1901,] IN THE HOPE COLLECTION AT OXFORD. 331 



. Geraleptas squalidus Costa, Cimic. regai Neap. Cent. 2 a, v. 12. 

 pi. 4. f. 7 (1847). ^ 



Horv. (Eev. d'Eut. xvii. p. 278) considers the specific name 

 obtusus Brull. (1838) as taking precedence ; but I know neither 

 the species nor the description. 



Subfam. Leptocgeisin^. 



Lbptocoeisa tipuloides. 



Cime.v tipidoides de Geer, Mem. iii. p. 354, pi. 35. £. 18 (1773). 

 Leptocorisa crudeUs Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 18 (1842). 



Leptocoeisa acuta. 



Gimea; acmus Thunb. Nat. Ins. Sp. ii. p. 34 (1783). 

 Leptocorisa hengalensis Westw. in Ho])e Cat. ii. p. 18 (1842). 



Subfam. ALTDiif.i;. 



HyALTMEjS'US dentatus. 



Alydus dentatus Fabr. Syst. Ehyng. p. 249 (1803). 



Alydiis ichneumoniformis Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 18 (1842). 



Mbgalotomus eufipes. 



Alydus rufipes Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 19 (1842). 

 Alydus consohrinus Westw. loo. cit. p. 20. 

 Alydus pcdlesce lis Stal, Eio Jan. Hem. i. p. 34 (18G0). 

 Alydus debilis Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 160. n. 12 (1871). 



Megalotomus paetus. (Plate XXX. fig. 5.) 

 Alydus parvus Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 19 (1842). 



Alydtjs geacilipes Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 20 (1842). 



This species is represented only by the unique type, which is in 

 far too mutilated a condition for generic allocation. 



Head, pronotum, and presternum pale castaneous ; head be- 

 neath and base of prosternum black ; a luteous fascia traversing 

 each lateral area of head and prosternum; meso-and metasteruum 

 very pale ochraceous. Abdomen x^anting. 



Alydus simplex Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 18 (1842). 



The type and only specimen possesses neither head nor pronotum. 

 Judging from the remaining portion of the body, it is almost 

 certain that this is a synonym of Megalotomus rufipes Westw. ? 



MiEPEEUS TOEEIDUS. 



Alydus torridus Westw. in Hope Cat. ii. p. 20 (1842). 



Alydus albidens Westw. loc. cit. 



It is very doubtful whether this species can be really separated 

 from M. jaculus Thunb. Certainly not by locality, as specimens 

 from both South and West Africa entirely agree. The structure 



