CURUPIRA. 



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■669. Leptocorisa COStalis, Hen-.-Sch. (Myodoclius) Wanz. Ins. viii, 

 p. 96, f. 864 (1848). 

 Leptocorisa bi guttata, Walk. Cat. IIet.iv,\x 174.11 (1871); Bredd. 

 Ahh. nat. Ges. Hal/e, xxiv, p. 73 (1901). 



Leptocorisa varicornis, var. bigiittata, Bredd. Ahh. Senckenb. Ges. 

 XXV, p. 158. 



Ochraceous ; antennse, basal lateral mai'gins o£ head, small 

 tubercle near lateral angles of pronotum, clavus, and inner area 

 of cerium black; base and apex of apical joint of antenntc luteons; 

 legs ochraceous ; tibite, tarsi, and apices of femora fuscous ; body 

 above and sternum beneath coarsely punctate. 



Length 15 to 18 millim. 



J/ab. Burma; Palon (Fea). Tenasserim; Thagata (Fea), Mer- 

 gui (Ind. Miis.). — Also recorded from Java, Borneo, Celebes, and 

 Oilolo. 



Genus CURUPIRA.. 

 Curupira, Dist, Ami. Soc. Ent. Behj. xxxii, Bidl. p. xi (1888). 



Type, C. ilhistrata, Dist., a Brazilian species. 



Distribution. Neotropical Eegion ; Burma and Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



Head short and broad, deflected in front ; eyes very prominent, 

 their outer margins ^vider than the anterior margin of the pro- 



Fig. 242. — C Id' lip ira licolor. 



notum ; pronotum elongate, the posterior margin deflexed, the 

 posterior angles somewhat foveate and elongate ; scutellum with 

 a long erect spine near apex ; hemelytra not quite reaching the 

 apex of abdomen ; legs long and slender ; antennse elongate ; 

 rostrum about reaching the intermediate coste, the penultimate 

 joint a little shorter than the apical joint, which is the longest. 



