350 Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy's Memoir on the 



with two rows of parallel punctures, interior naif of corium not (or 

 superficially) punctured, exterior half more strongly punctured. 

 Long. 5'4 mm. to apex of elytra ; breadth across eyes 2-5 mm. 



Hob. BlRARA ( Willcy). 



Family LYGAEIDjE, Kirk. 

 (= Coreid.e, Auctt.) 

 Genus Leptocoris, Halm. 



leptocoris, Halm., 1833, Wanz. lust., I, p. 200. 

 Scrinetha, Spiuola, 1837, Essai, p. 247. 



Widely distributed through the Oriental, Australian, 

 Ethiopian and Nearctic regions. 



Leptocoris rufomarginatus, Fabricius. 



Lygacm ruformarginatus, Fabr., 1794, Ent. Syst., IV, 

 p. 152. 



Hal. Birara (Willcy); Philippines (Stal). 



Genus Myodocha, Latreille. 



Myodoeha, Latr., 1807, Gen. Crust. Ins., III. 

 Lcptocorisa, Latr., 1825, Fam. Nat., p. 421. 



Almost world-wide in distribution except the Pakearctic 

 region. 



Myodocha burmeisteri, Montr. 



Leptocorisa burmeisteri, Montrouzier, 1865, Ann. Soc. Linn. 

 Lyon., XI, p. 227. 



Hah. Birara ( Willcy). Described from New Caledonia ; 

 " Se trouve a Kanaka dans les champs, sur les gramin^es, 

 au milieu des herbes " (Montrouzier). 



Probably two species contained in Willey's captures, but 

 the species of this genus are not very well characterized. 



Genus Riptortus, Stal. 



Riptorlus, Stal, 1859, O.V. A.F., p. 460. 



Distributed over the Oriental, Ethiopian and Australian 

 regions, also Japan. 



