PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 
Vol. 95 Washington: 1944 No. 3182 
NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF ORIENTAL AND AUS- 
TRALIAN PLANT BUGS IN THE UNITED STATES 
NATIONAL MUSEUM 
By Tsa1-Yu Hs1ao 
Durine part of my stay in the United States, made possible through 
the interest of the Department of State, an opportunity came for me 
to make a study of Oriental Miridae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Cer- 
tain species of bugs of this family, e. g., the “tea bugs” (Helopeltis 
spp.), are of considerable economic importance in the Oriental region. 
The present paper contains descriptions of 7 genera, 24 species, 
and 1 variety of Miridae. It is based mainly on material from the 
C. F. Baker collection of Hemiptera deposited in the United States 
National Museum. AI] the holotypes and allotypes are deposited in 
the Museum, and part of the paratypes are in my collection. All the 
figures were drawn to the same scale from the holotypes. I am grate- 
ful for the aid given by Mrs. Sara Hoke DeBord in making the 
illustrations. 
Subfamily CAPSINAE 
Genus HYALOPEPLOIDES Poppius 
HYALOPEPLOIDES NIGRIFRONS, new species 
Male.—Body elongate, length 9.7 mm., width 2.45 mm., somewhat 
dull, clothed beneath with very short, simple, golden hairs; ochraceous, 
with black markings. 
Head subvertical, shining, width across eyes 1.7 mm., length seen 
from above 0.85 mm., height seen from side 0.95 mm.; above black, two 
transverse spots on vertex, a triangular spot behind each eye, a spot 
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