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Glypstjs sparsus. (Plate LIII. fig. 5.) 



JElia sparsa "Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 33 (1837). 

 JElia assimilis Westw. loc. cit. 



Podistjs neglectus. (Plate LIII. fig. 4.) 



Baphigaster neglectus Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 31 (1837). 

 Podisus neglectus Stll, En. Hem. i. p. 53. n. 29 (1870). 



Subfain. Tessaratominje. 

 Tessaratoma papillosa. 



Cimex papillosus Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. i. p. 96, tab. 43. fig. 2 

 (1770). 



Tesseratoma proximo, Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 27 (1837). 



Stal (En. Hem. i. p. 67, 1870) treats T. proximo, as a synonym 

 of T. javanica Thunb., restricting T. papillosa to China only. This, 

 in my view, is clearly incorrect. 



Subfam. Phyllocephalinje. 



Melampodius, gen. nov. 



Head with the lateral lobes very much longer than the 

 central, projecting forward and somewhat upward, their apices 

 wide apart ; ocelli placed very close to the eyes. Antennae of five 

 joints ; basal joint very stout, reaching to about half the length of 

 the lateral lobes ; apical joint somewhat thickened. Eostrum 

 passing the anterior coxae, stout, third joint longest. Pronotum 

 with the lateral angles produced forward in long, slightly di- 

 verging horns, which are strongly toothed internally. Scutellum 

 broad, narrowed about midway to apex. Membrane with longitu- 

 dinal veins. Legs stout and pilose. 



Allied to Cressona Dall. 



Melampodius cervicornis. (Plate LIII. fig. 10.) 

 Atelocerus cervicornis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 21 (1837). 

 Bab. Sierra Leone. 



Basicryptus irroratus. (Plate LIII. fig. 6.) 

 Phyllocephala irrorata Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 27 (1837). 



Subfam. Acanthosomin,e. 



Acanthosoma lateralis. 



Edessa lateralis Say, New Harm. Ind., Dec. 1831 ; Compl. Writ. 

 i. p. 312. n. 2 (1859). 



Acanthosoma affinis Westw. in Hope Cat. i. p. 30 (1837). 

 Acanthosoma picieolor Westw. loc. cit. 



