384 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



a sharp division between the pronotum and tlie sides of the 

 prothorax. 



The large prothorax extending beyond the head, with its 

 anterior fringe of eight stout tubercles, four on each side of 

 a median interval (the two nearest the interval on each side 

 l)eing the largest), and the transparency of the elytra serve 

 to separate this insect from any other of the Ipidse known to 

 me. The head is concave in front, with a semicircular row 

 of pale hairs above the mouth, rugulose and hairy behind. 

 The difference in colour of the femora and tibise is more 

 marked than in Xyleborus fornicatus. 



Llll. — IViynchota from the Solomon Islands. 

 By W. L. Distant. 



]\Ir. W. W. FrOGGATT collected on tliese islands during July 

 and August, 1909. He kindly sent me representatives of 

 his collection for identification and description, and the 

 following is a list of the species thus obtained. All tiie 

 specimens and types are now in the British Museum. 



Heteroptera. 



Ausircnialaya ornatiila, sp. u. | Axiucjadus camhelU, Dist. 



HOMOPTERA. 



Pe(/giona iiic/rijinis, Walk. 

 Zoraida scutellaris, AYalk. 

 liicania lutescens, sp. n. 

 Euricania trcmsluctda, Wonlr. 

 discigutta, Walk. 



Euricania (/lort'osa, sp. n. 

 Armacia atrofascia/is, sp. n. 

 Scphenct 2mnctulusa, sp. u. 

 Clovia froyyatti, sp. ii. 

 'J'artessus solvinontmsis, sp. n. 



Genus AllSTEOMALAYA. 



Sjmdo'us, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 168 (1851), nom. preocc. 

 Austro7nalaya, Ivirk. Entomologist, 1908, p. 124, u. nom. 



Type, A. reticulata, Westw. 



Austromalaija ornatula, sp. n. 



Pitchy brown, shining, corium opaque; head above with a 

 purplish tint, and with a short, central^ longitudinal, basal 

 lascia and a curved line before each eye, ociiraceous ; antennge 

 black ; pronf turn with a central, longitudinal, pale ochraceous 

 line; scutellum centrally ochraceous, attenuated posteriorly 



