Nescicroa Karny, 1923, p. 242 (= Necroscia Redtenbacher 1908, p. 557).
Type species. - Nescicroa terminalis (Redtenbacher) [Necroscia terminalis] 1908, p. 561, by original designation.

Main characteristics. -  Head short, globular or almost depressed; ocelli absent; mesonotum elongate; elytra short and oval;  wings long and narrow; operculum flat, lanceolate, hind margin acuminate, emarginate or round; fore femora near the base straight or weakly curved, and together with other femora and tibiae oval in cross-section.

Distribution. - The Indian Subcontinent, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago up to the Moluccas, the Philippines and New Guinea.

Represented in from New Guinea by:
smaragdula (Bates), 1865, p. 357 % pl. 45 fig. 7 (Necroscia) 
     [OXUM] New Guinea and New Ireland.
papuana (Brancsik), 1897, p. 65 &, pl. 2 fig. 11 (Necroscia) 
     [ZMAS ?].
     Marmessoidea papuana (Brancsik) Kirby, 1904a, p. 371.
     Necroscia papuana (Brancsik) Redtenbacher, 1908, p. 563.
distincta (Brancsik) 1897, p. 66 % [ZMAS ?].
tumescens (Redtenbacher), 1908, p. 560 &% (Necroscia) [NHMW].
sanguinata (Redtenbacher), 1908, p. 560 % (Necroscia) [SMTD].
resignata (Redtenbacher), 1908, p. 560 % (Necroscia) [NHMW].
tereticollis (Redtenbacher), 1908, p. 561 &% (Necroscia) [NHMW].
obliterata (Redtenbacher), 1908, p. 561&% (Necroscia) [NHMW].