1878.] 33 



19. i\r. anceps, n. sp. 



Oblong, brownish-testaceous variegated with black, with grey pubescence and 

 coarse punctures. A yellowish band runs through the basal half of the head to the 

 apex of the scutellum ; the centre of the elypeus and a larger spot on each side 

 reddish-brown ; the upper margins of the orbit yellowish. Antennae pitchy-brown, 

 the inside of the 1st joint (except at the apex), a broad baud in the middle of the 

 2nd, and the apex of the 3rd, pale reddish-brown. Yeins of the elytra pitchy-brown. 

 Legs yellow-testaceous, a broad band on the upper side of the femora, rows of spots 

 on the femora and tibiae, the base of the 1st and 2nd joints of the tarsi, and the 

 whole of the 3rd joint, pitchy-black. Upper surface of the abdomen with a broad 

 central band, and on the three basal segments a narrower and interrupted band on 

 each side black ; under side of the body blackish-fuscous, with paler bands and spots. 

 Head and pronotum sub-equal in length, the head with the eyes a httle broader than 

 the apex of the pronotum ; 2nd joiut of the antennae longer than the 3rd, which is 

 sub-equal to the 4th. Bucculae as long as the gula, gradually disappearing behind and 

 not reaching the base of the head ; 1st joint of the rostrum a little shorter than the 

 bucculae, the apex of the last joint reaching the middle coxae. Sides of the pronotum 

 sub-parallel, diverging a little behind, the front angles with a small sharp tooth. 

 Elytra abbreviated, scarcely covering the base of the abdomen, the front margin 

 somewhat rounded, the membrane rudimentary. 



Length, 5—5^ mm., breadth, 2 mm. 



iV^. anceps is perhaps the type of a new genus, but, in the mean- 

 time, I have kept it in Nijsius. Possibly it may have a macropterous 

 form. 



Two specimens taken by Mr. Wakefield. 



Family PACHYMEEID.^. 



20. Plociomerus Douglasi, Buch. White. 



Captain Broun. 



21. Pamera ni(]ricej)s, Dallas. "New Zealand," Mayr (Novara Hemi- 



ptera) . 



This species so very much resembles the last, that I have, with 

 some hesitation, suggested (Ann. N. H., May, 1878) that possibly the 

 two may have been confounded, a not very improbable occurrence, if 

 Dr. Mayr had only the original description of P. nif/riceps (made 

 when it alone of the two was known) to guide him. I have seen no 

 New Zealand specimens of this sjiecies, which is common at Honolulu 

 and elsewhere. 



Bhyparochrovius inornatus, Walker (B. M. Cat., v. 112. 196), 

 seems, from the description, to be either this species or No. 20. It is 

 referred to '^ t}ie grou'^ Scolopostethus,'' but it is certainly not the 

 species described hereafter (No. 26). 



