1900.) IN THE HOPE COLLECTION AT OXFORD. 817 
Grypsus spaRsus. (Plate LIII. fig. 5.) 
dha sparsa Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 33 (1837). 
Atlia assimilis Westw. loc. cit. 
Popisus Ne@LEcTUS. (Plate LIII. fig. 4.) 
Raphigaster neglectus Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 31 (1837). 
Podisus neglectus Stal, En. Hem. i. p. 53. n. 29 (1870). 
Subfam. TESSARATOMIN ®. 
THSSARATOMA PAPILLOSA,. 
Cimex papillosus Drury, Ill. Nat. Hist. i. p. 96, tab. 43. fig. 2 
(1770). 
Tesseratoma proxuma Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 27 (1837). 
Stal (En. Hem. i. p. 67, 1870) treats 7. prowima as a synonym 
of 7’. javanica Thunb., restricting 7’. papillosa to China only. This, 
in my view, is clearly incorrect. 
Subfam. PHyLLocerHALIN 2. 
MELAMPODIUS, gen. nov. 
Head with the lateral lobes very much longer than the 
central, projecting forward and somewhat upward, their apices 
wide apart ; ocelli placed very close to the eyes. Antenna of five 
joints ; basal joint very stout, reaching to about half the length of 
the lateral lobes; apical joimt somewhat thickened. Rostrum 
passing the anterior coxe, stout, third joint longest. Pronotum 
with the lateral angles produced forward in long, slightly di- 
verging horns, which are strongly toothed internally. Scutellum 
broad, narrowed about midway to apex. Membrane with longitu- 
dinal veins. Legs stout and pilose. 
Allied to Cressona Dall. 
MELAMPoODIUS CERVICORNIS. (Plate LILI. fig. 10.) 
Atelocerus cervicornis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 21 (1837). 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
BASICRYPTUS TRRORATUS. (Plate LIII. fig. 6.) 
Phyllocephala wrorata Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 27 (1837). 
Subfam. ACANTHOSOMIN 2%. 
ACANTHOSOMA LATERALIS. 
Edessa lateralis Say, New Harm. Ind., Dec. 1831 ; Compl. Writ. 
i. p. 312. n. 2 (1859). 
Acanthosoma affinis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 80 (1837). 
Acanthosoma picicolor Westw. loc. cit. 
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