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or less shaded with black ; pronotum ochraceous, thickly coarsely brownly punctate, 

 the posterior angles castaneous, slenderly acutely produced and slightly directed 

 backward, the niai'gins narrowly paler, and a central pale longitudinal line sometimes 

 almost obsolete ; scutellum ochraceous, the basal area (excluding lateral margins) almost 

 entirely castaneous, sparinofly coarsely punctate, a distinct central longitudinal raised 

 line on apical area ; corium brownish ochraceous, thickly punctate ; membrane piceous 

 brown, the apical margin much paler ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, a black spot 

 between anterior and intermediate coxae, lateral areas of sternum and base of abdomen 

 more or less suffused with bright castaneous, apex of rostrum and apices of posterior 

 femora piceous blac :. 



Long., c? 8|, S 9 miUim. ; exp. pronot. angl., d $ , 4J millim. 



Locality. Mahe. 



Dr. Schouteden has kindly sent me a 6 specimen of this species from Madagascar. 



Family CoreidsB. 



Subfamily Coreinse. 

 Division Anisoscelaria. 



8. Leptoglossids memhranaceus. 



Cimex memhranaceus, Fabr. Spec. ii. p. 351, 79 (1781). 

 Amirante Islands, Mahe, Praslin. — A very widely distributed species, found through- 

 out British India, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to Australasia, and not 

 uncommon in Ti-opical and Southern Africa. 



Subfamily Pseudophloeinse. 



9. Acanthomia horrida. 



Syromastes horrida, Germ, in Siber. Rev. v. p. 145 (1837). 

 Mahe. — Recorded also from Mauritius and South Africa. 



10. Stenocephalus pi(,nctipes. 

 Stenocephalus punctipes , Stal, En. Hem. iii. p. 85 (1873). 



Mahd — Originally described from Madagascar. 



Subfamily Alydlnse. 

 Division Leptocorisaria. 



11. Leptocorisa apicalis, "Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 18 (1842). 



Mahe.— Originally described from West Africa, also recorded from Mauritius and 

 Madagascar. 



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