276 On a new Fish from the New Hebrides. 



Synonymical Notes on Australian Species. 



Fam. Pentatomidse. 

 Phi Ha regia. 



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

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



rhilia cerea. 



Philia area, Dist. ' Entomologist/ Suppl. xxv. p. 96 (1892). 

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



Dr. Bergroth drew my attention to the synonymical aspect 

 of these two species. 



Fam. Reduviidae. 



Genus CrOSCIUS. 



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

 Castruccius insiffnis, 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 Acanthaspina? 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 Chsetodon 

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



Cho3todun Ftixoni. 



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

 caudal), length of head 3£ times. Snout as long as the eye, 

 the diameter of which is 6 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. 1). XII L 21-22, the anterior spines 

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

 rounded. A. JII 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 band, narrower than 



