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o* genitalia : Claspers thicker in middle, strongly curved and pointed at apices ; dorsal 

 thecal appendages absent, ventral paired, very thin, elongated and truncate at apices, four 

 left lateral conjunctival appendages as in Text-fig. 118 ; frontal appendages paired, long, thin 

 and curved at bases ; four right lateral conjunctival appendages with fourth bifurcated at 

 apex (Text-fig. 118) ; dorsal appendages as in Text-fig. 118. 



No $ available for study. 



Holotype^, Ghana : Tafo, 24.iii-20.iv.1959 (R. Smith) (recorded by Southwood, 

 1961, on light trap), B.M.(N.H.). 



Paratypes. 2 <J, same data as holotype, but without terminalia, B.M.(N.H.). 



This seems to be a rare species and is probably confined to West Africa. 



This species is close to S. claviformis sp. n. and S. africana sp. n. but can be sepa- 

 rated from them in having medium sized rostrum only slightly extending beyond 

 apices of second coxae (extending well beyond the apices of second coxae in clavi- 

 formis and in africana never extending beyond second coxae). Its bifurcated fourth 

 right lateral conjunctival appendage is its peculiarity. 



Stenocoris {Stenocoris) maculosa (Blote) comb. n. 



(Text-figs. 1 19-127) 

 Leptocorixa [Stenocoris) maculosa Blote, 1937 : 290 ; Villiers, 1963 : 232 



Characterized by long rostrum extending well beyond the apices of second coxae 

 and by the form of the $ and $ genitalia. 



Figs. 119-121. Stenocoris maculosa, q\ 119, terminalia, dorsal view ; 120, claspers, 

 inner and outer views ; 121, aedeagus (inflated), ventral view. 



