Mr. W. L. Distant on Homoptera. 57 



2. Pristiophorus nudipinnis. 



Pristiophorus nudipinnis, Giinth. Oat. Fish, viii. p. 432 (1870) ; McCoy, 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. vi. 1881, p. 24, pi. lvi. fig. 2. 

 Pristiophorus owenii, Giinth. I. c. 



Hub. Victoria and Tasmania. 



In the British Museum two specimens, types of the species 

 and of P. owenii respectively, 1000 and 330 mm. in total 

 length. 



3. Pristiophorus japonicus. 



Pristiophorus cirratus (nou Latham), Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss. 



p. 305, pi. cxxxvii. (1850). 

 Pristiophorus Japonicus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 433 (1870) ; .lord. & 



Fowler, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvi. 1903, p. 639. 



llab. Japan. 



In the British Museum two specimens, 600 and 700 mm. 

 in total length, including the type of the species. 



14. Pliotrema. 



Pliotrema, Regan, Ann. Natal Mus. i. 1906, p. 1. 



A single species. 



1. Pliotrema ivarreni. 

 Pliotrema warreni, Regan, Ann. Natal Mus. i. 1906, p. 1, pi. i. 



I lub. South Africa. 



In the British Museum two specimens, 730 and 810 mm. 

 in total length, including the type of the species. 



VIII. — lihynchotal Notes. — XLIV. {concluded from vol. i. 

 p. 531). By W. L. Distant. 



Homoptera. 

 Fam. JassicUe. 



Subfain. Tettigoniellin^:. 



Genus Propetes. 

 Propetes, Walk. List Horn. hi. p. 797 (1851). 



Type, P. compressa, Walk. 



" Head large, conical, with a longitudinal furrow, not 

 pointed : abdomen compressed towards the base : fore shanks 

 widening towards the tips" {Walker). 



