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the third and fourth joints subequal iu length, second longest; 

 pronotum with the basal margin strongly concavely sinuate before 

 scutellum, the lateral margins oblique, a little sinuate, the anterior 

 margin about half the breadth between posterior angles ; corium 

 somewhat convexly rounded at costal margin ; scutellum foveately 

 impressed on disk ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; tibise 

 distinctly spinulose. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Madulsima (Bainbrigge-Fletcher, Brit. Mus.}. 



3000. Salda pusana, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. liii, p. 376 (1909). 



Allied to S. fletclieri, Dist., but with the antennas and rostrum 

 wholly black ; legs black, base of anterior femora and more than 

 basal halves of intermediate and posterior femora, and basal 

 annulations to tibia?, pale ochraceous ; corium with the pale costal 

 margin narrowed and somewhat interrupted before apex, the spots 

 on subcostal area three in number ; antennae with the third joint 

 slightly longer than fourth, other structural characters as iu 

 S.fletcheri. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hab. Bengal ; Lebong, 5000 feet (Lefroy). 



Mr. Lefroy sent me three specimens of this species (all un- 

 fortunately more or less mutilated in condition) from the Pusa 

 collection. 



Subfamily LEPTOPIN.E. (Vol. II, p. 406.) 



Genus LEPTOPUS to replace Valleriola. 

 (Vol. II, p. 405.) 



Leptopus, Latr. Fam. nat. p. 423 (1825) ; Fieb. Eur. Hem. pp. 40 & 

 148 (1861) ; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hemipt. Heteropt. p. 603 (1908). 



Type, L. boopis, Pourc. 



Distribution. Palasaretic, Ethiopian, and Oriental llegious. 



The question of the distinction of Valleriola from Leptopus has 

 been disputed by Bergroth and somewhat amusingly assailed by 

 Keuter. I relied on the number of the ocelli, accepted by Fieber, 

 Saunders and his predecessors, and apparently uncontradicted, till 

 I had followed suit. However, now that so sound and capable an 

 authority as Oshaniu has given his adhesion to that view, I follow 

 his determination. The argument is of a taxonomical character.* 



* My views on this entomological controversy, whatever they may be worth, 

 may be found in the Wien. entomol. Zeit. xxvi, p. 327 (1907). 



