Mr. W. L. Distant on Coreidfe. i27 



Tliia gonus, which I originally proposed for the reception 

 of a Neotropical species, is now found, like Leptocorisa and 

 other allied rrpuera, to be very widely distril)uted. 



Mr. Hidley has a|)pcnded a note to his specimens — " Ex- 

 cessively common in su^ar-Hcdd." 



Cuntpira dislincfa, s[). ii. 



Ochraceous; anterior third of pronotum and the sternum 

 plumbageous; basal two thirds of pronotum, posterior angles 

 of prostcrnum, base of scutellum, and inner margins of lateral 

 lobes to head purplish black; abdomen beneath reddish ochra- 

 ceous, its base j)lumbageous and its lateral margins luteous. 



Pronotum, sternum, and scutellum thickly and coarsely 

 punctate ; second joint of the antenna? distinctly shorter than 

 the third; spine to scutellum long and obliquely ascendant. 



Long. 8i millim. 



J/ab. Malay Archipelago, Ceram (Brit. Mus.). 



Genus Leptocorisa. 



Leptocorisa costalis. 



Myodochus costalU, Herr.-SchJiff. Wanz. Ins. viii. p. 96, fip'. 864 (1848). 

 Leptocorisa biguUata, Walk. Cat. TIet. iv. p. 174. u. 11 (1871). 



Altbinje. 



Genus MegalotOMUS. 



Megalotomus rujipes. 



Ahidtis rujipes, Wrstw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 10 (1842). 

 Aiydus dchilis, Walk. Cat. Ilet. iv. y. 100. n. Ii! (1871). 



Megalotomus jamaicensis^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath piceous ; 

 pronotum with a broad, transverse, ochraceous fascia ; eyes, 

 ocelli, and apex of central lobe to head castaneous ; antennaj 

 with the first and tburth joints castaneous, the second and 

 third joints ochraceous, apex of second joint castaneous; 

 corium castaneous, very finely speckled with ochraceous ; 

 femora piceous, the intermediate and posterior femora with 

 their bases paler; tarsi ochraceous, fiiudy speckled with 

 brownish. 



Head with an obscure central cariiiation; pronotum coarsely 

 punctate, with a central sulcation and with the lateral angles 

 acutely produced and directed backwards. 



Long. 11 millim. 



Hab. Jamaica {Mrs. Swainson^ Brit. Mus.). 



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