380 Mr. H. W. Bates on the fin and the lower lateral line. One lateral line on the right side. Scales between tlie lateral lines perfectly smooth ; those between the outer lateral lines and vertical fins, and those on the head, strongly ctenoid ; scales of the blind side smooth. Two nostrils — one between the eyes, the other opposite to the lower margin of the lower eye. Eyes extremely small, the upper not in advance of the lower ; interorbital space much wider than the orbit. The length of the snout is two fifths of that of the head. Angle of the mouth conspicuously nearer to the end of the snout than to the hind margin of the gill-cover, below the eye. Tail not much elongate. The height of the body is two sevenths of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one fifth. Leftside uniform brown ; vertical fins with a white edge. Three distant round blackish spots on the lateral line of the left side may be acci-dental in this specimen. One specimen from Chefoo, 18 inches long. 9. HemirJiamphus Sajori^ Schleg. 10. Barbiis laheOy Pall., = Gohioharhus labeo, Pall., = Hemiharbiis macidatafi, Blkr., and probably = Henibarhm dissimilis, Blkr. ( juv.). This species is very closely allied to Barbus SchlegeUi^ Gthr. 11. Sytignathus acicsimilis, sp. n. D. 43-45. Osseous rings 20 + 41-43. The length of the snout equals the distance between the anterior margin of the eye and the middle of the pectoral fin. A low ridge along the median line of the upperside of the snout. Crown, temple, and operculum without ridge. Lateral line and upper caudal edge not continuous. Tail on3 half longer than the body. Dorsal fin on thirteen rings, two of which belong to the trunk. Caudal fin well developed. Four specimens, males and 8^ inches long ; from Chefoo. XLVII. — On the Longicorn Goleo'ptera of Japan. By H. W. Bates, F.L.S. [Continued from p. 308.] Family Lamiidae. MiCROLERA, nov. gen. Corjms parvum, gen. Ptinum simulaus ; subcylindricum, convexuni,
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