144 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Genus TectOCORIS, Hahn. 



Tectocoris lineola. 

 Cimex lineola, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 340 (1781).^ 



Hab. Mt. Dore, Bale Ngo. 



PhiUa caledom'ca, sp. n. 



Dull reddish ochraceous ; liead, antennae* anterior area of 

 pronotum, about anterior half of scutellum (excluding lateral 

 margins), head and body beneath, tibi« and tarsi black or 

 blackish ; anterior area of pronotum and basal area of scu- 

 tellum with metallic greenish reflections ; antennae with the 

 first and second joints shortest, fourth and fifth longest; a 

 transverse series of punctures defining the short, slightly 

 raised, anterior area of the pronotum ; the whole upper 

 surface more or less very finely punctate ; rostrum very dark 

 testaceous and extending to base of abdomen ; legs somewhat 

 strongly marginally hirsute. 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. Bale Ovemo. 



Philia geminata, sp. n. 



Body above dark shining indigo-blue, finely and thickly 

 pujictate ; basal marginal areas of pronotum and scutellum 

 (excluding their centres) shaded with metallic shining blue 

 and green, a transverse shining reddish-oclnaceous fascia 

 broken in the middle, but each part margined with metallic 

 bluish green, crossing scutellum a little behind middle, and a 

 similarly coloured spot near apex ; body beneath indigo-blue; 

 a transverse ochraceous fascia at base of head between eyes ; 

 coxse, trochanters and femora, and lateral margins of abdomen 

 — inwardly indented on each segment — bright reddish ochra- 

 ceous ; rostrum slightly passing tlie posterior coxse; antennaj 

 black, first and second joints shortest and subequal in length, 

 third and fourth also subequal, fifth longest; pronotum con- 

 cavely impressed on each side at base, and scutellum elon- 

 gately impressed on each side before middle. 



Long. 14 mm. 



Hab. Bale Ovemo. 



Chrysocoris sexmaculatus. 

 Scutellera sexmaculata, Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. p. 36, pi. xiv. (1815). 

 Hab. Noumea. 



