HEMIPTERA 573 



Subgen. 2. Nesoreias nov. 



I. Face dark, with two paler spots i insularis. 



\a. Face yellow 2 oaanides. 



(41) Nesophrosyne {Nesoreias) insularis, sp. nov. 



Vertex and pronotum whitish yellow, the former suffused with fuscous, usually 

 leaving simply two large subcontiguous pale spots at the base ; pronotum sometimes a 

 little suffused. Ocelli pale reddish orange, probably not functional. Scutellum yellowish. 

 Frons blackish brown, basally narrowly obscure, two large contiguous pale fulvous spots 

 close to this ; genae, clypeus and lorae blackish brown, antennae pale. Underside 

 yellowish white. Tegmina hyaline yellowish ; clavus opaque pale greenish white ; 

 subapical line and apical veins suffusedly fuscous ; apex of clavus and apical cells smoky. 

 Wings smoky, veins dark. Vertex scarcely extending before the eyes. A slender 

 species. 



i. Seventh sternite apically black, two small spots medianly, genital segment red 

 and black. Length 4 rnm. 



Hab. Hawaii, Kilauea (Aug., Perkins), Hamakua (April, Swezey). The type is 

 a Kilauea specimen. 



(42) Nesophrosyne {Nesoreias) oceanides, sp. nov. 



Bright yellow ; pronotum a little suffused with greenish. Tegmina with the clavus 

 bright yellow, a spot at the base and a smaller one at the apex, brownish black, rest of 

 tegmina brownish black except the apex of the subapical vein, the apical cells, and the 

 subcostal cell (except basally) etc., hyaline ; veins on these hyaline parts rather suffused 

 dark fuscous. Subcostal vein pale yellow, except basally. Wings black. Legs pale 

 yellowish, hind tibiae with the base of the spines etc., blackish. Vertex two-thirds 

 wider between the eyes at ocelli than at base, one-third wider there than the length. 

 Pronotum slightly longer than the head. Length 4-^ mm. 



Hab. Hawaii, Olaa (Aug., Perkins), Hilo (April, Swezey). The type is an Olaa 

 specimen. 



Nymph : Head pale yellowish with some obscure sanguineous lines on vertex ; 

 nota sanguineous (except lateral margins of pads) ; rest of body whitish or yellowish 

 testaceous, except apical half of tergites which is mostly sanguineous with a blackish 

 median line, suffused basally (on apical half). Head has much the shape of the adult's. 



Nesosteles Kirkaldy. 



Nesosteles Kirkaldy, 1906, Bull. Ent. H. S. P. Ent. i. 343. 



This is very close to Balchitlia Kirkaldy, and its synonymy depends on whether 

 N. glauca and N. hebe are congeneric ; the latter seems to differ very little from 



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