J""~ RhyncTiota from Neio Caledonia. 155 



MiERHiNA, gen. nov. 



Head acuminate, more than half tlie length of pronotmn, 

 acuniiiiiitely produced in trout of eves; antennae with the 

 basal joint longly passing apex of head, first and second joints 

 longest and almost subequal in length, third and fourth joints 

 shortest; rostrum about reaching the intermediate coxa3, first 

 joint not reaching base of head ; pronotum finely transversely 

 constricted, the anterior lobe shorter than the posterior, lateral 

 margins sinuate ; scutellum somewhat large and long, the 

 apex subacute ; coriuni a little longer than membiane, the 

 latter with the veins more or less reticulate; legs with the 

 femora a little thickened, but not distinctly inciassate ; mem- 

 brane slightly passing abdominal apex*. 



Mirrhina alhicullis^ sp. n. 



Head dark castaneons, eyes black; anteinise with the first 

 and second joints ochraceous, third and fourth joints piceous ; 

 pronotum with the anterior collar paleochraceous, tlie anterior 

 lobe castaneous, the posterior lobe brownish ochraceous, 

 darkly punctate, with darker longitudinal lines ; scutellum 

 piceous, the lateral margins and apex ochraceous ; corium 

 ochraceous, darkly punctate, usually wiih a small greyish- 

 white spot, the apical margin narrowly piceous ; membrane 

 dull ochraceous, with daidcer margins and a central lojigitu- 

 dinal dark line; legs ochraceous ; other structural characters 

 as in generic diaonosis. 



Long. 4-4^ mm. 



J tab. Houadou, Mt. St. Arago. 



Fam. Pyrrhocoridae. 

 Genus DySDERCUS, Amy. & Serv. 

 Di/silercus sidce. 



Dysdercus sidce, Montr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 68. 

 JJah. Central District, Houadou II., Mt. Mou, Mt. Dore, 



Fam. TingididaB. 



Division C A N T A C A D E R A K I A. 



CORINTHUS, gen. nov. 

 Head about as long as breadth between eyes, a long,. 



* From the descriptions the species Li/f/<fus pulchelbiK, Montr., and 

 L\l{l(pus bif/nftafus, Montr. (Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, v. p. 25"), 18.'58),. 

 appear to hIno Itelong to thi.i f,'-eiui.s. • 



