. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. THE LEPTOCORISINAE OF THE WORLD 145 cJ. Body length, 133 mm., width, 28 mm. Head length, 16 mm., width, 18 mm. Anten- nae, segment I, 27 mm., II, 24 mm., Ill and IV missing. Rostrum, segment I, 16 mm., II, 17 mm., Ill, o-8 mm., IV, 1-3 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-6 mm., width, 2-8 mm. Hind femora and tibiae missing. Distance between ocelli, 0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus and an eye, 09 mm. Body of medium size, brownish black. Head yellowish brown, tinged black, underside yellowish brown, only clypeus, labrum and rostral segments
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. THE LEPTOCORISINAE OF THE WORLD 145 cJ. Body length, 133 mm., width, 28 mm. Head length, 16 mm., width, 18 mm. Anten- nae, segment I, 27 mm., II, 24 mm., Ill and IV missing. Rostrum, segment I, 16 mm., II, 17 mm., Ill, o-8 mm., IV, 1-3 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-6 mm., width, 2-8 mm. Hind femora and tibiae missing. Distance between ocelli, 0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus and an eye, 09 mm. Body of medium size, brownish black. Head yellowish brown, tinged black, underside yellowish brown, only clypeus, labrum and rostral segments brownish black. Antennae pale, tinged brownish black. Rostrum long, extending slightly beyond third coxae. Propleuron pale, tinged brown, a black line extending from collar on to anterior third of propleuron. Prono- tal disc pale, tinged brown, with anterior part behind collar and posterior part from latero- posterior spines brownish black ; spines on posterior angles long and sharply pointed at apices. Legs pale, with apices of femora, apices of tibiae and bases of tibiae and tarsi brownish black. Entire hemielytra brownish black, densely punctate. Scutellum brownish black. Abdomen, dorsum pale, tinged brown, third, fourth, fifth and sixth connexiva with brownish black marks ; seventh abdominal segment brownish black, abdomen veatrally pale, tinged brown, fifth and sixth venter with median black triangular marks pointing posteriorly, seventh venter, visible portion of eighth segment and pygophore brownish black ; no black dot or mark on ventro- lateral margins of third and fourth abdominal venter. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum sinuately truncated, without a spine-like backward process on either side of lateral extremities, concealing about two-thirds of pygophore ; pygophore rounded, curved and tapering at apex, posterior margin slightly concave. (Text-fig. 469). o* genitalia : Claspers symmetrically placed (Text-fig. 469) ; both (dorsal and ventral) thecal appe
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