o52 Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy's Memoir on the 



Genus Leptoglossus, Guerin. 



Leptoglossus, Guerin, 1838, Voy. Coquille, p. 174. 



Widely distributed over the Ethiopiau, Oriental and 

 Australian regions (including the Pacific Isles), America, 

 and the Canary Isles. 



L. MEMBRANACEUS, Fabricius. 



(?) Cimcx australis, Fabr., 1775, Syst. Ent., p. 708. 

 Cimex mcmbranaccus, Fabr., 1781, Spec. Ins., II, p. 351. 

 Anisoscclis {Lygacus) bidcntatus, Montr., 1855, 1. c, p. 101. 



Solomons Islands, Guodalcanar( Willcy, June 11, 1897); 

 also from Woodlark, New Caledonia and San Cristoval, 

 North Australia, Philippines, Africa, India, Ceylon, Canary 

 Isles, etc. Willey's examples are typical mcmbranaccus ; 

 L. australis, which is doubtfully distinct, is from Tahiti. 

 " Vit sur les Cucurhitacees. On le trouve aussi sur certains 

 acacias " (Montrouzier). 



Genus Mictis, Leach. 



Mictis, 1814, Leach, Zool. Misc., I, p. 92. 

 Oriental, Australian, and Ethiopian regions. 



Mictis PROFANU.S, Fabricius. 



Lygacus prof anus, Fabricius, 1803, Syst. Rhyng., p. 211. 

 Ntematopus prof anus, Montr., 1855, I.e., p. 102. 



Hob. LlFU (Willcy); also from Australia, Woodlark, 

 New Caledonia, Viti, Samoa, San Cristoval, etc. " Vit 

 sur les mimosa " (Montrouzier). 



Genus Ppjocnemicoms, Costa. 



Priocnemicoris, Costa, 1863, Rend. Acad. Napol., II, p. 253. 

 New Guinea and neighbouring islands. 



Pkiocnemicoris albithorax, Boisd., var. patricius, nov. 



I have not been able to examine P. albithorax, Boisd., 

 1835 (= flaviccps, Guerin, 1838), and am therefore unable 

 to differentiate this form specifically. It differs from the 

 typical form, as figured by Boisduval and Guerin, by the 

 unicolorous pronotum. 



Head, rostrum, entire ventral surface (except the exterolateral 

 margins of the pleura,), connexival tergites, legs (except posterior 



