BhyncJiota from New Caledonia. 467 



Carchariacephalus forestieri. 



Carchariacephalus forestieri, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) i. p. 71 

 (1861). 



Hab. Central District, Rhoo. 



Sub fa m . B ytroscopinm. 

 Bythoseopus montaguei, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, head, anterior margin of pronotum, scutellum, 

 and legs paler in hue ; eyes blackish ; two small tubercles 

 before anterior margin of pronotum, the disc very thickly, 

 finely, transversely striate ; scutellum with a dark spot in 

 each basal angle and with a distinct central longitudinal 

 carination terminating in a distinct dark angulate incision, a 

 small dark spot at apex of clavus, the claval area somewhat 

 coarsely punctate ; posterior tibiae thickly finely spinulose ; 

 extreme apices of tibiae distinctly darker in hue. Body 

 beneath indistinctly seen in carded specimen. 



Long. 5}j mm. 



Hab. Houadou. 



JSehela albofrontalis, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous ; face with a large triangular white spot 

 the angulate apex of which extends over the middle of vertex, 

 two rounded spots on face, and inner margins of eyes black ; 

 pronotum with a narrow, central, transverse, black line which 

 is somewhat maculate at middle; scutellum ochraceous, with 

 a central, slender, obcruciform spot, and a linear spot near 

 each basal angle black; tegmina ochraceous, tlie veins much 

 darker, and an elongate black marginal spot a little behind 

 middle; body beneath and legs ochraceous, imperfectly seen 

 in carded specimen, apices of tibiae and tarsi distinctly very 

 dark fuscous, posterior tibiae finely, closely, shortly spinose. 



Long. 5 mm. 



Hab. Upper Hovailou R. 



Selenocephalus viridipes, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous, extreme ante- 

 rior margin of vertex, eyes, extreme basal margin of pronotum, 

 and a spot in each basal angle of scutellum much darker in 

 hue ; tegmina brownish ochraceous, the lateral areas and apex 



