Bhynchota collected in Birara and Lifu. 355 



Genus Agonoscelis, Spinola. 



Agonoscelis, Spinola, 1837, Essai, p. 327. 



Widely distributed over Ethiopian, Oriental and Aus- 

 tralian Regions. 



Agonoscelis rutilus, Fabricius. 



Gimcx rutilus, Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Ent., p. 714 



Hab. Biraba {Willey); also recorded from Australia, 

 Moluccas, Java, Celebes, Batchian, Banda, etc. 



Genus Plautia, Stal. 



Plautia, Stal, 1864, Hem. Afric, I, p. 191. 



Distributed similarly to the foregoing genus. 



Plautia brunnipennis, Montrouzier. 

 Fentatoma brunnipennis, Montr., 1861, 1. c, p. 63. 



Hab. Birara ( Willey) ; Lifu (Stal) ; New Caledonia 

 (Montrouzier). 



A very variable species. In one specimen the posterior 

 half of the pronotum is black and there is a large black 

 spot towards the posterior angle of the scutellum. The 

 corium may be immaculate or heavily spotted with black. 

 Venter usually immaculate, but in the example first 

 mentioned, there are three black spots on each segment. 

 Differs from P. fimbriatus, Fabr., by the absence of the 

 black thread-line on the lateral margins of the pronotum ; 

 scarcely separable from P. afflnis, Dallas, from Australia, 

 except that the pronotum is more coarsely punctured in 

 the present species. 



Genus Antestia, Stal. 

 Antestia, Stal, 1855, O. V. A. F., p. 54. 

 Similar distribution to the foregoing. 



Antestia chambereti, Le Guillon. 



Strachia chambereti, Le Guillon, 1841, Rev. Zool., p. 262. 



Hab. Birara ( Willey) ; also from New Guinea, Wood- 

 lark, and Waigiu. 



