointed out by Goudot (loc. cit. p- 230), Macquart does not mention that the abdomen of C. cyaniventris is clothed with short black pile, with whitish (yellowish) pile at the base, there can be no doubt that the descriptions of the two authors refer to the same species. The species is redescribed by Brauer (‘ Monographie,’ &c. pp. 267- 268) from a specimen in the Imperial Natural History Museum at Vienna. 28* 396 On Cutiterebra and its Allies. In addition to the specimen mentioned above, the Museum also possesses two larvee of Dermatobia, both of which are probably in the second stage, and belong to the form known in Cayenne as the “ Ver macaque,” although one is con- siderably smaller and more attenuated than the other. D. cyaniventris is the only species at present described ; but whether either or both of these larve belong to this species or to some other it is, of course, impossible to say. The smaller larva, which was removed from the arm of Mr. EK. Bartlett in Chamicuros, E. Peru, in 1867, is 15 millim. in length, of which the more swollen portion, consisting of the first seven segments bearing the usual bands of spines, occupies less than one third. The width of this larva at the sixth segment (the widest part of the swollen portion) is 24 millim., while the width in the centre of the attenuated portion is only 1 millim. The second larva is from Trinidad, and was forwarded by Mr. J. H. Hart at the same time as the typical specimen of Cudtiterebra funebris, Austen. This larva was removed from a human knee at the commencement of December 1894. In his letter accompanying it Mr. Hart writes :—‘‘ From frequent cases I think it highly probable that we have several species of this kind of insect in the colony.” This, however, remains to be seen; there may be several species of Dermatobia in Trinidad, but it is quite possible that Mr. Hart is referring to different stages of the larva of the same insect. The dimensions of this larva are as follows:—Length 93 millim.; length of swollen portion 7 millim. ; greatest width about 4 millim.; width of attenu- ated portion 14 millim. Although about twice the length, in the ratio of the attenuated to the swollen portion of the body, this larva closely resembles that described and figured by Dr. Matas (‘Insect Life,’ i. pp. 76-80, fig. 10), which, with two others, was removed by the author referred to, in the Charity Hospital, New Orleans, from the body of an English- man who had recently come from Spanish Honduras. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. Fig. 1. Cutiterebra funebris. Fig. 1a. Ditto. Head from in front. Fig. 16, Ditto. Pupa-case. Fig. 2. Cutiterebra terrisona, Walk. Fig. 2a. Ditto. Head from in front. Fig. 5. Cutiterebra rufiventris, Macq., ?. Fig.3.a. Ditto. Head from in front. Fig. 4. Cutiterebra nigricincta. Fig.4a. Ditto. Head from in front. Fig. 5, Bogeria princeps. Fig.5 a, Ditto. Head from in front. Fig.5b. Ditto. Pupa-case. On Two new Amphinods from the West Indies. 397 Phipoas | XLVI.— Two new Amphipods from the West Indies. By the Rev. Tuomas R. R. StTepprne, M.A. [Plates XIV. & XV.] Amphithoé megaloprotopus, sp. 0. (Pls. XIV. and XV.B.) From Amphithoé, Leach, the genus Grubia, Czerniavski, is separated only by its possession of a one-joited accessory flagellum on the upper antenne. From Microdeutopus, Costa, Professor Della Valle distinguishes St’mpsonella by the single character that “ the prehensile angle of the second gnathopods in the male is prolonged into a more or less notable process.” Upon these precedents it is to be expected that the species now to be described will not long escape from transfer to a new generic name. It is, to be sure, a characteristic Amphithoé, except in one respect; but, contrary to the existing definition of that genus, it has the first gnathopods larger instead of smaller than the second. ‘Thus it is easily distinguishable from all its hitherto known congeners, and at the same time it shows an approximation between Boeck’s subfamilies of the Microdeutopine and Amphithoine, which Della Valle groups together with others in an extensive family called Corophide. The new species has the body flecked all over with stellate markings, as is commonly the case in this genus. Eyes placed on the front lobes of the head, rounded, of moderate size, black in the specimen preserved in spirit. Upper Antenne.—First joint long and stout, fringed with very long sete; second joint much thinner, but not much shorter than the first, with numerous tufts of setee ; third joint short, slightly curved; flagellum imperfect, the remnant as long as the peduncle, containing twenty-three small joints. Lower Antenne.—Impertect ; the second and third joints short and stout; the fourth joint robust, nearly once and a half the length of the first joint of the upper antenne. Mouth-organs.—As will be seen from the figures these are of the usual type. This remark applies also to the second maxille, which were examined, but were accidentally lost before they had been drawn. ‘The left mandible has six serrate spines in the spine-row, the right has only five; the secondary plate is strongly denticulate on the left, but very feebly on the right. The molar tubercle is partially fringed with spine-like teeth and carries a long seta. The third 398 Rev. 'T. R. R. Stebbing on joint of the palp is nearly equal in length to the first and second combined. The first maxille have three small sete on the inner margin of the small inner plate *, the outer plate carries the usual ten spines. The maxillipeds are chiefly remarkable for the stout and prominent development of the chin-like base. As the figure shows, one of the palps has suffered an injury. It is noticeable that the cicatrice is in the middle of the third joint, not, as might have been expected, and as is the case with the likewise damaged lower antenne, at an articulation. Kirst Gnathopods.—The side-plates are very large, much longer than deep, produced forwards so as completely to cover the mouth-organs. The second joint of the limb, attached near the hind margin of the side-plate, is directed backwards ; in length it about equals the hand, but is much narrower. The front margin is channelled and distally lobed. The fourth joint has three tufts of sete on the hind margin and a small pointed apex. ‘The wrist is triangular, cup-shaped, scarcely longer than broad. The length of the massive hand ts equal to more than twice the breadth; its margins are nearly parallel, but the front is regularly though slightly convex, while the hinder is somewhat sinuous. ‘The palm is a little oblique, though at the end forming a right angle with the hind margin. The curved finger is stout at the hinge, and its apex very decidedly overlaps the palm. Second G'nathopods.—The side-plates scarcely half the length of the preceding pair; the limb very similar in struc- ture to that of the first gnathopods, except that the hand is rather shorter and rather narrower, with a much more sinuous palm, within the point of which the apex of the short much- curved finger closes down. ‘The sete on the rounded apical part of the hand’s front margin are very long. Both pairs of gnathopods are bulky, and as the base of the maxillipeds is also thick, it seems as if there were no room for the animal to draw up its “hands” into concealment between the side- plates, as Amphipods in general are so inconveniently fond of domg. The lateral view of the specimen shows the actual undisturbed position in which the gnathopods were observed. First and Second Perwopods.—Vhe side-plates are similar to those of the second gnathopods, and so also are the broadly flask-shaped branchial vesicles. Neither in these nor in the following pereopods were any distinguishing features discerned, and the general character will be sufficiently seen by the figures. * According to Della Valle the first maxille in Amphithoé are devoid of an inner plate; but this is contrary to my experience. Two new Amphipods from the West Indies. 399 Pleopods.—Coupling-spines two; cleft spines six; joints of rami from seventeen to nineteen in number; the outer ramus slightly shorter than the inner and a little curved. Uropods.—The proportions and armature are sufliciently shown in the figures. Telson.—The breadth at the base is slightly longer than the length. There is a small apically rounded triangular piece produced beyond the two lateral apices, which appear to be constituted each by a small upturned hook. Within these points are backward-projecting sete, and considerably above them are planted other setee which diverge laterally. The length of the specimen from the front of the head to the end of the perzeon was three tenths of an inch, and the length of the pleon two tenths. Allowing for the overlapping of the segments, the animal when distended would probably have measured considerably less than five tenths of an inch from the head to the telson. The specific name, meaning “ with a large first foot,” refers to the superiority in size of the first over the second gnathopods. The specimen was obtained from seaweed on rocks at Antigua, and forwarded to me by the kindness of my friend Mr. W. R. Forrest. DEUTELLA, Mayer, 1890. In the Supplement to his ‘ Monograph on the Caprellidee ’ Dr. Mayer defines this genus as follows :— “ Mandibular-palp three-jointed. Flagellum of the antennz two-jointed. Rudiments of legs on the third and fourth segments, in the female those on the fourth segment being at a considerable distance from the branchiz. On the abdomen of the male one pair of one-jointed leg-stumps.”’ In the following paragraph he mentions that the rudi- mentary legs are two-jointed and provided with numerous sete. Assigned to the genus are the species Deutella cali- fornica, Deutella venenosa, and a third as yet unnamed. In the tabular view of the twenty-three genera of Caprellide which Dr. Mayer gives on page 8 of his exceedingly valuable Supplement a difficulty arises in regard to Deutella, For there the abdomen of the male is stated to have two pairs of leg-stumps, instead of only one pair as in the subsequent diagnosis. Moreover, the characters ascribed in the table to Pseudoprotella are practically the same as those given te Deutella, the only differences being that in Pseudoprotella the number of setz on the terminal joint of the mandibular palp 400 Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing on is reckoned as 1+20+4+2, while in Dewtella it is 1+a+41, and the position of the penes in the former genus is median, in the latter almost median. A key to facilitate the discrimina- tion of the numerous genera is given in three different forms ; but it so happens that in each of these Deutella and Pseudo- protella are grouped together, instead of being distinguished. As regards the abdomen in the two genera, the illustrations on plate v. seem to show that there is in fact no tenable distinction in this respect between them. It is otherwise with the palp of the mandibles, for its third joint in Deutella is armed with very few sete, while in Pseudoprotella they are numerous. Yet this seems a rather precarious character on which to separate two genera. The species about to be described agrees with Deutella in the simple armature of the mandibular palp, but differs from it and apparently from all other Caprellide in the shortness of the third joint of the palp, herein making an approach to the genus Parvipalpus, Mayer, in which the third joint is altogether wanting. Between Pseudoprotella and Deutella there is one feature of distinction, which Dr. Mayer mentions, though he lays very little stress upon it, but which, in the absence of more striking differences, acquires some importance. ‘This concerns the relation between the fourth, fifth, and sixth joints of the first gnathopods. In Pseudoprotella the fifth joint or wrist is elongate, so that the fourth joint is kept at a considerable distance from the hand, whereas in Deutella the wrist is so short that the fourth joint almost touches the base of the hand. Deutella Mayert, sp.n. (Pl. XV. A.) The head is rounded and smooth, with the skull-like appearance familiar in Caprella acanthifera. ‘Vhe pereon is smooth, its third and fourth segments being the longest and equal to one another in length; the second segment deep in the front pait, at which in both sexes the gnathopods are attached. The eyes are round and black in the specimens preserved in spirit. Upper Anienne.—The second joint much longer than either the first or third, the first stouter but very little longer than the third; the flagellum having in the male six joints, of which the first is much the longest and carries four hyaline filaments, each of the others having but one. In the temale the flagellum has five joints. Lower Antenne.—Much more slender than the upper, the peduncles of which they do not quite equal in length. The Two new Amphipods from the West Indies. 401 fourth and fifth joints are equal to one another, and each is longer than the small two-jointed flagellum. Mandibles.—The cutting-edge and secondary plate denticu- late, the spine-row containing apparently not more than three spines, the molar tubercle prominent. The palp slight in structure, with the first jomt not much shorter than the second and longer than the third, the third carrying only two or three short apical sete. Lower Lip.—The inner lobes comparatively large, the outer widely separated, the mandibular processes small. First Maxille.—No distinet inner plate, the outer plate armed with five spines; the palp two-jointed, the large second joint carrying four sete: on its distal margin. Second Maxille.—The inner and outer plates each distally armed with three spines, the inner having an additional one on its inner margin. Maaillipeds.—The inner plates rather small, tipped with a few setee, the outer plates reaching halfway along the second joint of the palp, and armed with two spines on the apex and two on the inner margin. ‘The second joint of the palp the longest, the third ending in the pointed process which Mayer mentions as being found in several genera. The figure which Mayer gives of the maxilliped of his Deutella venenosa would serve for that of the present species. Furst Gnathopods.—These are attached so far forward that the base of the maxillipeds appears behind them. The short wrist lies beside the fourth joint, which, as usual, to use Spence Bate’s expression, underrides it. The hand is some- what triangular, broadest at the base. The finger curves over the whole elongate palm and is pectinate within. In the larger specimens the finger, at least in the oblique view, appears to be to a trifling degree sinuous. Second Gnathopods.—TVhe second joint is equal in length to the hand; the third is rather longer than the fourth; the fifth is of insignificant size and coalescent with the large hand, which has at the base a backward directed process surmounted by a spine and one or two setules. The long front margin is very convex. In the female the hind margin is also convex, the long finger curving over it as far as the hollow formed between it and the above-mentioned process. In the male the hind margin is slightly concave, distally forming a small sharp tooth and ending squarely between this tooth and the hinge of the finger. First and Second Perceopods.—The minute rudimentary limbs lie close to the bases of the branchial vesicles. The second joint of the limb is scarcely a third of the length of 402. On Two new Amphipods from the West Indies. the first joint, and is almost devoid of setules. ‘The marsupial lamine in the female are large, with short filaments, chiefly, though not exclusively, on the first pair. The specimen figured had four large eggs in the slightly dehiscent marsupium. Third, Fourth, and Fifth Pereopods:x—These limbs are similar in structure, but the fourth are of larger size than the third and the fifth than the fourth. The hand is powerful, with a projection at the base, against which the long curved finger impinges. The basal process is followed by four or five of like character, but successively decreasing in size, along the inner margin. This form of hand is noticed by Mayer as occurring not only in Deutella venenosa, but also in the genera Paracaprella and Hemicgina. The length of the male specimen is three-twentieths of an inch, the antenne and limbs not being included. The females with eggs are rather shorter. A specimen from which the mouth-organs separately figured were dissected was smaller than the females; it had the appearance of being a young male, The specific name is given out of respect to Dr. Paul Mayer, whose works on this branch of Crustacea can scarcely be too highly appreciated. The specimens were taken from sand in shallow water at Antigua by Mr. W. R. Forrest. Since Mayer’s Deutella venenosa was taken at Coquimbo, on the west coast of South America, along with Caprella scaura, Templeton, it may be worth mentioning as a coincidence that along with the present species Mr. Forrest sent also a specimen of Caprella scaura. Moreover, he sent a specimen which appears to belong without doubt to the species named Aginella tristanensis in the Report on the ‘Challenger’ Amphipoda. This species has since been referred by Dr. Mayer to a new genus, Pseud- aginella. The ‘Challenger’ specimen was destitute of all the last three pairs of pereeopods: the specimen from Antigua has them all. In general appearance they are not very unlike those of Deutella Mayert, though the inner margin of the head is simpler ; but they have one character which is very unusual, namely, that the penultimate pair is notably larger than the ultimate. Additional specimens may hereafter show that this is only a casual variation. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PuatEs XIV. & XV. B. Amphithoé megaloprotopus. Lateral view of the animal; the natural size indicated by the line above. a.s., upper antenne ; a.t., portion of lower antenne ; /.s., upper lip; m, m, On a Group of the Aplysiide. 403 mandibles ; 2.., lower lip; ma.1, one of the first maxilli, and spines of the outer plate of the other more highly magnified ; map., maxil- lipeds; gn. 1, first gnathopod; gn. 2, second gnathopod; prp. 1, 3, 4,5, first, third, fourth, and fifth pereeopods; wr. 1, 2, 3, first, second, and third uropods ; T, telson. The mouth-organs and parts of the pleon are much more highly magnified than the antennz and limbs. PuaTE XV. A. Deutella Mayeri. Lateral view of the female above, and of the male below, the natural size of the male being indicated by a line on the right. os., the mouth-organs of the male specimen viewed laterally in situ. The palp of the mandible is seen overtopping the upper lip; the lower lip can be perceived almost edgewise below the molar tubercle of the mandible and above the palp of the first maxilla; between the latter and the prominent palp of the maxilliped are discerned the two plates of the second maxilla, 1.2. lower lip; mer. 1, first maxilla; ma. 2, second maxilla; map., maxilli- peds ; gn. 1, first gnathopod. This group is taken from a specimen smaller than either the male or female specimen figured on the plate. a.s., upper antenna; a.2z., lower antenna; gn.1, first gnathopod; gn. 2, second gnathopod; prp.1, 2, 3, 5, first, second, third, and fifth pereeopods. The parts of the female are distinguished by the sign °, of the male by the sign ¢. XLVIL.—On a Group of the Aplysiide, with Description of anew Species. By J. Giucurist, Ph.D., &e. [Plate XVIIL] THE following description of a small group of Aplysias‘is a contribution to an account of the collection of Tectibranchs in the British Museum (Natural History). This collection contains a great number and variety of forms from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and illustrates very forcibly what could be done if a systematic search for these animals were made in almost any unexplored region. Owing to careful preservation and a liberal supply of spirit some of the specimens are ina good state of preservation and sufficient for purposes of identification. The small group to be considered here is represented by half a dozen specimens, more especially by Aplysia piperata (Smith), from Thursday Island, Torres Straits (‘ Alert’ 404 On a Group of the Aplyside. collection), and by a specimen in a good state of preservation from Siam (M. Mouhot’s collection), This latter (PI. XVIII. figs. 1 and 3) appears to be a new species, which I am enabled to describe by permission of Dr. Giinther, Keeper of the Zoological Department, and which may be designated Aplysia Mouhot?. It closely resembles A. piperata (figs. 2 and 4) in the general structure of the body and in colouring. It is, however, well differentiated from it : (1) by the absence of the prolongation of the mantle into a long excretory siphon posteriorly (figs. 3 and 4, siph.). (2) The pleuropodia also are somewhat iess developed, lie closer to the body, and evidently do not function as swimming-organs— compare the plicated edge of the pleuropodia of fig. 2, pi., with that of fig. 1, pl. Figs. 3 and 4, pl.’, indicate the line of attachment of the pleuropodia to the body. The difference between the pleuropodia in the two species is most marked at their anterior end. (3) The colouring differs somewhat: in A. piperata there is a uniform sprinkling of black dots all over the animal except on the sole of the foot and under the mantle, showing an inclination, especially on the head and mantle, to run into small radiating lines. (Lhe lighter posterior end and dark encircling band described by Mr. Smith are perhaps due to accidental causes, as another and better preserved specimen in the collection shows no traces of these.) In A. Mouhoti this speckling of dark spots is absent, and there is a tendency rather to reticulate marking on pleuro- podia and linear marking on head and mantle. The two animals, on the other hand, possess several striking features in common. This is most marked in the general external topography of the body, a point which I have else- where tried to show is of special significance in the classifica- tion of the Tectibranchs :—(1) The pleuropodia in both cases start from about the posterior end of the first third of the body and run backwards to within a few millimetres of the end of the foot, being quite separate throughout their entire length. (2) In both the mantle, shell, and visceral mass are much more posterior than in, e. g., A. limacina; and, in coordina- tion with this, the genital opening is peculiar in being located somewhat anteriorly to the mantle-cavity (figs. 3 and 4, g.o.). In the Tectibranchs it is, as a rule, within the pallial cavity. (3) The most striking point of agreement, however, is found in the position of the rhinophora. These are situated close together, just between the anterior ends of the pleuropodia. This is such a marked feature, and is so different from what is found in other Aplysiide, that it would seem to justify the establishment of a separate genus. On new Coleoptera from New Zealand. 405 Other specimens in the collection present the same features. A second species in M. Mouhot’s collection, also from Siam, seems identical with A. Mouhote, but is not sufficiently well preserved. The same is to be said of a specimen from Australia, collected by J. B. Jukes, Esq. A larger specimen (foot 10x 5 centim.) presents the same specific features, but is devoid of colour (bleached ?). The question of the systematic position of this group is of interest, as it seems to form a connecting-link between the Cephalaspidea and Anaspidea in the following particulars :-— (1) Rhinophora (cf. Acera) in close proximity to anterior end of pleuropodia, in contrast to the position in, e. g., A. limacina. (2) Visceral mass posterior (with shell and mantle) and not yet entirely fused with foot (vide fig. 5). These characteristics mark it off sharply from the genus Syphonota, which Adams has proposed (on very insuflicient grounds). If this genus is to be retained, these points must be taken into consideration. Besides these forms there are in the collection other unexamined and probably new forms of the Aplysiide. There are, moreover, many representatives of the genera Dolabrifera, &c., forming good material for further work, though unfortunately with “ spirit ’-specimens. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIII. Fig. 1. Aplysia Mouhoti. Nat. size. Fig. 2. A. piperata. Nat. size. Figs. 3. 4, Aplysia Mouhoti and A. piperata. gf., genital furrow ; rhin., rhinophora; p/., free edge of pleuropodia; pi.’, point of attachment of pleuropodia ; g-0-, genital opening; ct, point of attachment of gill; az., anus ; ‘stph. .. siphon. Fig. 5, Longitudinal section of Aplysia Mouhoti. sh., shell; szph., siphon ; v.m., visceral mass. XLVIII1.—Deseriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. By Captain THos. Broun. [Concluded from p. 245.] Group Otiorhynchide. Catoptes spermophilus, sp. n. Robust, broad, moderately convex; piceous; tarsi flavo- castaneous, antenne obscure rufous ; densely covered with small, round, flat, fusco-testaceous scales ; the sete are erect 406 Capt. T. Broun on new and mostly fuscous, the few that are greyish are not con- spicuous ; on top of the posterior declivity there is a trans- verse, much interrupted, pitchy space; below this the colour is only slightly paler than that on the dorsum. In one example the squame on the surface are somewhat rufescent. Rostrum quite one third shorter than the thorax, but little expanded apically, with a central carina; vertex convex. Scape elongate, attaining the front of the thorax. Funiculus with the basal two joints equally elongate; third slightly longer than the fourth; seventh rather longer than broad ; club elongate, acuminate. Thorax about one fourth broader than it is long, slightly wider before the middle than it is elsewhere ; feebly obliquely impressed towards the sides in front, obsoletely channelled along the middle, without aspe- rities. Scutellum minute. Elytra evidently broader than the thorax; the shoulders, however, do not exceed the base of the thorax in width; disk slightly convex, with regular series of moderate punctures ; interstices broad, the third and fifth but little, and rather irregularly raised, and ending in nodi- form elevations behind, those on the third are distinct, the others are cften indistinct ; the sutural region is moderately convex behind. Legs fusco-rufous, with scales and greyish sete ; tibie slightly flexuous ; third joint not very broad. Underside with yellowish-grey decumbent sete ; the meta- sternum and basal segments with fine sponge-like grey clothing ; the suture between the first and second segments strongly sinuate, fifth longitudinally impressed. Prosternum deeply emarginate in front. Head black, opaque, densely transversely strigose. The posterior corbels are not at all cavernous. The ocular lobes are broad but well developed. The eyes are oblique and rather flat. The swelling alongside the scutellum is quite indistinct. The minute scutellum at once distinguishes this from Nos. 2591 and 2592. ‘The longer antenne, broader form, and the vestiture of the lower surface differentiate it from CO. obliquisignatus. The lines of pallid sete so conspicuous in No. 2110 are here absent. @. Length (rostr. incl.) 83-4, breadth 13-1% line. Ashburton. Five examples were found by Mr. W. W. Smith in the seed-pods of Phormium tenax. Var.— Squamosity much darker, quite fuscous near the sides and on the summit of the hind slope, with a few grey specks here and there. Thoraa nearly as long as it is broad. Scutellum more distinct, longer than broad. lytra narrower Coleoptera from New Zealand. 407 and more parallel-sided ; the nodosities on the fifth interstices are indistinct. This, most likely, is the male, but only one has been obtained. Length (rostr. incl.) 3, breadth $ line. Catoptes equalis, sp. n. Subovate, rather elongate ; piceous, antenne ferruginous ; densely clothed with small, round, depressed, grey and yellowish-grey scales, and numerous nearly erect greyish sete ; the posterior declivity is not very pallid, and there are no fascize. Rostrum shorter than thorax, with a moderate central carina; just before the eyes there is a slight transverse impression. Thorax nearly one third broader than long, widest before the middle, narrowed behind, with a slight frontal constriction; its surface is punctate, but not at all rugose. Scutellum minute. Llytra elongate, not broad, the base slightly incurved and but little wider than the thorax ; they are not abruptly narrowed posteriorly ; striate-punctate, interstices simple. Tarst rather short, the small second joint not much more than half the breadth of the penultimate. Underside squamose. Prosternum deeply emarginate. Metasternum and first abdominal segment broadly impressed ; fifth segment with a slight longitudinal groove. Scape rather densely setose, attaining front of thorax. Funiculus with the second joint quite the length of the first, 3 to 7 rather small, third and fourth but little longer than broad, Club oblong-oval, acuminate. yes obliquely oval. Ocular lobes moderately developed. Scrobes subapical, directed towards the lower part of the eyes; there is no groove between the eye and the scrobe itself. Posterdor corbels not distinctly truncate. This species looks like No. 1520; in it, however, the corbels are slightly cavernous, the eyes are much larger and nearly rotundate, the scrobes are directed more towards the lower surface, the suture near the scutellum is slightly raised ; the third and fifth interstices, though slightly elevated, are not nodose. Length (rostr. incl.) 24, breadth Z line, Ashburton. One example from Mr. W. W. Smith. Group Erirhinide. Pactola humeralis, sp. n. Convex, subovate, fuscous; legs fusco-testaceous, scape rufo-testaceous, funiculus piceous ; clothing dense, variegate, 408 Capt. T. Broun on new consisting of dark brown, fusco-testaceous, and grey depressed scales; there are also many erect set#, the finer ones are fuscous, the coarser are nearly white and chiefly distributed on the hind part of the body. Rostrum rather short and broad. yes longitudinally oval, lateral. Antenne finely pubescent; scape flexuous, subclavate for nearly half its length; basal joint of the funi- culus nearly as long as the next four taken together, slender at the base, second about the length of the following two, 3 to 7 small, moniliform; club oblong-oval, triarticulate. Thorax cylindric, longer than broad, slightly constricted in front of the middle. lytra ovate, shoulders rounded and narrowed and scarcely exceeding the thorax in width ; poste- rior declivity rather abrupt ; they are punctate-striate ; there are no nodosities ; the squame have a tendency to form spots. Legs squamose, stout. Underside with grey hair-like scales; metasternum mode- rately convex ; abdomen elongate, rather flat, fifth segment broadly grooved longitudinally. This may be mistaken for P. demissa, Pascoe; the narrow shoulders and the shorter elytra, which are more abruptly deflexed behind, are constant and reliable characters ; the posterior femora are usually less angulate and dentiform below. Length (rostr. incl.) 1, breadth 2 line. West Plains, Invercargill. Found by Mr. A. Philpott. About ten years ago Mr. 8. W. Fulton sent me a specimen which he took off a Veronica buaifolia, but it was so mutilated that I did not think it advisable to describe it. It is subject to variation; the funiculus is not always piceous. Group Cryptorhynchide. Psepholax crassicornis, sp. n. Convex, rather broad, opaque; antennz and tarsi piceo- rufous, the body darker; squamosity dense, pale ochry, greyish, and fuscous, causing a slightly speckled appearance. Rostrum shorter than the thorax, its anterior portion nearly double the breadth of the basal; finely and closely asperate behind, punctate in front, with a few yellow hairs there. Antenne short and thick, bearing slender flavous sete; the scape barely touches the eye, it is very thick; funiculus about a third longer than the scape; second joint about as long as the first, contracted at the base, joints 3 to 7 strongly transverse, the seventh broader than the preceding Coleoptera from New Zealand. 409 ones ; club ovate, rather short and broad, densely pubescent, indistinctly articulated. Thorax depressed and abruptly contracted in front for nearly half the whole length, base strongly bisinuate, sublobate in the middle; there is a narrow smooth space near the middle; the rest of the surface is closely punctured, the squame are flat and obscure tawny behind; in front there are many coarse variegate sete. Scutellum depressed, indistinct. lytra oblong, slightly wider than the thorax at the base, a little wider behind the middle, broadly rounded behind; punctate-striate, the third and fifth interstices are slightly raised backwards; these latter are rather more elevated, but do not extend more than halfway down the posterior declivity; the dark scales are most numerous near the base and sides; there are many coarse, erect, greyish sete. Legs with griseous scales and sete ; hind femora laterally compressed, glabrous along the inner or hind face; intermediate tibie with median and apical prominences on the outside, the posterior similarly but much less evidently armed; penultimate joint of the front tarsi broadly expanded. The rather broad form, unusually thick antenne, short club, and dense clothing are good distinguishing characters. The scrobes, owing to the anterior dilatation of the rostrum, are quite open above in front, though quite lateral behind. The eyes are oblique. The head is globose underneath. The rostrum is rather longer and narrower behind than in the typical species. In some respects P. femoratus is the nearest ally, but it is oviform and much narrower ; the apices of the elytra are obtusely produced individually, thus causing a sutural gap, the third interstices are more prominent at the summit of the declivity, and the hind tibiz are simple. Length (rostr. excl.) 2%, breadth 13 line. Wellington. Mr.G. V. Hudson kindly sent me a specimen marked No. 113. DENDROSTYGNUS, gen. nov. Rostrum rather thick, not longer than the thorax, sub- parallel. Scrobes deep, beginning near the apex and reaching the eyes. Antenne inserted near the apex. Scape rather slender, flexuous, only moderately thickened towards the extremity ;.it attains the eye. Municulus 7-articulate, the basal two joints about equally elongate; joints 3 to 6 de- crease, seventh rather larger than the preceding one; none are transverse. Club oblong-oval, four-jointed. yes just uncovered, narrowed towards the front. Hemora strongly Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. xv. 29 410 Capt. T. Broun on new angulate or dentate underneath. Z%bie flexuous, with long spurs. ars narrow and elongate, the penultimate joint lobate, but only moderately expanded. Thorax feebly bi- sinuate at the base, abruptly contracted in front. Scutellum absent. /ytra slightly wider than the thorax, the shoulders a little porrect, the middle of the base obtusely rounded. Tychanus and Sympedius possess a scutellum, and the antenne arise from or near the middle. In Criscus the rostrum is elongate, the second joint of the funiculus is longer than the first (sometimes twice as long), the antennal inser- tion is antemedian, and the scutellum is present, &c. Tycha- nopais bears most resemblance to the present genus, but it differs in having the eyes longitudinally oval and rather short from above downwards; it has short tarsi, with their third joint less evidently lobate, the claws are small and slender ; the antenne are shorter, joints 4 to 7 of the funiculus being transverse, and the base of the elytra is different. Dendrostygnus calcaratus, sp. n. Variegate, rostrum and thorax nigro-piceous, the apical portion of the latter reddish; elytra along the middle and behind rich pitchy brown, their sides rutescent; tarsi and antenne reddish ; the legs more infuscate. Rostrum not longer than the thorax, slightly dilated at the apex, broad; the anterior portion reddish, closely and finely punctured ; behind more coarsely sculptured, with short, erect, coarse dark sete ; near the eyes there are some tawny scales. Thorax one fourth broader than long, abruptly narrowed and a little prominent in front at the middle; the sides behind slightly narrowed ; its surface closely and irregularly punc- tured, the squamosity dark and indefinite on the disk, but near the sides it becomes pallid; there are some coarse erect setee; the contracted portion is nearly nude. lytra broadly rounded medially at the base, a little sinuate near the sides ; shoulders slightly prominent; sides nearly straight, the posterior declivity nearly vertical and narrow; their surface is a little uneven; along each side of the suture there are two series of oblong rather distant punctures; the lateral sculp- ture is irregular; the dark sutural portion is nearly nude and shining; the scales near the sides are mostly yellowish ; there are two or three slight prominences on each elytron near the summit of the hind declivity. Legs thickly covered with yellowish squamee. Underside with greyish pubescence. Anterior tibie bent and dilated inwardly. Coleoptera from New Zealand. 411 Length (rostr. excl.) 24, breadth 1$ line. Mount Pirongia. This is another of the rare ground-weevils of New Zealand. SCHYLUS, gen. nov. Body convex, suboviform, narrowed towards both extre- mities, without superficial inequalities, clothed with hair-like scales and erect sete. Rostrum as long as the thorax, stout, hardly at all arched, subparallel. Scrobes deep, lateral, extending from near the apex to the eyes. Antenne inserted near the apex. Scape slender, gradually clavate apically ; it attains the front of the eye. Fwniculus rather longer than the scape; the basal two joints elongate and about equal; joints 3 to 7 decrease. Club ovate, 4-articulate. Hyes just uncovered, flat, coarsely facetted, longer than broad, yet nearly rotundate. Thorax truncate at base, gradually narrowed anteriorly, its apical portion projecting over the head. Scutellum absent. Hlytra closely applied to the thorax, hardly any wider at the base than that 1s, narrowed and nearly vertical behind. Legs long and thick. Semora elongate, not clavate, grooved below, the anterior toothed or angulate near the middle. Z%bte rather short, the front pair dis- tinctly, the others indistinctly, mucronate. Tarsi finely pilose, rather narrow, their penultimate joint broadly lobate. Pectoral canal deep, extending to the front of the middle coxe, limited by the raised borders of the mesosternum ; these borders touch the front coxe. Metasternum very short. Coxe widely separated. Abdomen with the frontal suture broadly rounded and very indistinct; the basal segment nearly as long as the following three ; second short, but little longer than the third, its basal suture indistinct; third and fourth short, with deep sutures. pipleure extremely narrow. The apex of the rostrum is almost truncate above and below, and the almost concealed mandibles close the aperture. The mentum seems elongate. The palpi are invisible. ‘The ocular lobes are represented by the rounded angles between the rostral canal and the sides of the thorax. In Cyclacalles, the type of which is No. 883, all the femora are angulate and dentate, the antenne are inserted betore the middle of the rostrum instead of near its apex, the meta- sternum, though short, is rather longer, and there is a well- marked suture between it and the first ventral segment ; the abdomen is shorter, the basal segment notably so, the tibize have more distinct spurs, and the body is shorter and more rotundate. 29* 412 Capt. T. Broun on new Schylus nigricollis, sp. n. Subopaque, rostrum and thorax pitchy black, elytra and legs rufescent, the antennz and tarsi yellowish red. Rostrum more or less obviously tricarinate, with some scale-like yellowish sete behind. Antenne slender, sparsely pubescent ; second joint quite as long as the first, joints 3 to 7 decrease in length. Thorax about as long as broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, not constricted there; closely and coarsely punctate, nearly nude, there being only a small patch of depressed round tawny scales near each hind angle. lytra a little wider behind the shoulders than at the base, cordi- form, apparently striate-punctate, densely covered with varie- gated yellow hair-like scales and erect sete. Legs long and stout, with clothing similar to that on the elytra. Underside piceous, sparingly clothed with fine yellowish sete. There can be no difficulty in identifying this insect. The nearly bare black thorax forms a marked contrast to the con- spicuously and brightly pubescent hind body. Length (rostr. excl.) 1, breadth nearly line. Mount Pirongia, Te Aroha, and Papakure. One found at each place within the last two years, on the ground. Scelodolichus politus, sp. n. Glossy, black ; rostrum piceo-rufous, antenna and tarsi ferruginous, tibie infuscate ; squamosity depressed and elon- gate, tawny and grey, unequally distributed, the sete erect, slender, fuscous. Rostrum hardly as long as the thorax, indistinctly punc- tured in front, squamose behind. Scape short, gradually incrassate. unicu/us double the length of the scape; second joint more slender than the first, but quite as long; 3 to 7 decrease in length. Club oblong-oval, nearly as long as the scape. Thorax convex, longer than broad, its sides a little rounded behind the middle; the frontal portion almost abruptly depressed, with a few punctures, the rest of the surface smooth and polished. /ytra elongate-ovate, very convex, on a higher plane than the thorax, their shoulders so rounded as not to exceed the thorax in width; their basal portion is covered with slender tawny scales partially bordered behind with grey; the middle is bare, the posterior de- clivity is very sparingly clothed, principally with greyish scales or sete; they are striate-punctate; the sculpture is nowhere deep and becomes obsolete behind. Legs elongate, Coleoptera from New Zealand. 413 clothed for the most part with slender grey scales and out- standing sete; the posterior tubie somewhat inwardly bent, all distinctly uncinate ; tarsi narrow, their penultimate joint but little expanded. The polished impunctate basal portion of the thorax will enable anyone to recognize this species. Length (rostr. excl.) 14, breadth quite } line. Mount Pirongia. A single specimen found on the ground. Scelodolichus squamosus, sp. n. Elongate, convex, subopaque, nigro-fuscous; rostrum shining piceous; antenne and tarsi reddish; legs fusco- rufous; densely covered with narrow, slender, depressed testaceous squamez and moderately elongate fuscous sete ; there are two grey spots near the middle of the thorax, and its apex is of the same colour. Rostrum elongate, finely sculptured, with a very indistinct ridge along the middle, its base squamose; it is very gradually contracted towards the middle. Antenne inserted behind the centre ; funiculus elongate ; club ovate. Thorax as broad as it is long, broadly constricted and_ slightly depressed near the front, most elevated along the middle, but not distinctly keeled there; its punctuation rather fine and much concealed. lytra elongate-ovate, higher than the thorax ; shallow indistinctly punctate striz are visible on a denuded spot in the disk. Legs long, clothed like the body, but with more grey scales ; tibic nearly straight. Basal ventral segment very long and flat, second short and deflexed behind, third and fourth much abbreviated, fifth large and flat, the supplementary segment depressed behind. This may be placed near S. hilaris ; it is, however, much more convex and narrower, with longer and more slender legs and antenne, and the clothing and sculpture are materially different. Length (rostr. excl.) 14, breadth ? line. Mount Te Aroha. One, March 1894, on the ground. Obs.—S. lineithorax (No. 882). A variety occurs on the Hunua Range which should be recorded here. Body rather shorter ; tars not so slender and elongate; the erect sete not so coarse ; the basal ventral segment longitudinally impressed. If I were to treat this as a distinct species there would be great difficulty in distinguishing the two. 414 Capt. T. Broun on new Group Cossonide. Pentarthrum Philpotti, sp. n. Nitid, nigro-piceous ; elytra and tibie rufo-piceous; the tarsi and antenna red; sparingly clothed with short, slender, erect greyish hairs. Rostrum slightly contracted behind the middle, distinctly punctured, more finely in front. Antenne medially inserted, stout and elongate ; second joint of the funiculus hardly at all longer than the third ; club distinct, ovate, its apical joints small. Thorax longer than broad, narrowed and constricted in front, its sides well rounded ; ‘the disk is only slightly convex, and its punctuation, especially along the middle, though distinct, is not close, it is closer near the sides, and in front of the constriction becomes quite fine. Scute//um small. Elytra wider than the base of the thorax, gradually narrowed posteriorly ; sutural region slightly depressed ; their striz are not very deep, but they are closely punctured ; interstices with fine eae punctures and slight rugosities; the apical margins are not explanate, the third interstice is bent behind and at that part there is an evident thickening of the exter- nal interstice ; the second does not touch the basal margin. Tarsi narrow, third joint not lobate. Underside moderately coarsely punctured, with fine grey sete. Metasternum canaliculate. First segment of abdomen broadly impressed, its posterior margin nearly straight, the front broadly rounded ; fifth distinctly pubescent. When compared with P. zealandicum, this species is seen to be shorter and flatter. The rostrum is rather shorter, less parallel, and more arched above. The eyes are rather smaller and less prominent, and they are more distant from the thorax. The back part of the head is longer and broader, being, in fact, quite swollen; and although it is minutely sculptured, it appears smooth and glossy. The thoraaz is shorter and broader, its sides are more strongly rounded, and its punctua- tion is rather coarser. The scape is a little longer. The legs are not quite as long, and the tibial hooks are less developed. Although it is not closely allied to P. zealandicum, I decided to compare it with that well-known species; this will enable anyone to identify it more certainly than if I had chosen some rare insect he may never possess. It is not at all similar to the P. rufum group. Sharp’s P. cephalotes is a very different insect. 6. Length 12, breadth 3 line. Invercargill. Coleoptera from New Zealand. 415 The species bears the name of its discoverer, Mr. Alfred Philpott. Pentarthrum antennale, sp. n. Fustform-cylindric, moderately shining, _ piceo-rufous, sparsely clothed with yellowish, but not at all conspicuous, hairs; the legs and antenne red. Rostrum distinctly punctured, more coarsely near the eyes ; in front of the antennal insertion (just behind the middle) it is parallel and broader than the hinder portion. The back part of the head is smooth and shining ; it is narrowed or constricted immediately behind the eyes; these therefore are more prominent behind than they are in front. Funiculus longer than the scape, second joint only slightly longer than the third. Club rather narrow, its three small terminal joints marked off by fine pubescence. Thora# one third longer than broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, deeply constricted there, its posterior angles rounded ; it is coarsely punctured, not so closely on the disk as it is at the sides, much more finely in front of the constriction; apical margin smooth. Scutellum small, smooth. lytra as broad at the base as the widest part of the thorax, gradually and slightly narrowed posteriorly, the margins moderately explanate behind, the apical sutural notch distinct; they are evidently punctate- striate; the punctures are coarse and close; interstices with fine distant serial punctures. ars? narrow, their third joint not expanded. Underside coarsely and closely punctured, with fine but distinct yellow hairs. Mesosternum with very few punctures. Metasternum a little depressed behind, and with a fine central line. Basal segment of abdomen broadly depressed. Ros- trum with two obvious longitudinal grooves, separated throughout by a carina, as is the case in No. 908. @. Rostrum cylindrical, not broad, finely but distinctly punctured. horax rather longer, more closely punctured on the middle. First segment of abdomen not impressed. An- tenne inserted some distance behind the middle. This is distinguished from Sharp’s P. porcatum by the presence of pubescence and interstitial punctures. From. Nos. 908, 1299, and 2194 it may be separated by its longer scape; this, though as long as that of No. 1301, is shorter than that of P. zealandicum. 3g. Length 12, breadth # line. West Plains, Invercargill. Another of Mr. Philpott’s captures. 416 Capt. T. Broun on new Obs. As this is one of a group of species or varieties that are very troublesome to identify, I have drawn up brief diag- noses to lessen the difficulty. The species bear the numbers 908, 1297, 1299, 1801, 2194, and 2198. From P. zealandicum they are differentiated by the margins of the elytra being thickened or explanate near the extremity ; by the longer, basally contracted rostrum of the males; by the back part of the eyes being more prominent than the front ; and by the rather longer and narrower thorax. ‘They are all coarsely sculptured, and, except No. 1301, dark red. No. 908.— ¢. Scape short, quite one third shorter than that of No. 902. Rostrum one third longer, closely and rugosely punctured, coarsely near the eyes. Antennal inser- tion a little behind the middle. Thoraz coarsely, closely, and confluently or rugosely punctured. Interstices of elytra with fine serial punctures. Pubescence fine and scanty. No. 1297.— g. Rostrum nearly twice as long as that of No. 903, broad, flat above, densely and rugosely punctured, only a little contracted behind ; between the antennal insertion and the apex there is a very distinct transverse depression. Club rather short and broad. Thorax coarsely, closely, and rugosely punctured. Scape short. No. 1299.— ¢. Rostrum more slender than that of No. 908, more finely sculptured ; rather shorter and distinctly broader than in the female of No. 908, and with the antennal inser- tvon nearer the middle. Thorax not closely punctured along the middle. The smooth occiput is not so well limited from the sculptured portion. Scape short. No. 1301.— 9. Rostrum rather longer than in this sex of No. 908, more finely sculptured. Thorax less narrowed and constricted in front, the constriction obsolete above (¢. e. not causing a well-marked depression there). Hlytra more deeply striate, the punctures closer, interstices more rugose, the margins less explanate behind. Scape somewhat longer. Colour darker, nearly black. No. 2194.— g. Smaller than No. 908. lytra paler, their punctures more separated, interstices less convex. Rostrum rather shorter. Scape short. No. 2198.—This is distinguished from all the species of this group or series by the absence of pubescence and inter- stitial punctures. No. 1300.—Does not belong to the P. rufum series, as the rostrum 1s not narrowed behind the middle (it is like that of No. 903) and the elytral margins are not dilated near the extremity. Coleoptera from New Zealand. ALT Group Scolytide. Acrantus opacus, sp. i. Cylindric, subopaque, fuscous; head nigrescent ; the legs, coxe, and antenne pale ferruginous, club dark; densely clothed, the thorax with small, round, depressed brown and brassy scales and short erect slender sete ; on the elytra the squamosity is similarly variegated but less decumbent and the erect sete are rather paler and more conspicuous. Head minutely sculptured, with some yellow hairs in front. Thorax hardly longer than broad, narrowed and slightly con- stricted in front, with some yellow pubescence at the middle of the base; it is closely punctate. lytra individually rounded and minutely crenulate at the base; striate, inter- stices plane; the external striz are distinctly punctured. Legs finely pubescent ; thé expanded towards the extremity, with three or four denticles along each of them. Tarsz slender, the terminal joint as long as the basal three; claws well developed. Antenne moderately elongate ; scape elongate, very gradu- ally incrassate ; funiculus short, much more slender than the scape, its first joint stout, longer than broad, the following five transverse and provided with very long outstanding slender hairs; club elongate, opaque, indistinctly four- jomted ; it is rather narrow, and equals the funiculus in length. Underside with fine pale pubescence; the mesosternum with minute squame. Metasternum longitudinally grooved along the middle. First ventral segment large, 2 to 4 short, fifth with a broad basal suture. A considerable amount of individual variation occurs. In one the legs are fuscous, in others the clothing of the thorax is of a dark uniform colour and consists of hairs, and the antennz are quite short, with an ovate club; in these examples (probably females) the remarkable villosity of the antenne seems wanting. Length 14, breadth quite 3 line. Mount Te Aroha. Discovered by Mr. J. H. Lewis. Group Anthribida. Anthribus flavipilus, sp. n. Subcylindric; the dark ground-colour concealed by the clothing ; this is hair-like, depressed, and greyish yellow on the thorax, but brighter on the elytra; these latter are varie- gated with grey patches, as in A. vates. 418 Capt. T. Broun on new Rostrum as long as broad, closely and rather coarsely punctured ; black, with scanty pubescence. T’horax about as long as broad, much narrowed towards the front, its carina a little curved and extending about halfway along each side; the surface closely but not coarsely punctured. Scutellum oviform, small, raised, with yellow tomentum. lytra not distinctly depressed before the middle and without distinct elevations, the apices broadly rounded towards the suture ; they bear series of fine punctures; the sutural series form striz and converge posteriorly, so that near the extremity they almost touch the suture. Antenne nearly glabrous ; their second joint is larger than the exposed portion of the first, and is nodiform at the apex ; the third is about one half longer than the second, but hardly any larger than the fourth; the ninth is rather longer than broad and subtriangular; tenth transverse; eleventh conical. The eyes barely touch the thorax, and are similar to those of A. vates; the thoracic carina and angles are similar; the scutellum is narrower and more elevated; the maculation of the elytra differs but little, though the colour does. Length (rostr. incl.) 24, breadth $ line. Ohaupo, near Mr. Kusab’s mill. One, January 1893. Group Lamiide. Somatidia picticorne, sp. n. Variegate; thorax pale yellowish-chestnut, covered with depressed yellowish hairs, these are more scanty in front, its sides pitchy brown; elytra of a similar pale colour, but across the middle a broad ill-defined space bears greyish hairs ; behind this pale space there is a dark irregular band, which is prolonged near each side towards the shoulder, but becomes of a lighter brown there; the hind slope is more or less spotted ; on the disk, just before the middle, there are two small blackish spots ; front femora fuscous, testaceous at the base, the other pairs almost wholly testaceous ; tbe testa- ceous, with a black spot below the knee and another lower down; antenne variegate, two basal joints reddish, third fuscous, paler at base; 4 to 10 testaceous, tipped with black. Thorax hardly broader than long, its sides only moderately rounded, moderately closely and coarsely punctured in front ; behind the middle the dots are rather less numerous and are partially concealed by the pubescence; there is a slight swelling near the scutellum, but there are no tubercles. Llytra ovitorm, much wider near the middle than elsewhere, of the same width as the thorax at the base; the punctures near the base are rather irregular, the large punctures on the Coleoptera from New Zealand. 419 hind slope are serial. Legs stout, rather finely pilose.