of Hennptera Heterujjtera fruni Japan. 



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Family Ectrichodidae. 



Genus Mendis, Stal. 



Men dis japonens is. 



Deep red, shining. Head and jyronotton anteriorly clothed 

 with short, erect, very line, black and pale hairs intermixed. 

 Corhan, anterior margin crimson, terminating in a triangular 

 patch, in the centre of which is a short, fine, curved, Jalack 

 streak. 



Head lurid. Croion between the ocelli reddish. Antennce 

 black, clothed with long black hairs ; first joint more sparingly 

 clothed than the others ; apex of the second and fourth very 

 narrowly, and the pedunculation reddish ; neck above black. 

 Rostrum brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum deep red, anterior portion as far as 

 the transverse channel somewhat Im-id testaceous ; transverse 

 channel interiorly with a black spot ,• posterior portion of the 

 central longitudinal channel with about eight or nine punctures. 

 Scutellum black, the H-shaped portion reddish, clothed with 

 long, erect, pale hairs. Elytra black, base and the anterior 

 margin as far as the first nerve crimson, apex narrowly black ; 

 in the centre of the triangular patch a short, fine, curved black 

 streak, the convexity turned towards the apex of the scutellum. 

 Memhrane pitchy black, nerves black ; base of the trifiu'cate 

 nerve testaceous, exterior margin of the two outer nerves Avith 

 a brown margin. Prosternum black, shining. Legs red : 

 coxce dark brown : thighs at the base narrowly piceous : tibtce 

 at the apex exteriorly piceous or black : tarsi piceous, first 

 joint brown. 



Abdomen above red ; underneath red, sparingly clothed 

 with longish, fine, pale hairs, and with a large, black, some- 

 what ovate patch on each segment just within the spiracles. 



Length 6 lines. 



There is only a single example (J"), wanting an elytron. 

 It was submitted to Dr. Stal, who returned it as unknown 

 to him, but with the remark, "mgripennij Fab., affinis," a 

 species I do not possess, and therefore cannot point out the 

 differences. 



Family Nabidae. 



Genus Nabis, Latr. 



Nahis hrevilineatus. 



Male pale brownish yellow. Corium^ anterior margin at 

 the base and beyond the middle with a short black line. 



