Rhynchota from New Caledonia. 150 



Subfam. Stenopodinje. 



Sastrapada arniata. 

 Sastrapada armata, Montr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) xi. p. 239 (1864). 



Hah. Central District. 



Sastrapada nigrolineata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum pale dull ochraceous, head 

 with the lateral margins of the central lobe and two central, 

 longitudinal, anteriorly and posteriorly divergent lines on basal 

 area between eyes and the lateral margins behind eyes pale 

 fuscous brown ; ocelli reddish, eyes black ; antennae pale 

 dull ochraceous, second joint longest ; pronotum with three 

 longitudinal linear dark fasciae, of which one is central and 

 the other two sublateral ; scutellum with a broad, central, 

 dark, longitudinal fascia and the basal angles of the same 

 hue; tegmina dull ochraceous, with darker linear and macu- 

 late suffusions, the costal area distinctly paler; membrane 

 greyish, the veins darker, the apical area also darkly suffused ; 

 body beneath — imperfectly seen in carded specimen — and the 

 legs pale dull ochraceous; anteocular portion of head longer 

 than posterior portion, obsoletely broadly prominent behind 

 eyes, rostrum with the first joint about equal in length to the 

 two apical joints together ; anterior femora moderately 

 incrassated, shortly spinose beneath. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hub. Central District. 



Oncocephalus velutinus. 



Oncocephalus velutinus, Montr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) xi. p. 239 

 (1864). 



Bab. Mt. Mou. 



S ubf a m . A canthaspidin^:. 



Utilitaeia, gen. nov. 



Head large and robust, anteocular a little longer than post- 

 ocular area, eyes large, extending transversely across the 

 lateral areas of the head, anterior margin biangulate ; an- 

 tenna} with the first joint about as long as head, basal joint a 

 little stoutest, moderately curved, and shorter than the second 

 joint; rostrum robust, first and second joints subequal in 

 length, apical joint reaching the anterior coxa;; pronotum 



