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58. Melampsalta rouxi n. sp. (Plate XI. figs. 7, a. b.). 



Locality: New Caledonia; Boreare. 



Head, pronotum and mesonotum somewhat dark ochraceous; head with a central 

 longitudinal line to front, the vertex, the central area and posterior margin to pronotum, 

 paler ochraceous; areas of the ocelii, fissures and a central spot at base of pronotum, 

 two contiguous obconical spots at anterior margin and a long broken up spot on each 

 lateral area of mesonotum, black; a small black spot before each anterior angle of the 

 basal cruciform elevation; abdomen dark ochraceous, greyishly pilose, the anterior 

 segmental margins broadly black, the posterior segmental margins narrowiy pale 

 ochraceous; body beneath and legs ochraceous, abdomen with a central longitudinal 

 blackish fascia, annulations and streaks to femora, apices of tibiae and tarsi, transverse 

 striations to face, antennae, and rostrum, black or blackish; tegmina and wings hyaline, 

 the venation blackish, costal membrane, basal cell, and extreme base of tegmina, extreme 

 base and margins of abdominal area to wings, more or less ochraceous; vertex of head 

 distinctly incised between the ocelii; a faint central incised line, and prominent posterior 

 lateral angles to pronotum; face prominent, somewhat compressed, finely, centrally, 

 longitudinally sulcate ; rostrum a little passing the intermediate coxae. 



Long. excl. tegm. $. 13 mill. Exp. tegm. 34 mill. 



Farn. Cereopidae. 



Subfam . Aphrophorinae. 



Gen. Perinoia Walker. 

 Distribution: Malay Archipelago, New Hebrides. 



59. Perinoia speiseri n. sp. (Plate XI, fig. 3). 



Distribution: New Hebrides. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina shining-black; front of head (excluding 

 margins), two transverse fasciae to vertex, anterior transverse fasciae to pronotum, 

 basal area of scutellum, and a lateral medial spot to tegmina, pale shining ochraceous; 

 body beneath (imperfectly seen in carded unique type) with the abdomen fuscous- 

 brown, sternum black, spotted with pale ochraceous; face black. its anterior margin 

 ochraceous; head conically produced, a little longer than broad at base, the front 

 moderately foveate ; anterior margin of pronotum convexly rounded ; pronotum and 

 tegmina thickly finely punctate; anterior tibiae somewhat broadly dilated; scutellum 

 faintly transversely wrinkled. 



Long. 8 mill. 



