Mr. W. L. Distant on Iloinoptera. 57 



2. Prisiiophoras nudipinais. 



Pnstiophorus nicdipmnis, Giinth. Cat. Fish, viii. p. 432 (1870) ; McCoy, 



Prodr. Zool. Vict. vi. 1881, p. 24, pi. Ivi. %. 2. 

 I'ristiojihorus oicenii, Giintli. /. c. 



Hah. Victoria and Tasmania. 



In tlie British Museum two specimens, types of the species 

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

 length. 



3. Pristiophorus japonicus. 



Pristiojjhorus cuTatus (non Latham), Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss. 



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

 Pristiophorus japoyiicus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 433 (1870) ; Jord. & 



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



Hab. Japan. 



Tn the Britisli jMuseum 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 loarreni. 

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



Ilah. iSouth Africa. 



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

 in total length, including the type of the species. 



VI [I. — Rkynchotal Notes. — XLIV. {concluded from vol. i. 

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



HOMOPTERA. 



Fam. Jassidse. 

 Subfam. Tettigonibllinm. 



Genus Propetes. 



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



Type, P. compressa, Walk. 



" Head large, conical, with a longitudinal furrow, uot 

 pointed : abdomen compressed towards the base : fore shanks 

 widening towards the tips'^ {Walker). 



