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punctate; antennae with the first, second, and third joints 

 oehraceous, their extreme apices and the whole of the fourth 

 joint black, second joint longest, third distinctly shorter than 

 fourth ; body beneath imperfectly seen in carded specimen. 



Long. 4^ mm. 



(No precise locality given.) 



The shorter and broader pronotum and the absence of the 

 prominent black spots near anterior margin of same will alone 

 distinguish this species from M. scutellatus. 



Neocypus montanus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and coiiutn dark purplish red ; head and 

 pronotum more or less densely greyishly pubescent, apex of 

 head black, eyes castaneous, their bases pale stramineous ; 

 antennae castaneous, second joint longest, fourth mutilated ; 

 scutellum pale shining greyish white, extreme base and apex 

 dark purplish red; membrane pale setnihyaline, reflecting the 

 dark abdomen beneath ; body beneath purplish red ; he id 

 beneath, large marginal spots to sternum, and broad abdo- 

 minal segmental margins creamy white; legs oehraceous, the 

 tarsi testaceous ; rostrum purplish red, but imperfectly seen 

 in carded specimen. 



Long. 6. 1 , mm. 



Bab. Mr. S. Arago. 



Genus Neogermalus, Montand. 



Neogermalus membra neus. 



Optkalmicus membraneeus, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 67. 

 Neogermalus membraneus, Montand. Bull. Ac. Roum. ii. p. 50 ( 1913). 

 Neogermalus membraneeus, Montand. Bull. Ac. Roum. ii. p. 51 (1913). 

 Germalus montandoni, Bergr. Roy. Soc. Victoria, xxix. (n. s.) pt. 1, 

 p. 36 (1916). 



Sub fa m . OXYCA.RENIN&. 



Genus Oxycarenus, Fieb. 



Oxycarenus luctuosus. 

 Oxycarenus luctuosus, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 67. 



Hub. Noumea. 



Genus Lachnophoroides, Dist. 

 Lachnophoroides luteovaria, sp. n. 

 Head and pronotum black ; lateral margins of the head in 



