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Genus PEGALA, Stal (nee Bergr. Ann. Sue. Ent. Belg. 

 Iviii. p. 14'3, 1914). 



Pegala la vis. 



Pegala Icevis, Berg. Rev. Ent. xiii. p. 152 (18!>4). 



PeyalaJiguUna, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vi. p. 590 (1910). 



Hah. New Caledonia ; Baie Oveino. Queensland. 



In describing this species from Australia I had not thought 

 it necessary to consult Bergroth's description of his species 

 from New Caledonia. The British Museum has now 

 examples from both localities. The species, however, varies 

 in length, some small specimens only attaining a length of 

 11 nun. 



Pegala virens, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and cerium virescent, basal 

 marginal area of pronotum more or less testaceous, head and 

 apical area of scutellum pale ochraceous ; membrane greyish 

 brown ; body beneath and legs pale greenish, rostrum and a 

 basal spot to abdomen dark testaceous; antenna? dark ochra- 

 ceous, joints (excluding first) almost subequal in length, hut 

 fourth and fifth a little stoutest; pronotum, scutellum, and 

 coriuni thickly coarsely punctate, head more finely punctate ; 

 body beneath finely and obscurely punctate ; abdomen cen- 

 trally, finely, longitudinally ridged. 



Long. 10 mm. 



Hal>. Plaine des Lacs. 



Pegala flaveseens, sp. n. 



Bright ochraceous; lateral lobes of head, pronotal nlargins, 

 a central, narrow, longitudinal fascia, and subapical area to 

 scutellum, and the corium paler and more stramineous; body 

 beneath (excluding rostrum, legs, and metasternum) paler and 

 stramineous ; antennas stramineous, extreme apices of joints 

 and the whole of fifth joint a little darker in hue, second and 

 third joints a little longest and subequal, fourth and filth a 

 little shorter and subequal in length; eyes black; ocelli 

 small and dark castaneous ; pronotum (excluding margins) 

 coarsely punctate, basal lateral angles short, recurved, and 

 sanguineous; scutellum sparingly but distinctly punctate; 

 corium more finely and more thickly punctate; membrane 

 shining greyish and moderately passing the abdominal apex, 

 which beneath is armed with four short but robust longitu- 

 dinal spines ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxse. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Hab. Noumea. 



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