Nov., '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 335 



A new genus of Lygaeidae from Japan. 



BY DR. E. BERGROTH, DULUTH, MINN. 

 Togo n. gen. 



Body elongate. Head exserted, nearly as broad as long and 

 broader than apex of pronotum, narrowing behind the eyes, 

 postocular lateral margins as long as the eyes, which are of 

 moderate size, a little prominent, obliquely oval seen in pro- 

 file, ocelli twice as far separated from each other as from 

 the eyes, tylus somewhat produced beyond the juga, the throat 

 a little longitudinally convex, first antennal joint passing the 

 apex of the head by half its length, first joint of rostrum not 

 reaching the posterior margins of the eyes, second joint as long 

 as first, passing the apex of the prosternum by about half its 

 length (remaining joints not clearly seen, owing to specimen 

 being carded). Pronotum constricted far behind the middle, 

 anterior lobe nearly four times as long as posterior lobe, its 

 sides broadly convex, rounded, almost imperceptibly carinated, 

 collar distinct with a transverse row of punctures, posterior 

 lobe with basal margin almost straight, lateral angles rounded, 

 not prominent. Scutellum about as long as broad. Metaster- 

 num with acutely produced posterior angles. Hemelytra ab- 

 breviated, reaching a little beyond the middle of the penulti- 

 mate abdominal segment, clavus with three rows of punctures, 

 the external row straight and regular, the two inner rows 

 somewhat irregular and confused, claval suture more than 

 twice as long as the straight apical margin of the corium, claval 

 commissure nearly as long as the scutellum, membrane very 

 short, appearing as a rounded border to the apical margin of 

 the cordium. Abdomen a trifle narrower than the hemelytra, 

 the last dorsal segment in the male rounded at apex and pass- 

 ing the apex of the connexivum. Anterior femora strongly 

 incrassated with some larger and smaller spines on the under- 

 side from the apex to not far from the base ; anterior tibiae a 

 little shorter than the femora, strongly curved towards the 

 base, in the male with a strong tooth just behind the middle. 

 First joint of posterior tarsi not quite twice as long as the 

 two apical joints together. 



Allied to the Indian genus Fontejanus Bredd. and very simi- 

 lar to it in fades. Tn both these genera the anterior lobe of the 

 pronotnm is so considerably elongated that the forelegs are 

 inserted but little before the middle of the body. The new 

 genus is, however, easily distinguished from Fontejanus by the 

 exserted head, the less separated ocelli, the much shorter basal 

 joint of tire rostrum, the longer hemelvtra (these particularly 

 having the claval suture and commissure much longer) and t''r 

 unarmed middle femora. The anterior male til>i;e, tori, are 



