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Motschulsky as L. cruciger from the Amur. I doubt very 

 much whether this species occurs in Japan, and incline 

 to the opinion that the species here described is the one 

 to which Mr. Scott's reference was made. 



Nysius plebeius, n. s. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum, pitchy ochraceous, 

 very coarsely punctate ; head with the apex and central 

 base distinctly paler; antennae ochraceous, apices of 1st 

 and 2nd joints infuscated, 2nd joint largest, 3rd and 4th 

 subequal in length ; eyes pale fuscous ; pronotum with 

 a central carinate line, a central spot at base and lateral 

 angles paler, the last preceded by darker coloration, a 

 faint transverse dark constriction before middle ; scu- 

 tellum with a distinct central dark carination, the basal 

 margin also excavated and darker ; corium very pale 

 and semitransparent ochraceous, with two linear discal 

 longitudinal series of spots, apex and a central spot on 

 apical margin, and a few irregular spots on apical half 

 of clavus, brownish ; membrane pale hyaline, slightly 

 tinged with ochraceous on disk ; body beneath pitchy ; 

 posterior margins of pro-, meso-, and metasternums, 

 coxae, and legs, ochraceous ; femora spotted with fuscous ; 

 apical joint of tarsi and the rostrum fuscous. Long. 

 4 mm. 



Hab. Yokohama. 



Nysius expressus, n. s. 

 Ochraceous ; head with the eyes and a somewhat 

 oblique fascia on each side extending from about base of 

 antennae to base of head, fuscous ; antennas brownish 

 ochraceous ; pronotum with two narrow transverse black 

 constrictions near anterior margin, each connected 

 therewith by two fuscous fasciae ; remaining portion with^ 

 a few scattered dark punctures, with a central pale 

 levigate line and the lateral angles brownish ; scutellum 

 fuscous and coarsely punctate ; corium with two linear 

 brown spots on apical margin, one at apex and the other 

 about centre ; membrane pale hyaline, through which 

 the dark abdomen beneath is reflected ; body beneath 

 ochraceous, submarginal fasciae to sternum and abdomen 

 broadly fuscous, the last inwardly containing a series of 

 small pale spots, and the former a large pale spot at 

 metasternum, base of abdomen fuscous (owing to the 



