374 “Mr. E. L. Layard on new Species 
fusco-brunneo maculatis, corii vena exteriore maculis duabus 
nigro-fuscis ; membrana griseo-hyalina venis latis permultis fus- 
cis, basi extus puncto nigro notata; connexivo pallido stria 
interiore longitudinali sanguinea notato. Capite pronoto bre- 
viore; antennarum articulo primo capite breviore; femoribus 
anticis capite et pronoto simul sumptis brevioribus; pronoto 
postice sat fortiter ampliato, basi fere zeque lato ac longa. 
3. Long. 73-8 m.m. Abdomen vix duplo longius quam latius. 
Allied to N. punctipes, Reuter, but differmg by its larger 
size, and in other respects as noted above. 
Common amongst long grass in damp hollows on the higher 
mountains. 
Veliid ee. 
27. Microvelia vagans, n. sp. 
M. fusco-nigra, pilis brevissimis fusco-brunneis densissime vestita ; 
pronoti margine antico macula latera haud attingente, et margine 
postico, necnon connexivo (margine imo excepto) luteo-fulvis ; 
antennarum articulis duobus primis fusco-brunneis, primo basi 
dilutiore et apice obscuriore; pedibus obscure fusco-brunneis, 
femoribus dimidio basali fusco-lutescentibus; capite utrinque 
ad oculos vitta angusta capillorum argenteorum instructo; elytris 
brunneo-fuscis, venis obscurioribus, maculis 5 vel 6 plus minus 
albidis notatis ; corpore subtus nigro, pilis argenteis vestito. 
3 et 2. Long. 3-33, lat. 1 m.m. 
Not uncommon on running water. 
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XLIT.—Descriptions of new Species of Birds from the Island 
of Lifu, New Caledonia. By H. L. Layarp, C.B., H.B.M. 
Consul, Noumea, New Caledonia. 
Turdus Pritzbuert, Layard, n. sp. 
d. Entire head, chin, throat, upper part of cheek very pale 
sepia; the whole of the rest of the body, above and below, 
very dark sepia, some of the feathers of the abdomen having 
paler sepia edges. Bill, feet, and legs pale yellow. 
2 like the ¢, but the crown of the head and lower portion 
of the chest brownish, and general colour of body not so dark. 
Juv. Top of the head brown, spotted with rufous ; under- 
parts deep rufous, spotted and wregularly marked with small 
broken bars of dark sepia. 
3. Length 8", wing 3” 7”, tail 3” 3’”, tarsi 1” 2’”-25, 
bill 13”. 
Hab. Lifu, New Caledonia. 
