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mesonotum black ; body beneath black ; legs brownish ochraceous, the femora darker ; 
tegmina black, the apical area pale castaneous, four small ochraceous spots on lower 
half and a little beyond middle, two above and two below the claval suture ; wings pale 
bronzy brown, the veins darker; ocelli a little nearer to eyes than to each other; 
pronotum fiaely punctate, and with a strong central longitudinal ridge; rostrum 
reaching the intermediate coxe; posterior tibia with two spines, a short one near base 
and a very strong one beyond middle. 
Long., excl. tegm., 14 mm. Exp. tegm. 42 mm. 
Utakwa River. 
By the longitudinal ridge to the pronotum allied to A. roberti Lallem. 
88. MEGASTETHODON DIVISUS. 
Cercopis divisa Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. x. p. 279 (1870). 
Mimika River. 
Genus LEpraTasris. 
Leptataspis Schmidt, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 81 (1911). 
A genus found in the Andamans, Ceylon, Cambodia, Malayan and Papuan regions. 
89, LEPTATASPIS DISCOLOR. 
Cercopis discolor Guér. in Boisd. Voy. Astrol., Ent. p. 619, pl. x. fig. 11 (18¢5). 
Wataikwa River; Utakwa River Expedition. 
90. LEPTATASPIS WATAIKWENSIS. 
Cosmoscarta wataikwensis Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1911, p. 603, pl. xlix. fig. 11. 
Wataikwa River ; Launch Camp, Setakwa, Utakwa River Expedition. 
91. LEPTATASPIS ELEGANTULA, sp.n. (PI. XXXIV. fig. 16.) 
Head brownish ochraceous, ocelli stramineous; pronotum black. the margins 
narrowly brownish ochraceous; scutellum brownish ochraceous, its margins paler ; 
sternum and abdomen beneath black ; legs brownish ochraceous, intermediate and 
posterior femora piceous; tegmina pale shining castaneous, apical area black, the 
castaneous area spotted with ochraceous, viz., two spots in costal membrane, three on 
disk—one inwardly, two outwardly—a large elongate spot at base of clavus, a rounded 
spot near its apex, and a smaller median spot above the claval vein; wings fuliginous, 
the base narrowly ochraceous, venation black; head about as long as broad, deeply 
impressed on both sides before eyes ; face globosely compressed ; posterior tibize with 
a strong spine beyond middle; pronotum with a slender central longitudinal carination, 
the lateral margins reflexed. 
Long., excl. tegm., 12 mm. Exp. tegm. 33 mm. 
Canor Camp, Utakwa River. 
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