360 Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy's Memoir on the 



Philia leucocyanea, Montrouzier. 



Scutellcra leucocyanea, Montr., 1855, 1. c, p. 95. 

 Philia leucocyanea, Still, 1868, Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. 

 Handl., 7, No. 11, p. 10. 



Differs from Montrouzier's description by the pronotum 

 being of the general ground-colour, with the anterior and 

 posterior margins metallic (green or blue). Femora usually 

 crimson. Posterior angle of scutellum always blackish. 



Hob. LlFU and BiRARA (Willey); also recorded from 

 Murua, Solomons and Duke of York's Island. One 

 example from Lifu has the scutellum largely clouded 

 with blackish, and several specimens from Birara have a 

 nebulous blackish median line down the scutellum. 



Var. EBENINA, J. Martin. 



.Philia ebenina, J '. Martin, 1898, Bull. Soc.Ent. France, p. 226. 

 P. leucocyanea, var. ebenina, Distant. 



Hob. Birara (Paris Mus. and Willey). 



One specimen lias four yellowish-brown spots on the 

 scutellum ; the anterior lateral margins of the pronotum 

 are also yellowish-brown. It would perhaps be more 

 correct to state the ground-colour as yellowish-brown, with 

 blackish-brown markings. 



Genus Tectocoris, Hahn. 



Tectocoris, Hahn, 1834, Wanz. Inst., II, p. 33. 



This genus contains one species only. 



Tectocoris lineola, Fabricius. 



Cimex lineola, Fabr., 1781, Spec. Inst., II, p. 340. 

 Tectocoris lineola, Leth. and Sev., 1893, Cat. Hem., I, p. 19. 

 Scutellcra banksii, Montrouzier, 1855, Ann. Soc. Afric. 



Lyon (2), VII, p. 92, and 1858, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 



(2), V, p. 243. 

 Tectocoris banksii, Montrouzier, 1861, Ann. Soc. Ent. 



France, p. 60. 



The synonymy of this variable species is given by 

 Lethierry and Severin, the variations are described at length 

 by Montrouzier, Still (1873, Svensk. Vet. Akand Handl., 

 11, No. 2, p. 11), and Vollenhoven (1863, Essai Faune Ent. 

 Archip. Indo-neerl., I, p. 7). Dr. Willey has collected two 



