144 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Genus Tectocoris, Halm. 



Tectocoris lineola. 

 Cimex lineola, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 340 (1781). 



Hab. Mt. Dore, Baie Ngo. 



Philia caledonica, sp. n. 



Dull reddish ochraceous ; head, antennae, anterior area of 

 pronotum, about anterior half of scutellum (excluding lateral 

 margins), head and body beneath, tibiae and tarsi black or 

 blackish ; anterior area of pronotum and basal area of scu- 

 tellum with metallic greenish reflections ; antennae with the 

 first and second joints shortest, fourth and fifth longest ; a 

 transverse series of punctures defining the short, slightly 

 raised, anterior area of the pronotum ; the whole upper 

 surface more or less very finely punctate ; rostrum very dark 

 testaceous and extending to base of abdomen ; legs somewhat 

 strongly marginally hirsute. 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. Baie Ovemo. 



Philia geminata, sp. n. 



Body above dark shining indigo-blue, finely and thickly 

 punctate; basal marginal areas of pronotum and scutellum 

 (excluding their centres) shaded with metallic shining blue 

 and green, a transverse shining reddish-ochraceous fascia 

 broken in the middle, but each part margined with metallic 

 bluish green, crossing scutellum a little behind middle, and a 

 similarly coloured spot near apex ; body beneath indigo-blue ; 

 a transverse ochraceous fascia at base of'head between eyes ; 

 coxae, trochanters and femora, and lateral margins of abdomen 

 — inwardly indented on each segment — bright reddish ochra- 

 ceous ; rostrum slightly passing the posterior coxae ; antennae 

 black, first and second joints shortest and subequal in length, 

 third and fourth also subequal, fifth longest; pronotum con- 

 cavely impressed on each side at base, and scutellum elon- 

 gately impressed on each side before middle. 



Long. 14 mm. 



Hab. Baie Ovemo. 



Chrysocoris sexmaculatus. 

 Scutellera sexmaculata, Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. p. 36, pi. xiv. (1815). 



Hab. Noumea. 



