Rhynchota collected in Birara and Lifu. 337 



in the dark apical part aforementioned) blackish-brown or blackish. 

 Apex of femora and base of posterior tibiae very narrowly blackish. 

 Abdomen above more or less blackish. 



Vertex subfiliform, apex snbrotnndate-truncate, 2J times as 

 long as width of head including eyes — more than twice as long 

 as scutellum — slightly compressed medianly, as wide between the 

 eyes as the length of an eye (as seen from above), one-third wider 

 than the eyes together. Posterolateral margin of pronotum truncate, 

 at right angles to the insect's longitudinal plane ; at its meeting with 

 the convex lateral margins of scutellum, it abruptly turns forward at 

 an obtuse angle, the two sides almost meeting at a right angle when 

 they abruptly turn forward again acuminately ; between the postero- 

 lateral angle and the apex of pronotum it is medianly and strongly 

 elevately carinate. The upper lateral margins are roundly sinuate 

 and do not quite reach the base, the lower lateral margins commence 

 carinately close to the eyes and reach the posterolateral angle 

 acuminately. Lateral part of scutellum between lateral margins and 

 the exterior keels is strongly punctured. Interior (great) claval 

 nerve meets the commisural vein almost at the same place as it 

 meets the claval sutural vein, forming a very long narrow cell. 

 Basal cell elongate gives off three nervures, the radial and subradial 

 arising at the same spot and proceeding somewhat divergingly to the 

 transverse veins, a little before which the radial forks ; the ulnar 

 nerve arises at the opposite apical angle of the cell and continues 

 to the transverse veins, forking a little before them. All the apical 

 veins are furcate, sometimes reuniting ; all the veins are shortly, 

 somewhat sparsely, pilose. Rostrum reaches the base of posterior 

 coxte. 



Long, to apex of abdomen 13 mm., to apex tegmina 17 mm., 

 expanse tegmina 24| mm. 



Hob. Lifu (Willey). 



Sub-order HETEROPTERA. 

 Family CAPSID^. 



Imogen, gen. nov. 



Elongate. Head vertical, shining, polished, smooth, logitudinally 

 impressed near the base. Eyes shortly pedicillate and very promi- 

 nent, nearly twice as broad in profile as high, posterior margin 

 sinuate. Antennae inserted close to the inner angle of the eye, first 

 segment a trifle shorter than the profile-width of the eye. Second 

 incrassate towards the base, third segment very slender. Pronotum 



