1900.] IN THE HOPE COLLECTION AT OXFOED. 817 



Gltpsus spaesus. (Plate LIII. fig. 5.) 



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

 JElia assitnilis Westw. loe. cit. 



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



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

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



Subfam. TessaeatomiNjE. 

 Tessabatoma paptllosa. 



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

 (1770). 



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



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

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

 in my view, is clearly incorrect. 



Subfam. PHYLLOCEPHALINiE. 



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. Rostrum 

 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 cebvicoenis. (Plate LIII. fig. 10.) 

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

 ffab. Sierra Leone. 



Basicbyptus ieeoeatus. (Plate LIII. fig. 6.) 

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



Subfam. AcaxthosomiNjE. 



Acanthosoma latebalis. 



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

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



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

 AcantJwsoma picicolor Westw. loc. cit. 



