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Show 464 DR. F. B. WHITE O N T H E [May 7, punctatis., carina ventrali laevigata; scutello fovea parva sed profunda utrinque ad basin prope pronoti angulos posticos sat productos instructo. cS . Long. 13, lat. 6 m. m. Hab. "West Lodge" (exemplar unicum). M. wollastoni agrees in many points of sculpture &c. with the description of Macrorhaphis (?) acuta, Dall. (List, i. 88. 2), from Congo, which species may perhaps pertain to the genus Megarhaphis. 2. NEZARA VIRIDULA, L. Two examples without note of locality. This almost worldwide species is probably an introduction. 3. METACANTHUS CONCOLOR, sp. n. M . ochraceus; antennarum articulo 1° annulis, uno prope basin, altera sat lato ad apicem, articulo ultimo (apice excepto), rostro ad apicem, oculis, scutello (basi spinaque exceptis), femorum tibiarumque apicibus tarsisque necnon corii marginibus angus-tissime exteriore et interiore apicali plus minus piceis aut piceo-nigris,- capitis vertice linea elevata longitudinuli instructo; pronoti lobo antico rude punctato, sulco sat profunda inter lobos callis 3 irregularibus instructo, lobo posteriore postice valde elevato et longitudinaliter carinato; mesosterni spina laterali longissima, primum recta, deinde retro curvata. cf . Long. 5 m. m. Hab. ad " The Barn," ubi Aster glutinosus (Roxb.) (anglice " Scrubwood") occurrit. I have seen only one specimen. 4. NYSIUS SANCT^E-HELEN^E, sp. n. N. oblongus, ochraceus, setulis brevibus concoloribus vestitus ; antennis, rostro, capite, pronoti impressione lineari transversa anteriore, scutelli basi sternoque plus minus rufo-brunneis ; antennis articulo 4° basi excepto, rostro ad apicem, capite vitta utrinque inter oculos, punctis pronoti maculisque utrinque ante marginem posticum, scutelli punctis, costis et maculis clavo disco-quecorii, hujus margine apicali plus minus interrupte, membrana maculis irregularibus, femoribus maculis, apice tarsorum, sterno ad medium, necnon maculis ventris nigris vel fusco-nigris. Bucculis basin capitis vix attingentibus, pone medium retrorsum sensim humilioribus; articulo 1° rostri pone bucculas extenso et basin capitis attingente ; capite cum oculis quam apex pronoti latiore; antennarum articulo 2° quam 3UB longiore; pronoto et scutello (illius basi excavata excepto) carina levissima instructis mesosterno distincte sulcato; margine costali corii antice recto, dein rotundato-ampliato. d 2 • Long. 5|-6|, lat. 2-2| m. m. Hab. in intermediiseditioribusque insulae-"Plantation," "West Lodge," " Luffkins," et ad « Diana's Peak." |