426 Mr. W. L. Distant's first report on the 



half with about seven black spots, two central and 

 foveate near anterior margin, and five across disk (these 

 last spots are inconstant in number), and a black spot 

 at lateral angles ; scutellum more sparingly and darkly- 

 punctate, a small black patch at basal angles containing 

 a raised glabrous spot, two central black spots on anterior 

 half (sometimes partly united) and two lateral black 

 spots near apex, which is somewhat impunctate ; corium 

 coarsely and darkly punctate ; membrane fuscous, the 

 apical half pale hyaline ; connexivum luteous, with black 

 spots at the segmental incisures ; body beneath luteous, 

 punctured with black ; legs luteous, apices of the femora, 

 bases and apices of tibiae, and tarsi (excluding base), 

 blackish ; the anterior angles of the pronotum are ob- 

 tusely pointed ; the 2nd and 3rd joints of the antennas 

 are subequal in length and a little shorter than the 4th 

 and 5th, which are also subequal. Long. 8j mm. ; exp. 

 pronot. angl. 5 mm. 

 Hob. Nagasaki. 



Clinocoris gramineus, n. s. (PI. XIX., fig. 8). 



Bright yellowish green ; head, anterior area of pro- 

 notum and scutellum, pale ochraceous ; head sparingly 

 and coarsely punctate ; antennas with the basal joint 

 ochraceous, the 2nd and 3rd fuscous, 4th and 5th black, 

 with their bases narrowly ochraceous, 2nd joint a little 

 shorter than the 3rd, 4th a little longer than the 5th ; 

 pronotum coarsely and darkly punctate, the lateral 

 angles produced into long, slightly raised and recurved, 

 shining black spines, which have a distinct central 

 carination ; scutellum coarsely and darkly punctate, the 

 apex impunctate ; corium thickly and coarsely punctate, 

 somewhat paler at base ; membrane fuscous, exhibiting 

 a distinct broad central dark fascia ; body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous ; rostrum with the apex pitch} 7 , and 

 reaching the base of the abdominal spine, which just 

 extends beyond the intermediate coxae; mesosternal pro- 

 cess reaching or just passing the anterior coxae ; the 

 body beneath is impunctate, with the exception of a 

 series of coarse black punctures along the anterior mar- 

 gin of the prosternum. Long. 10 — 12 mm. ; exp. pronot. 

 angl. 7i — 8 mm. 



Hab. Chiuzenji. 



