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Nesaphrogeneia gen. no v. 



Allied to Locris, but is very feebly, if at all, carinate on the 

 frons, and the pronotum is angularly emarginate at the base 

 medianly. The head dorsally is much more obtusely and round- 

 ly angulate anteriorly. Pronotum and tegmina rugosely- 

 punctured, apical three-fourths of the former and the head 

 strongly declivous. Wing venation similar to that of L. vcs- 

 tigans and amanroptcra as figured by Breddin. 



I. vitiensis sp. nov. 



Head, pronotum anteriorly, scuteilum and body beneath, pale 

 yellowish-brown; base of frons ventrally, antennae, last segment 

 of labium dorsally, &c., dark fuscous or blackish-brown. Ocelli 

 rubid. Rest of pronotum pale yellow. Tegmina pale yellowish- 

 brown suflfused with rosy, especially laterally and apically, with 

 short, yellowish pubescence (especially on clavus); veins rosy, 

 at least the lateral and apical ones; wing-veins dark fuscous. 

 Legs pale yellowish-testaceous, tibiae more or less fuscous in 

 part. Sternites more or less fuscate. 



Length 5^ mill. 



Hab. Viti Levu, Rewa (Feb., Mar., M.) 



Machaerotinae. 



At the moment of going to press, I have received the first 

 part of the 68th Vol. of the Stettiner Ent. Zeit., containing a 

 review of this subfamily (*). The Australian genera may be 

 disposed as follows: 



1 Scuteilum not sulcate; without an appendage (2) 



la Scuteilum sulcate with an appendage. . .3 Pachyinachaerota. 



2 Vertex almost perpendicular, very short. Nymph cases 

 elongate, subconical, more or less porrect, gradually widen- 

 ing from the base i Polychactophycs. 



2a Posterior margin of 'head raised. Ocelli farther apart. 

 Frons more swollen. Pronotum less declivous, and longer 

 in proportion to head. Nymph cases smoother and slender- 

 er 2 Pectinariophyes. 



The first two have been omitted by Schmidt. In Pachy- 

 machaerota he places Machaerota piigioiiata and sigiiorcti 

 (=11 pugionata Sign.). 



* E. Schmidt " Monographie der Subfamilie Machaerotinae Stal ," pp. irir)-200, 



figs. 1-8 (May, 1907.) 



