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punctate; antennae with tlie first, second, and third joints 

 ochraceous, their extreme apices and the whole of the fourth 

 joint black, second joint longest, third distinctly shorter than 

 fourth ; body bene;ith imperfectly seen in carded specimen. 



Long. 4| mm. 



(No precise locality given.) 



The shorter and broader pronotum atid the absence of the 

 prominent black spots near anterior margin of same will alone 

 distinguish this species from M. sciitellalus. 



Neocypus montanu>i, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and coiium dark purplisli red ; head and 

 pronotum more or less densely greyi.shly pubescent, apex of 

 head black, eyes castaneous, their bases jjale stramineous ; 

 antennai castaneous, second joint longest, fourth mutilated ; 

 scutellum pale shining greyisili white, extreme base and apex 

 dark purplish red; nienibiane pale seuiihyaline, reflecting the 

 dark abdomen beneath; body beneath purplish red; lie.id 

 beneath, huge marginal spots to sternum, and broad abdo- 

 minal segmental uiargins cr>-amy white ; legs ochraceous, the 

 tarsi testaceous ; rostrum purjdish red, but imperfectly seen 

 in carded specimen. 



Long. 6.^ mm. 



JJa'>. M". S. Arago. 



Genus NeOGERMALUS, Montand. 



Neogfirniahis menibraneus. 



Opthaltnicus 7nembrrtnreu>!, Montr. Ann. Soc. ]']nt. Fr. 18G1, p. 07. 

 iSeogermalus memhranem, >[ontaud. Bull. Ac. Itoum. ii. p. oO (19l;i). 

 Neogermalus membrtinceus, Montand. Bull. Ac. Roum. ii. p. 51 (191;}). 

 O'ermalns ynontandoiii, Bergr. Roy. Soc. Victoria, .xxix. (a. s.) pt. 1, 

 p. 36 1,1916). 



8 U b fa m . OXYCARENINX. 



Genus OxYCARENUS, Fieb. 



0^cycarenu>i luctaosiis. 

 Oxycarenus luctnusus, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 67. 



Hah. Noumea. 



Genus Lachnophoroides, Dist. 

 Lachnophoroides luteovaria, sp. n. 

 Head and piouotuin black ; lateral margins of the iiead iu 



