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30. Pamera vincta Say. 

 J'tiiiirni viiiclii Say, New Harm. Ind. (1831); id. Compl. Writ. i. p. 333 (1859). 

 Distribution: Originally described from N. Amer. where it i.s not uncommon; 

 S. Africa, Seychelles Islds., India, Burma, Christmas Isld., New Caledonia, Tahiti. 

 Locality: Nkw Caledonia: Cone. 



31. Pamera flavonotata n. sp. (Plate XII, fig. i.). 



Locality: New Caledonia: Pam. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum black; corium black, its lateral margin terminating 

 in a somevvhat triangulär spot betöre apex and a rounded spot near inner posterior 

 angle, pale ochraceous, a spot at base of clavus bright golden-yellow; membrane pale 

 fuscous, with the veins and basal and apical spots greyish-white; body beneath and 

 femora black, apices of femora, basal areas of intermediate and posterior femora, the 

 tibiae and tarsi, ochraceous, extreme apices of tibiae, black; first and third joints of 

 antennae black or blackish, second Joint brownish-ochraceous, fourth Joint pale ochraceous 

 with its apex infuscated, first Joint passing apex of head, second longest, third and 

 fourth subequal in length; head thickly, very finely pilose, about as long as anterior 

 lobe of pronotum which is globose and longer than posterior lobe, anterior collar well 

 developed, transverse incision profound; extreme apex of scutellum ochraceous; rostrum 

 reaching the anterior coxae, ochraceous, first Joint black, not quite reaching base of head. 



Long. 6\2 mill. 



Allied to P. pacifica Stal, but a considerably larger species, colour of antennae 

 different and also spots to corium etc. I have not seen Stal's species, but the above 

 differences aie derived from a compari.son with bis description. 



Gen. Baladeana nov. gen. 



Distribution: New Caledonia. 



Head triangulär, about or nearly as long as the anterior lobe of pronotum, im- 

 mersed to about the eyes; ocelli situate somewhat close to eyes and at extreme base 

 of head; antennae with the first Joint considerably passing apex of head, slightly clavate 

 towards apex, subequal in length to second, third and fourth subequal in length, each 

 shorter than first or second, fourth moderately but distinctly thickened: rostrum with 

 the first Joint moderately thickened, about as long as the head, second reaching the 

 anterior coxae; pronotum with the anterior margin narrower than the outer margins 

 of eyes, a little less than half the breadth of posterior margin, transversely incised 

 before middle, the anterior lobe transversely globose, the lateral margins sinuate, the 

 posterior margin moderately concave; scutellum slightl}' longer than broad at base, 

 slightly tumid; corium slightlj^ widened towards base of membrane, the latter apically 



