484 HEMIPTERA. 



tip black. Antennae shorter than the body, testaceous, with the 

 apical joint about equal in length to the preceding, black. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



b. New Holland. 



c. Swan River. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



3. LEPTOCORISA varicornis. 



Gerris varicornis, Fab. S. R. 260. 2 (1803); Wolff, Ic. dm. 202. 



t. 20. fig. 196 (1811). 

 Coreus (Stenocephalus) varicornis, Burm. Nova Acta Ac. Leop. 



xvi. Supp. 298. 25 (1834). 

 Myodochus varicornis, Burm. Handb. ii. 325. 1 (1835). 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



4. LEPTOCORISA apicalis. 

 Leptocorisa apicalis, Hope, Cat. 18 (1842). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



5. LEPTOCORISA tipuloides. 



Cimex tipuloides, DeG. Mem. iii. 354. 28. pi. 35. fig. 18 (1773). 

 Myodochus tipuloides, Oliv. Enc. viii. 106. 2 (1811); Burm. 



Handb. ii. 325. 2 (1835). 

 Myodocha tipuloides, Lat. Gen. iii. 126 (1807); Lam. Hist. Nat. 



iii. 497. 1 (1816). 



Leptocorisa tipuloides, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 229. 1 (1843). 

 Leptocorisa furcifera, Hope, Cat. 18 (1842). 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Rio de Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



6. LEPTOCORISA maculiventris, n. s. 



L. fulvo-testacea, fusco-punctata, subtus albida ; abdomine utrin- 



que serie macularum fuscarum. <? . 



Long. lin. 8. 



Above fulvo-testaceous. Head impunctate, pointed and not 

 .furcate at the apex. Eyes brown. Thorax thickly and finely 

 punctured with brown, with the anterior portion impunctate. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra punctured ; the punctures of the 

 inner portion brown ; membrane transparent, nearly colourless, 

 with a brown curved streak on the inner margin, within the basal 

 angle. Wings transparent, with the nervures brownish. Abdo- 

 men above reddish orange. Body beneath yellowish white. Ab- 

 domen impunctate, with a row of four brown spots on each side. 

 Breast thickly punctured. Legs testaceous, with the tips of the 

 tarsi brownish. Rostrum yellowish white, with the tip black. 

 Antennae with the basal joint fulvous ; remainder wanting. 



