276 On a neio Fish from the Xem Hebrides. 



Synonymical Notes on Australian Species. 



Fani. Pentatomidae. 

 Philia regia. 



Fhilia regia, Bergr. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, vii. p. 287 (1895). 

 Philia Jeucochalcea, Bredd. Societas Entomol. xviii. p. 58 (1903). 



Ihilia ccrea. 



rhilia cerea, Dist. ' Entomologist/ Suppl. xxv. p. 96 (J892). 

 Philia coinpacta, Bredd. Societas Entomol. xviii. p. 57 (1903). 



Dr. Bergroth drew my attention to the synonymical aspect 

 of these two species. 



Fara. Eeduviidse. 



Genus Ceoscius. 



Croscius melanopterus, Stal, En. Hem. iv. p. 80 (1874). 

 C'astruccius insi(/nis, Dist. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi. p. 356 

 (1903). 



As Stal only gave indications of this genus in his "Con- 

 spectus generum " and placed it in a position of the sub- 

 family Acanthaspince which I think it should not occupy^ 

 I have hitherto failed to recognize it, and, what is worse, 

 have redescribed it. Its place seems clearly near Staliastes. 



XXXIV. — Description of a new Fish of the Genus Chcetodou 

 from the New Hebrides. By C. Tate Regan, B.A. 



Choitodun Dixoni. 



Depth of body 1^-1| times in the total length (without 

 caudal), length of head '6\ times. Snout as long as the eye, 

 the diameter of which is h times in the length of head and 

 greater than the interorbital width. Scales very large on 

 the sides, becoming quite small posteriorly, about 30 in a 

 longitudinal series. D. XIII 21-22, the anterior spines 

 stout, increasing in length to the fourth or fifth, the soft fin 

 rounded. A. Ill 16-17, the third spine slightly longer 

 than the second, longer than the longest dorsal spine and 

 nearly as long as the head, the soft fin pointed. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as the head. Ventral extending to origin of 

 anal. Caudal scarcely emarginate. Anterior f of body, 

 with spinous dorsal and anterior ^ of anal, greyish ; posterior 

 part of body, with soft dorsal, caudal, and posterior \ of anal, 

 yellow. A vertical dark brown ocular baud, narrower than 



