270 HEMIPTERA OF JAPAN— rHLER. 



PROCERATES, ne^A^ genus. 



Form of a broad JIarpactor, but with the liead short and wide before 

 the eyes, incised between the eyes, with a stout si)ine at base of each 

 antenna! h)bc, tlie space between tlieni excavated, anterior lobe nmcli 

 shorter and a little narrower than the posterior one, convexly elevated, 

 neck short and thick, clypeus bluntly rounded, the rostrum thick, 

 reachinj;- between the anterior coxa', with its basal joint longer than 

 the two otliers united; antenna' of medium length, the basal Joint as 

 long- as the second and third united, the third much shorter than the 

 second. Abdomen broad oval, thin, wider tlian and shorter tlian the 

 wing covers. Sides of prosternal groove lamellar. The venation aud 

 other characters are like Harpactor. 



PROCERATES RUBIDA, new sp;cies. 



Cinnabar red, smooth, and iJolished, with the upper surface mi- 

 nutely scabrous. Antenna', excepting the basal lobe, legs, membrane, 

 two apical joints of rostrum, sides of throat, disks of ])leural lobes, and 

 four short bands on the first four ventral segments black, surface, both 

 above and below, a little pubescent. Eyes blown. Tips of spines of 

 head black. The amount of black on the pectoral pieces and venter 

 varies in the different individuals. Lateral angles of i)ronotum relieved. 



Length to end of abdomen, 11-14 mm. ; width of prouotum, 3^4 mm. 



Tijpe.—l^o. 3100, T^S.N.M. 



Six specimens of this brightly colored species were secured for this 

 collection. The males are much narrower than the females. 



LARYMNA H^MATOGASTER. Burmeister. 



Laryvma hwmatotjaster, liuuMEiSTEU, Nova Acta Leopold, XVI, ISM, Supp., 

 p. 301. 



Eight specimens of this variable species were secured. 



SPHEDANOLESTES IMPRESSICOLLIS, Stal. 

 Sphcdanoletites imprexHicuUts, Stal, Stettiu. Ent. Zeit., XXII, 1S61, p. 147. 



Eight specimens are in this collection. 



HAEMATOLCECHA NIGRO-RUFA, Stil. 

 Haeviatoldcha iiUjro-riifa, Stal, Ofv. Akatl. Forh., 1800. ]>. oOl. 

 Two specimens are the only ones in the collection. 



PIRATES SINICUS, Walker. 

 Pirates Hinicns, Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat. Ileterupt., Pt. VII, 1873, p. 121. 



Seven specimens of variable pattern of coloring are in the collection. 



ONCOCEPHALUS SQUALIDUS, Rossi. 



Oncocvphalns squcdidiis, Ixossi, H. Sclif. Waiiz. Ins., VIII, p. 93, lig. 8()1. 



Two specimens of the brachelytrous form of this well-known Euro- 

 pean species are in the collection. 



