36 tJuly, 



TINEID^. 



SlabojjJinnes longella, Walk. 



This is another instance of mistaken identity. I saw five speci- 

 mens of the Hawaiian species, and they did not appear to differ per- 

 ceptibly from the European B. monacheUa, Hb. But in any case it is 

 impossible to admit that the white-headed Hawaiian species (which is 

 perfectly constant) can be identical with the yellow-headed Indian 

 species described by Walker under the above name. If, as I think, 

 the species is truly B. monachella, it is no doubt an introduced insect. 



Christchurcli, New Zealand : 

 Februarif llth, 1883. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE FAMILY 

 GTlItniBM {HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA). 



BY F. BUCHANAK WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



PLATYGEERIS, n. g. 



Corpus ohlonffum, latiusculum, depressum. Caj^ut ohlongum ante 

 oculos suhconstrictum. Oculi intus leviter sinuati. Ocelli nulli. An- 

 tenncB cylindriccs, 4<-articiclafce, corporis dimidio subcBq^ilo)igcB, arficulo 

 prima longissimo. Rostrum 4<-articulatum, mesosterni mnrginem anti- 

 cum attingens. Pronotum transversum, longitudinal iter trisulcatum, 

 processu postico hand instructum. Mesonotum longissimmn. Metanotum 

 hrevissimum. Elytra et alee absunt ? Abdomen brevissimum, connexivo 

 erecto instructum. Pedes antici breves, tarsis biarticulatis. Pedes 

 intermedii et postici elongati, ad latera posteriora thoracis insert i, tarsis 

 biarticulatis. 



Somewhat, but not very closely, allied to Hydrobntes and Jlalo- 



Plattgeeris depressa, n. sp. 



Nigra subnifida, capillis brevissimis adpressis albidis vestita ; capite 

 macula ovali intra oculari, j^ronoto linea angusta longifudinali obsoleta, 

 rubris ; acetabulis anticis antice, coxis anticis, trocluinterum anticorum 

 vitta anteriore, acetabulorum intermediorum macula triangulari longa 

 inferiore, acetabulorum posticoriim macula triangulari brevi inferiore, 

 coxarum posticarum macula inferiore., margine postico inferiore segmenii 

 genitalis primi, necnon spina postica inferiore segmenti genitalis secundi 

 p)lus minus sordide ochraceis. J' Long. G, lat. 2\ mm. 



