No. I.] Rhi/ncJiota, 3 



Leptocorisa chinensisj Dallas, List Hem. ii, p. 483 (1852) ; Walker, 

 Cat. Het. iv,p. 172 (1871). China. 



Var. h .'^Leptocorisa hengalensis, Westw., Hope Cat. Hem. ii, p. 18 

 (1842) ; Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 87 (1873). Bengal. 



Leptocorisa maculiventriSj Dallas, 1. c, p. 484 (1852) ; Walker, 1. c, 

 p. 172 (1871) — (?) 



Leptocorisa varicornis, Dallas, 1. c., p. 484 (1852) ; Walker, 1. c, p. 

 172 (1871) ; Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 86 (1873) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. 

 (5) iii, P..127 (1879). Assam. 



Var. a. — Above greyish, beneath entirely flaveseent : antennae and 

 feet somewhat testaceous (G, angustatusy Fabr.), Virescent ; antennae 

 obscurely flaveseent, last joint white at base : beneath flaveseent, imma- 

 culate : abdomen above rufous ((?. oratoriuSj Fabr.) Sordid greenish- 

 yellow : 2-4 joints of antennae yellow at base, black at apex (M, binotatus, 

 Herr. Schafl^.). Long, 18 mill. Testaceous; thorax greenish, with the 

 lateral margins whitish : membrane with a black spot on the inner basal 

 angle : abdomen beneath yellowish- white : antennae with basal joint 

 fulvous, black externally and at apex : 2-3 joints black, fulvous at base ; 

 last joint brown, fulvous at base {L. chinensisj Dallas). Long. 16-17 

 mill. Body linear, above flaveseent, margin of thorax and hemelytra 

 whitish : antennae elongate, filiform, 5-jointed (?), first joint very short, 

 globose, rest cylindrical, equal, inserted between the eyes, as long as the 

 body, joints flaveseent at base, black at apex : rostrum porrect, longer 

 than head, inflexed, inserted below the clypeus; sheath 4-joiuted, the 

 joints subequal, last a little shorter, somewhat obtuse : labium porrect, 

 elongate, very fine, corneous, subulate, as long as the first joint of the 

 sheath ; setae three, equal, subulate, as long as the sheath : wings hyaline 

 with a small common fuscous spot at the base : beneath flaveseent ( G. 

 varicornis J Fabr.). 



Var. 5. — Above fulvous testaceous : membrane with a brown curved 

 streak on the inner margin, within the basal angle : abdomen above 

 reddish-orange, beneath with a row of four brown spots on each side (Z. 

 maculiventrisj Dallas). Long. 17 mill. Virescent-luteous : antennae 

 brunneous-fulvous, 2-4 joints paler at the base : a thin arcuate fulvous 

 line at the base of the membrane : median segments of the abdomen 

 furnished beneath on both sides with a fuscous spot : feet fulvous (L, 

 bengalensis, Westw.). Long, 16 J mill. 



The Indian Museum possesses specimens from Ceylon, S. India, 

 Tinnevelly, Bombay, Karachi, Behar, Sikkim, Calcutta, Assam. 



CnoRA-PoKA. 



A bottle containing specimens labelled Chora'poJcay received from Mr. 

 R. Cornish, C.S., of Balasore, contained the larvae of several species of 

 Rhynchota belonging to different families. The local report states that 



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