Rhynchota collected in Japan. 425 



The position of this genus is somewhere between the 

 genera Strachia and Catacanthus, with both of which it 

 has affinities. 



Parastrachia fidgens, n. s. (PL XIX., fig. 5). 



Body above red ; antennae, eyes, base of head, centre 

 of anterior margin and a large transverse discal spot to 

 pronotum, scutellum, clavus, a large rounded discal spot 

 to corium and membrane, black ; apical margins, a 

 central linear apical line and the apex of scutellum, and 

 apex of clavus, reel ; apical margins of membrane pale 

 fuscous or reddish ; body beneath red ; rostrum, legs, 

 disk of sternum, large submarginal segmental spots and 

 anal appendage to abdomen, black ; the 2nd and 3rd 

 joints of the antennae are subequal in length, the 4th 

 slightly longer than the 5th ; the pronotum is somewhat 

 obscurely punctate ; the scutellum has the central base 

 levigate, the basal lateral margins transversely striate, 

 and the apical half distinctly punctate ; corium thickly 

 and somewhat coarsely punctate ; tibiae very strongly 

 setose. Long. 16 — 18 mm. 



Hab. Konose, Yokohama. 



Plautia fimbriata. 



Cimexfimbriatus, Fabr., Mant., 2, p. 295, 162 (1787). 

 Plautia Stali, Scott, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 

 vol. 14, p. 11 (1874). 



I quite agree with Horvath in considering Japanese 

 specimens as conspecific with P. fimbriata, and can find 

 no character sufficient to separate P. Stali. Japanese 

 specimens are generally of a larger size, but this is quite 

 a usual character with the Japanese examples of some of 

 the common Palasarctic species. 



Menida japonica, n. s. (PL XIX., fig. 7). 



Pale obscure luteous, coarsely and darkly punctate ; 

 head greenish black, very thickly and coarsely punctate, 

 with some obscure luteous lines on the ante-ocular area ; 

 antennae dark fuscous, the 2nd joint and the bases of the 

 remaining joints dull ochraceous ; pronotum with the 

 lateral and anterior margins narrowly luteous and gla- 

 brous, the lateral angles rounded and subprominent, the 

 whole area coarsely and darkly punctate, the anterior 



