Rhynchota frpm New Caledonia. 157 



long and slender, fourth only about as long as first ; head 

 short, transverse; eyes not separated from anterior margin of 

 pronotum ; pronotum with the anterior margin truncate, the 

 anterior angles not prominent, somewhat broadly rounded, 

 slightly laterally ampliate, centrally longitudinally tricarinate, 

 the carinations straight ; elytra with the costal area non- 

 ampliate, but narrow, the areolets small. 



Allied to Compseuta, Stal, but differing by the non-ampliated 

 costal area of the elytra, the pronotum not laterally concavely 

 narrowed behind eyes, &c. 



Nobarnus typicus, sp. n. 



Head black, antennae ochraceous, the apical joint (excluding 

 extreme base) black ; pronotum black, the lateral margins, 

 apex, and tiiree discal longitudinal lines pale ochraceous ; 

 elytra pale ochraceous, the basal and apical areas broadly 

 piceous and very narrowly connected by a longitudinal series 

 of darker cells ; abdomen above shining black ; body beneath 

 imperfectly seen in carded specimen ; anterior and inter- 

 in ediate legs ochraceous ; structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long. 4 mm. 



Hub. Mt. Arago. 



Fam. Aradidse. 



Subfam. Brachyrhynckinm. 



Phlceobia sayi. 



Phlceobia sayi, Montr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) xi. p. 236 (1865). 



Hob. Dumbea. 



Ctenoneurus lifuanus. 



Ctenoneurus lifuanus, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 69. 



Hab. Noumea. 



Fam. Hydrometridae. 



Subfam. Veliin&. 



Rhagovelia nigricans. 

 Rhagovelia nigricans, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 213 (1835). 



Hab. Near Dumbea, Mt. Mou, Ignambi. 



