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COREID.i:. 



the abdominal apex ot extend beyond. — Only one genus, containing 

 a single species, is at present recorded from British India. 



Genus LEPTOGLOSSUS. 



Leptoglossus, Guer. Vui/. Cog., Zool. ii, pt. 2, p. 174 (1830); Stal, 



En. Hem. i, p. 160 (1870). 

 Aiiisoscelis, Hpin. Ess. Hem. p. 200 (1837). 

 Theogms, Stal, Stctt. cut. Zdt. xxiii, p. 29-J: (1862). 



Type, L. dilaticollis, Guer., from Brazil. 



Distrlhution. A large Xeotropical genus, represented in the 

 Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Kegions. 



Head long, produced in front of the antenuiferous tubercles, 

 eyes inserted at about one-third from base ; pronotum broader 

 than long, the lateral angles prominent or spinously produced ; 

 posterior femoi-a long, spinous, their apices reaching or passing 

 the apex of the abdomen ; posterior tibiae more or less dilated on 

 each side, most prominently on the outer margin ; rostrum some- 

 what long, basal joint passing the basal margin of head. 



632. Leptoglossus membranaceus, Fabr. (Cimex) Spec, ii, p. 351. 79 



(1781); id. (Lyo-feus) Etit. S;/.^t. iv, p. 139. 16 (1794); B//nn. 



(Anisoscelis) Handb. ii, p. 332 (1835) ; Stdl (Theognis), Hem. 



Afr. ii, p. m. 1 (1865). 

 Cimex luormodicfe, Fori^t. Descr. An. p. 16 (1844). 

 Anisoscelis orieutalis, Ball. List Hem. ii, p. 454 (1852); Kirbi/ 



(Anisomelis), J. Linn. Soc., Zool. xxiv, p. 92 (1891). 

 Auisoscelis flavopunctatiis, Sign, in Maillnrd, Xotes sar I'Ue de la 



Jiei/n., Annexe J, p. 27, pi. xxi, f. 4 (1863). 

 Stall, Pun. f. 73. 



Dark chocolate-brown ; 

 a central fascia on the 

 head and a lateral fascia 

 behind each eye, an arcu- 

 ated fascia crossing an- 

 terior area of pronotum, 

 apex of scutellum, a small 

 spot on disk of corium, 

 and two small spots on 

 posterior tibiae, dark 

 ochraceous : body beneath 

 thickly spotted with red- 

 dish-ochraeeous. the late- 

 ral areas of head and a sub- 

 lateral fascia to proster- 

 num of the same colour ; 

 ,, ^^. ^ , , an obscure central annu- 



antennse, a more distinct annulation to third joint, fourth joint 

 (excluding base), and the anterior and intermediate tibise and 



