1878.] 275. 



entering it in the list : in other cases I mention only the captors of 

 tlie specimens in my possession. In the case of new species, prelimi- 

 nary diagnoses are given ; fuller descriptions will be given in the 

 Synopsis. 



Family SCUTELLEEID^. 



1. Gallipliara imperialis^Y . " New Zealand ;" British Museum Cata- 



logue. I have seen no specimens. 



2. PeUopliora pedicel! ata, Kirby. Auckland, Mayr (in the Semiptera 



of the voyage of the Novara). I have seen no specimens. 



Family ASOPID^. 



3. (EcJialia consocialis, Boisd. (= Penfatojna ScheUe7nierffi,GrneT., = 



Mapliigastei' p)erfectiis, AValker, accoi'ding to Butler I. c. Walker 

 described his It. perfectus as having the 3rd joint of the antennae 

 longer than the 2nd or 4th ; in other respects his description 

 agrees with consocialis). 

 Captain Broun. 



4. Cermatulus nasalis, Westw. (= Uliaphigaster pentatomoides, Walker, 



according to Butler I. c. AYalker's description does not quite 



tally with my specimens, but I have no doubt that Mr. Butler is 



right). 



Messrs. Broun, Hutton, and Wakefield. Common. 



Family CTDNID^. 



5. Geotomus leptospermi (= GEthus leptospermi, Butler). 



Messrs. Broun and AVakefield. A note is appended to one of 

 Mr. Wakefield's specimens, stating that he " once found this in num- 

 bers on the sea beach at Sumner, either floating in salt water pools or 

 crawling on the sand." 



G. Choerocydnus nir/rosignatiis, n. sp. 



Ovate, rather convex, especially below ; brownish-testaceous, coarsely and re- 

 motely punctured with brown ; sides of head, pronotum and basal half of front margin 

 of corium with long reddish-brown bristles. A ring on the crown prolonged to- 

 wards the apex of the head, a spot near the inner margin of each eye, the front 

 margin very narrowly, two somewhat curved and irregular transversely oblong spots 

 on each side of the disc, and a small spot near the hind margin within the posterior 

 angles of the pronotum, three basal spots and apex of scutellum, some irregular spots 

 on the disc of the corium, the basal half at least of the femora, and the tarsi towards 

 the apex, as well as most of the under-side of the body, piceous-black. (Frequently 

 the black markings cover the greater part of the head, and form two transverse fascise 

 — not reaching the sides — on the pronotum, while the central basal spot of the scu- 

 tellum is prolonged in a fine line to the apical spot, and the spots of the corium are 



