440 Mr. W. L. Distant' a first report on the 



Gastrodes japonicus. 



P. (Platygaster) japonicus, Stal, En. Hem., iv., p. 164, 



n. 1 (1874). 

 Platygaster ferrugineus, Scott (nee Linn.), Ann. & Mag. 



Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. xiv. (1874). 



Lethcsus lewisi, n. s. (PI. XX., fig. 7). 



Head black, the base impunctate, and from the ocular 

 area somewhat finely punctate, apex of central lobe casta- 

 neous ; antennae with the 1st joint black, its base 

 narrowly ochraceous ; 2nd joint brownish ochraceous, 

 its apex black ; 3rd joint black, its base narrowly 

 brownish ochraceous, and its apex broadly luteous ; 4th 

 joint black, its apex very narrowly brownish ; pronotum 

 black, with the anterior area glabrous and shining, the 

 posterior area rugulosely punctate ; lateral margins 

 (broadest at posterior angles) ochraceous ; scutellum 

 black, coarsely punctate ; corium piceous, coarsely punc- 

 tate, lateral margins ochraceous and impunctate, an 

 obscure transverse greyish streak near apex and a short 

 ochraceous line near claval apex ; membrane pale fus- 

 cous ; body beneath black ; femora black, with their 

 apices narrowly castaneous ; tibiae and tarsi ochraceous ; 

 rostrum ochraceous, its tip piceous. Long. 7^ mm. 



Hab. Nagasaki. 



This species is allied to the L. indicus, Dall., from 

 Bengal ; but the colour of the antennae and ol the lateral 

 margins of the pronotum will alone distinguish it. 



Drymus marginatus, n. s. (PI. XX., fig. 6). 



Body above black, lateral margins of the corium nar- 

 rowly obscure castaneous ; head and anterior area of 

 the pronotum thickly and finely punctate ; posterior 

 pronotal area, scutellum, and corium thickly and coarsely 

 punctate ; membrane very pale olivaceous ; body beneath 

 and legs black, tarsi brownish ; antennae black, apex of 

 the 4th joint narrowly brownish. Long. 4| mm. 



Hab. Ichiuchi. 



Lamproplax membraneus, n. s. (PI. XX., fig. 5). 

 Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; pronotum with 

 an oblong spot at lateral angles, and sometimes with the 

 centre of basal margin ochraceous ; corium brownish 



