284 HEMlPTEJiA OFJAPAN—lHLEIt. 



DIOSTROMBUS POLITUS, new species. 



r>ri<;hl nifofulvoiis, or dull orange, highly polished. Head AsiU- 

 forin, the clypeus pale yellow, carinate on the middle line, long trian- 

 gular, a little curved; rostrum dusky at tip; eyes black. Xotum a lit 

 tie darker than the rest of the body. Anterior and middle tibiie and 

 tarsi dark brown; spurs of the pale posterior tibia? dusky at tip, tarsi 

 (lark at tij). AVing-covers tinged with i)ale brown, the veins dark 

 brown, the costal area yellowish; wings bordered posteriorly with 

 brown ; iwstcostal vein stout, blackish brown, especially at tij), Avhere 

 the apical veius are also coarse and dark. 



Length to apex of abdomen, 4 mm.: expanse of wing-covers, 1!» mm. 



Tiipc.—yo. 3119, U.S.N.M. 



Four specimens are in the collection. 



Family MEMBRACIDyE. 



ORTHOBELUS FLAVIPES, new species. 



Form similar to (>. h<iranensis, Fairmaire. but with tlie humeral 

 j)roces.ses shorter, obli(i[ue. curved, sharp-edged, and acute at tip. 

 Color black or blue black, closely covered with fine bronze pubesc^ice. 

 Head short, coarsely punctate, uneven, Avitli the lobes of each side of 

 lateral margin retlexed; eyes brown, prominent; clypeus tufted with 

 coarse, long pubescence. Prouotum roughly and coarsely punctate 

 throughout, with the posterior i)rocess long, slender, carinate above 

 and on the edges and acute at the tip, the depression back of the 

 humeri sometimes with a small white spot, middle line carinated 

 throughout. Wing-covers yellowish hyaline, the small coriaceous base 

 very thick, black, cparsely punctate, veins i)a]e brown from base out- 

 ward, but dark brown toward the tip, areoles of the apical series 

 growing narrower toward the post costal border. Sides of pro and 

 meso '])leura with large white i^atches. Legs black, tibia', apex of 

 iemora, and all but tip of tarsi yellowish, bristly. A^eins of wing-covers 

 punctate and set with bron/e bristles. 



Length to tip of thoracic process, 4-4^ mm.; to tip of wing-covers, 

 (J mm. 



Type.—^o. 3142, U.S.X.M. 



Seven specimens of this interesting form are in tlie collection. 



MACHiEROTYPUS SELLATUS, new species. 



Dull brown, bronze pubescent, resembling C(t»q)ijloc('utrufi curvidens, 

 Fairmaire, but with shorter and more auriculate, blunter, excavated 

 humeral expansions. Head short, bluntly rounded, closely punctate, 

 and densely covered with long i)ubesceuce. Pronotum a little com- 

 pressed anteriorly, closely punctate and pubescent, with two small 

 black callosities each side, a transverse raised belt just behind the 



