6 E. T. Atkinson — Note on the rice-juice sapper of Madras. [Jan., 



Myodochus varicornis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, (i), p. 325 (1835). 

 Sumatra, Philippines. 



Leptocorisa bengalensis, Westw., Hope Cat. Hem. ii, p. 18 (1842) ; 

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



Leptocorisa chinensis, Dallas, List Hem. ii, p. 483 (1852) : Walker, 

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



Leptocorisa maculiventris, Dallas, 1. c, p. 484 (1852) j 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. K H. 

 (5s.) iii, p. 127 (1879). Assam. 



Var. a, — Above greyish, beneath entirely flavescent : antennas and 

 feet somewhat testaceous (G. angustatus, Fabr.). Virescent; antennas 

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

 culate: abdomen above rufous (G. oratorius, Fabr.) Sordid greenish- 

 yellow: 2-4 joints of antennas yellow at base, black at apex (If. bino- 

 tatus, Herr. Schan\). 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 : antennas 

 with basal joint fulvous, black externally and at apex : 2-3 joints black, 

 fulvous at base ; last joint brown fulvous at base (L. chinensis, Dallas) . 

 Long. 16-17 mill. 



Var. b. — Body linear, above flavescent, margin of thorax and heme- 

 lytra whitish : antennas elongate, filiform, 5- jointed (?), first joint very 

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

 as the body, joints flavescent at base, black at apex : rostrum porrect, 

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

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

 with a small common fuscous spot at the base : beneath flavescent (G. vari- 

 cornis, Fabr.). 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 

 (L. maculiventris, Dallas). Long. 17 mill. Virescent-luteous : antennas 

 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 1 mill. 



I have specimens from Assam, Sikkim, Behar, Calcutta, Karachi, 

 Tinnevelly and Ceylon. L. tipuloides is noticed as occurring on orange- 

 trees in Florida (United States), and is said to do there no harm to the 



