LEOTITIUS. 



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apices black ; antennfe black, the basal joint ochraceous ; second 

 joint of antennae a little shorter than third ; head somewhat trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; pronotum coarsely punctate, the lateral angh^s 

 produced into prominent robust acute spines, their apices slightly 

 recurved : scutellum and corium coarsely punctate ; basal lateral 

 margin ot' corium sanguineous ; apical angles of sixth abdominal 

 segment strongly spinously produ^ced. 



Length 14 to 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 10 to 12 

 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills {^Hampson and Atldnson Coll.). 



Genus LEOVITIUS. 

 Leovitius, Blst. A. M. N. H. (7) v, p. 425 (1900). 



Type, L. macracanthus, Dall. 



Distrihution. jN'orthern India. 



Head of moderate size, narrowed anteriorly, the lateral lobes 

 scarcely passing the central and not meeting in front, which is 

 thus obscurely notched ; antennae five-jointed, first joint not 

 reaching apex of head, second much shorter than either third, 

 fourth, or fifth joints, which ai'e subequal in length ; rostrum 

 reaching the posterior coxae, second joint much longer than the 

 third, first joint not quite as long as the head ; pronotum deflected 

 anteriorly, the anterior margin strongly concavely sinuate, the 

 lateral angles prominently, broadly, and obtusely produced ; 

 scutellum broad, the apex rounded ; abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the corium on each side, with a strong basal spine which 

 passes the anterior coxae. 



348. Leovitius macracanthus, Ball. (Raphigaster ?) Lkt Hem. '\, 



p. 289 (1851). 



Ochraceous, very thickly and darkly punctate ; scutellum with 

 the punctures near apex distinctly darker ; disk of corium 



irregularly tinged with 

 castaneous ; membrane 

 fuliginous : lateral mar- 

 gins of the pronotum 

 very narrowly (broadly 

 at lateral angles), and 

 basal lateral margins of 

 corium, reddish - ochra- 

 ceous, sprinkled with 

 coarse black punctures ; 

 connexiviim reddish- 

 ochraceous, spotted oli- 

 vaceous at bases and 

 Fig. 135. — Leovitius macracanthus. apices of segmental in- 



cisures : body beneath 

 and legs ochraceous ; prosternum and abdomen coarsely punctate : 

 lateral margins of sternum reddish-ochraceous, sprinkled with 



