Elytra,Tokyo,36(2):396,November22,2008 NewRecordofNotosacanthaiha1(Coleoptera,Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) fromIriomotejimaIsland, theRyukyus Shuhei YAMAMoT0 FacultyofAgriculture,KyushuUniversity,Fukuoka,812-8581Japan ThreespeciesofthecassidinegenusNotosacanthaCHEvRoLAThavehithertobeenreCO「decl from the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan. One of them, N ihai CHOJ0 was described f「om Okjnawa_HontoIs. ItwasadditionallyrecordedfromYakushimaIs.,AkusekijimaIs.,Amami- OshjmaIs.,TokunoshimaIsandIshigakijimaIs.,theRyukyus(CHOJ0,1961;KIMOTo,1972; KoMIYA&KUBoTA,2006;HAYAsHI&SUGIMOT0,2008). Untilnow,onlythet「ee,Tu「Pinia ternateNAKAI(Staphyelaceae),hasbeenreportedasitshostplant(KOMIYA&KUBOTA,2006; HAYAsHI&SUGIMoTo,2008). AlthoughthetreeisdistributedinsouthernShikoku,Kyushu,the RyukyusandTaiwan,thisspecieshasbeenfoundfromonlytheabovesixislandsoftheRyukyus. WhenIvisitedIriomotejimaIs.,IwasabletocollectoneindividualofN iha1. Inthisshortpaper,Iamgoingtorecordthechrysomelidspeciesforthefirsttimefromthis island Beforegoingfurther,IwishtothankAssoc.Prof.SatoshiKAMITANI(KyushuUniv) forhis critical readingandcommentingonthemanuscript. Notosacantha ihai CHOJ0. 1958 Specimenexamined. 1ex.,Komi [古見], IriomotejimaIs.,OkinawaPref., 20-III- 2008,S.YAMAMoT0leg. (depositedinmyowncollection). Distribution. Japan:Yakushmi aIs.,AkusekijimaIs.,Amami-0shimaIs.,TokunoshimaIs., Okinawa-HontoIs., IshigakijimaIs., IriomotejimaIs. (newrecord). Hostplant. TurpiniaternateNAKAI(Staphyleaceae). Remarks. ItisobviousthatNiha1hasawiderangeintheRyukyus. Thissuggeststhatthis cassidinespeciesmaybefoundfromotherislandsoftheRyukyus. References cHoJ0,M.,1961.Chrysomelid-beetlesofLoochooArchipelago(VI).Pub1ent.Lab.,Univ.OsakaProf.,6: 83-91. HAYAsHI,S.,&M.SUGIMoT0,2008.EcologicalnotesongenusNotosacantha(ColeOpte「a,Ch「ySOmelidae) inOkinawa-jimaIsland.Gekkan-Mushi,Tokyo,(444):14-16.(InJapanese,withEnglishtitle) KIMoTo,S.,1972.OnthechrysomelidspecimenspreservedintheHikosanBiologicalLaboratory,Facultyof Agriculture,KyushuUniversity(Insecta:Coleoptera)11.KurumeUniv.J.,20:1-16. - 1983.NeworlittleknownChrysomelidae(Coleoptera)fromJapanandadjacentregions,m.Ent. Rev.Japan,Osaka,38:45-54. KoMIYA,Y.,&Y. KUBoTA,2006.NotosacallthathaiCHOJ0collectedonYakuShimaIsland,Southwest Japan.Gekkan-Mushi,Tokyo,(428):44. (InJapanese)