OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XII, 11)10. 191 



NEW SPECIES OF LEPTOGLOSSUS FROM NORTH AMERICA. 



[Hemiptera; Coreidae.J 

 (Plates VII and VIII.) 

 BY OTTO HEIDEMANN. 



Leptoglossus might be called a cosmopolitan genus. Species 

 have been found in all the faunal regions. But the real home 

 of the genus is evidently tropical America, from whence 

 species have spread to North America and to other countries. 

 The majority of species is recorded from the Western Hemi- 

 sphere, being mostly found in South and Central America. The 

 genus comprises about thirty-six species, of which no more 

 than three occur in the Old World. From North America 

 comparatively few species have hitherto been known, as Lep- 

 toglossus phyllopus Linn., L. oppositus Say, L. corridas Say, 

 L. zoiiatus Ball., and L. ushmeadi Heidem., the latter one 

 recently described from Florida. 



Two other neotropical species ma}' be recorded now, 

 Leptoglossus gonctger Fabr. , found in Southern Florida, and 

 Leptoglossus stigma var. minor Dall., which occurs also in 

 New Mexico and Arizona and Southern California. 



In addition to this the writer is fortunate to contribute some 

 new species of the genus Leptog/ossns to the North American 

 fauna, described from material of the U. S. National Museum 

 and from specimens of his own collection. 



Leptoglossus magnolias, new species. 



Body oblong, elongate-oval, clothed with golden pubescence, more 

 densely on the anterior part of the thorax; color, a rich dark brown, 

 the underside paler. Head about one-fifth shorter than the thorax, 

 gradually narrowing towards tip and extending nearly to half the length 

 of the first antennal joint. The postocular portion of head shows a 

 short, longitudinal, ochraceous line behind the inner margin of the 

 eyes, and in fresh specimens a V-shaped black mark is visible that 

 connects the two ocelli; tylus much compressed at the sides, a little 

 longer than the lateral lobes. Rostrum yellowish-brown, tip blackish; 

 the length of the rostrum varies in both sexes; in some specimens it 

 extends to the third, fourth, or even to the fifth segment of abdomen; 

 first joint reaches the base of head and is equal in length to the second, 

 third short, and fourth the longest. Antennse as long as the body 

 measured from the base of scutellum to the tip of membrane; the first 

 three antennal joints reddish brown, the last one pale or sometimes 

 infuscated: basal joint thickened and gently curved, in length subequal 

 to the third; second and fourth joints nearly equal. Thorax one-third 

 broader than long, abruptly declining towards front; lateral margins 



