418 'Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreidae. 



legs. It cprtaliily docs not belong to the genus Mahana, 

 and has all the characters of LeptoglossuSy though the posterior 

 tibise are not in evidence. 



Leptoscelin^. 

 Genus Leptoscelis. 



Leptoscelis fasciifera. 



Leptoscelis fasciifera, StSl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 186r), p. ]82. 

 Leptoscelis hi/pselonofoides, Walk. Cat. Ilet. iv. p. 134. n. 10 (1871). 



Leptoscelis centralis. 



Malvana centralis, Walk. Cat. Ilet. iv. p. 13o. n. 3 (1871). 



Lfptoscelis militaris, sp. n. 



Pronotum, scutellum, and sternum pale castaneous; head, 

 antennae, corium, membrane, abdomen, legs, rostrum, and 

 central area to sternum black ; apical joint of antennas (ex- 

 cluding base) and apical margins to corium and clavus 

 luteous ; the margin to corium is broad and inwardly angu- 

 lated, that to clavus is narrow and almost straight. 



Antenna? with the first and second joints about subequal in 

 length, third joint shorter than second, a little longer than 

 fourth ; pronotum rugulose, very coarsely punctate, the 

 lateral angles subacutely produced, with their apices slightly 

 directed backward ; a distinct transverse ridge in front of 

 base ; corium coarsely punctate except on the luteous apical 

 margin ; posterior femora in male spined beneath, spines 

 increasing in length towards apex ; rostrum passing the 

 posterior coxas. 



Long. 21-22 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 8-9 millim. 



Hah. Ecuador, Cachabe, Paramba {Rosenberg ^ Brit. Mus.) ; 

 Colombia, Call [Rosenberg^ Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to L. tricolor ^ Westw. 



Leptoscelis obscura. 

 Leptoscelis ohscura, Dall. List Hem. i. p. 458. n. 9 (1852). 



Stal (En. Hem. i. p. 171, 1870), by an unaccountable slip 

 on his part, placed this species as a synonym of Phthia picta^ 

 Dru., with which it has nothing in common. This lias been 

 accepted and followed by other writers — Distant (Biol. Centr.- 

 Am.) and Lethierry & Severin (Cat. G^n. Hem. t. ii. p. 52). 



Leptoscelis obscura, Dall., is allied to L. elongator^ Fabr., 

 and L. guttula, H.-S. 



