Collection of Hcmiptera from Japan. 313 



Family Capsid.e. 



Genus Calocoris, Fieb. 



Calocoris tricolor. 



Brownish yellow, sparingly clothed with fine, silky, 

 appressed yellow hairs. Head reddish chestnut. Crown 

 with a depression between the eyes divided by a short, 

 central, longitudinal channel terminating before reaching 

 the base. Pronotum dark chestnut-brown, finely wrinkled 

 transversely trom the posterior margin to as far as the 

 callosities, behind which is a depression. Sciitelhun 

 pitchy-brown. Elytra brownish yellow. Ciineiis red. 

 Legs reddish yellow. Tihixe, 3rd pair red. Head reddish 

 chestnut, darkest on the crown. Croivn with a depression 

 between the eyes divided by a short, central, longitudinal 

 channel terminating before reaching the base. Antennce, 

 1st joint reddish yellow ; 2nd pale yellowish, base 

 narrowly reddish, apical half reddish, gradually becoming 

 darker to the apex ; 3rd reddish brown, broadly yellowish, 

 or yellowish white at the base ; 4th reddish brown, base 

 and apex yellowish or yellowish white. Ei/es brown-pink. 

 Thorax. — Pronotum dark chestnut-brown, finel}^ wrinkled 

 transversely from the posterior margin to as far as the 

 callosities, behind which is a depression. Scutellum 

 pitchy-brown. Elytra brownish yellow, sparingly clothed 

 with fine, silky, appressed yellow hairs, each hair set 

 upon a very minute granule. Corinm, nerves inclined to 

 a reddish brown. Cuneus red, shading into brownish as 

 it approaches the base ; sparingly clothed with fine, 

 silk}^, appressed j^ellow hairs, each hair set upon a very 

 minute granule. Membrane with a brownish yellow hue: 

 cell nerves brown or brown-red ; below the apex of the 

 cuneus is a pale narrow'triangular patch, and underneath 

 it a dark one. Ler/s reddish yellow. TJiighs of all the 

 pairs reddish yellow. Tihice, 1st pair pale yellow, base 

 narrowly reddish ; 2nd pale yellow, basal one-third reddish 

 3'ellow, spinose hairs reddish ; 3rd red, spinose hairs 

 darker. Taisi of all the pairs yellow, apex of the 3rd 

 joint and claics reddish. Abdomen wanting. 



Length Sj lines. 



I do not possess, nor have I seen, any species with 

 which I could make a comparison between it and the 

 insect now described ; but the characters on the antennge, 

 the red cuneus, and tibial of the 3rd pair of legs, should 

 render it easy to be recognised. I referred to this insect 



