HuTTON. — Revision of the Genus Phorocera. 151 



P, nefaria. 



There is a mistake in my former paper in Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., xxxiii., p. 59. There is no yellow spot at the base of 

 the wings. 



P. aurea, sp. nov. 



Frontal band black ; vertex black, with blue reflections ; 

 sides of the face golden -yellow, with a reddish-brown spot 

 on each side just below the lower fronto-orbital bristles^. 

 Antennae, antennal fovea, and proboscis black. Thorax, 

 scutellum, and abdomen brilliant metallic-blue. Legs black. 

 Squamae greyish. Wings colourless ; the veins black, the costa 

 fulvous at its base. First posterior cell open. No discal 

 setae; marginal setae on the third and fourth segments only. 

 Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 7 mm. 



Longbeach, November, 1902. 



P. marginata. 



This species has a brown spot on each side of the face. 

 The individuals with a green thorax I make into a separate 

 species, as follows: — 



P. exitiosa, sp. nov. 



Frontal band and antennae black, as also are the palpi 

 and proboscis. Vertex dark-grey. Cheeks black, with silvery 

 pubescence. Thorax metallic-green ; the abdomen deep-blue. 

 Scutellum blue, margined with ferruginous. A rather ob- 

 scure fulvous spot at the base of the wings. Legs black. 

 Length, 8-9 mm. ; wing, 6^7^ mm. 



Longbeach, November, 1902. 



There are 3 sterno-pleural macrochaetse. 



P. tecta, sp. nov. 



Frontal band dark reddish-brown ; vertex and sides of the 

 face yellowish-white, with a spot of reddish-brown on each 

 side about the middle of the antennal groove. Antennae, 

 palpi, and proboscis piceous. Thorax grey, with three short 

 black lines on the fore part. Scutellum dark-fulvous, the 

 base grey. Abdomen greyish-brown, with white tessellations 

 on each side. Legs blackish, the tibise dark-fulvous. Squamae 

 white. Wings colourless; the veins blackish-brown. The first 

 posterior cell completely closed. Three sterno-pleural macro- 

 chaetae. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 5 mm. 



Wellington and Christchurch. 



P. casta, sp. nov. 



Frontal band dark reddish- brown ; vertex and sides of face 

 silvery - white, without any spot. Antennae and proboscis 

 piceous. Thorax greyish-brown, with some obscure black lines 



