386 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 



Far. Head almost entirely purplisli-brown ; ground colour of 

 pronotum more reddisli-ochraceous than sanguineous ; scutellum 

 altogether purplish, not sanguineous behind the transverse metallic- 

 green fascia, but containing an oblique sanguineous spot on each 

 lateral margin. 



Antennae with the first joint not nearly reaching apex of head, a 

 little longer than the second which is shortest, third shorter than 

 fourth ; head sparingly punctate, the punctures mostly in longi- 

 tudinal patches ; pronotum with the two large dark spots thickly, 

 coarsely punctate, remaining area more sparingly and finely punc- 

 tate, about two transverse series of punctures before anterior 

 margin ; scutellum thickly punctate ; rostrum reaching the jiosterior 

 coxae. 



Long. 16 to 17 mm. Exp. pronot. angl. 10 to lOh mm, 



Hal). NiAS Islands : Hili Madjedja {Mitschhc, Biit. 

 Mus.). 



Allied to P. dives, Guer, 



Genus Alcimocoris. 



Alcivius, DalL, List. Hem. I., p. 218 (1851), nom. ipraeocc. 

 Alcimocoris, Bergr., Rev. d'Eat. x., p. 214 (1891), nom. nov. 

 Type, A. lineolatus, Dall. 



Alcimocoris marapohensis, sp. n. (Plate X, fig. 3, a.) 



Head black, a small central spot near base and a sublateral 

 longitudinal fascia posteriorly obliquely directed to eyes, reddish- 

 ochraceous, the surface sparingly and irregularly granulose and 

 punctate ; pronotum with the anterior area black, opaque, laterally, 

 posteriorly reddisli-ochraceous, and with a broad transverse sub- 

 anterior sj^ace enclosed by reddish-ochraceous lines which are 

 connected with eyes and posteriorly and centrally are produced in 

 two unconnected short longitudinal lines, all these jiale margins and 

 lines are bordered by linear series of punctures, basal two-thirds of 

 pronotum black, very coarsely punct.ite, and with reticulate reddish- 

 ochraceous markings, the lateral margins very strongly and longly 

 produced transversely and a little upwardly, with two longitudinal 

 grooves above, and notched above before apices which are acute ; 

 scutellum black, somewhat finely punctate, with six longitudinal and 

 more or less broken reddish-ochraceous lines ; corium black, coarsely 

 punctate, base of costal margin, a subcostal marginal line, claval 

 margins, and a somewhat broken central curved line, ochraceous 

 or reddish-ochraceous ; body beneath black, coarsely iiunctate, tlie 

 lateral and incisural margins, other transverse raised lines and 



