Rhynchota collected in Birara and Lifu, 353 



femora, etc.) olivaceo-testaceous. Eyes, ocelli, antennas, etc., dark 

 reddish-brown ; 4th segment of antennae fulvous. Pronotum, 

 scutelluni, exterolateral margins of the pleura, clavus, coriam, and 

 abdomen above metallic shining green. Posterior femora (except 

 at the base) and base of posterior tibiae shining greenish-black. 

 Membrane irridescent dark olivaceous, tinged with purple. There is 

 a pale luteous band on the pleura interior to the lateral metallic 

 margin, and a sublateral pale luteous spot on each abdominal tergite. 

 Rostrum reaching to the middle of the mesosternum, which is 

 channelled so far. Fourth segment of antennae about one-half 

 longer than the first, which is one-sixth longer than the second, 

 which is one-half longer than the third. Pronotum transversely 

 striolate, anteriorly obsoletely callose, sulcate medio-! ongitudinally. 

 Clavus and corium strongly and finely punctured. Each abdominal 

 segment posterolateral^ minutely spined. 



<J . 6th (?) abdominal tergite very slightly rotundately emarginate ; 

 posterior femora somewhat incrassate, with one larger, median, and 

 three to five smaller spines, near the apex. 



9 . 6th (?) abdominal tergite roundly emarginate ; posterior 

 femora much less emarginate, lacking the median larger spine. 



Long. 19 mm., lat. 5 1 — 5§ mm. 



Hob. Birara {Willey). The typical form is from New 

 Guinea. 



Genus Ptern [stria, Stal. 



Ptemistria, Stal, 1873, Svensk. Vetensk. Akail. Handl , p. 

 43. 

 Australia, New Guinea, Birara, and Aru. 



Pternistria, sp. 



Specimens from Birara ( Willey) closely agreeing with 

 the description and figure of macromcra (Gudrin), which, 

 however, is unknown to me. The latter has been recorded 

 from New Guinea and Aru. 



Family CIMICIDiE. 

 Genus Megymenum, Laporte. 



Megymenum, Lap., 1833, Essai, p. 52. 

 Mcgah/mcnum, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., II, p. 349 (note), 

 1835. 

 Distributed throughout the Australian and Oriental 

 regions up to Japan. 



