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junctival appendages as in Text-fig. 40 ; frontal appendage bifurcated at apex, right branch 

 shorter and thicker near apex ; four right lateral conjunctival appendages as in Text-fig. 40 

 with spine-like appendage thicker in middle, thinner and pointed at apex ; dorsal appendage 

 thick in middle and curved near base and apex. 



$. Very similar to $ in general appearance and measurements, usually longer (13-5-15-0 mm.) 

 with a triangular median projection of $ seventh abdominal sternum, this rounded at apex. 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae with outer margin slightly sinuate, curved near apex ; 

 intervalcular sacs absent ; spermatheca flask-shaped with thin and short neck as in Text- 

 fig' 43- 



05 mm. 



05 mm. 



Figs. 37-40. Stenocoris (Erbula) elegans, <?■ 37, terminalia, dorsal view ; 38, claspers, 

 outer and inner views ; 39, head, dorsal view ; 40, aedagus (inflated), ventral view. 



Type material. Holotype <$, Sierra Leone : n.x.1912 (/. /. Simpson), B.M. 

 (N.H.) ; allotype $, data as holotype, B.M.(N.H.) ; paratypes, Sierra Leone : 

 Jahama, 3 <$, 2 $ (/. /. Simpson), B.M. (N.H.) . 



Other material. Senegal : 2 $, 2 $ ; Nigeria : 5 $, 3 $ ; Congo : 25 $, 15 $ ; 

 Tanganyika : 3 $, 2 $. 



1 $, 1 $ from Sumatra, in Breddin's collection, labelled " Leptocorisa lepida 

 Breddin det. Kiritshenko " (Dtsch. Entom. Inst. Berlin) were also examined. It 

 is felt that there has been some mistake in the locality data. 



The range of this species extends from Senegal in the west to Tanganyika in the 

 east. This species is probably very common and adults have been collected through- 

 out the year. 



This species is close to stali sp. n. and distinguenda (Blote). In stali the lateral 



