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$ genitalia : First gonocoxae largely concealed by seventh abdominal sternum, outer 

 margin irregular ; intervalvular sacs absent ; spermatheca irregular, pelican-shaped with a 

 long, thick and coiled tube. 



Type material. Holotype <$, Uganda : between Mitiana and Entebbe, 3,800 ft., 

 9-n.i. (S. A. Neave), B.M.(N.H.) ; allotype $, and paratypes, 4 <$, 1 $, with same 

 data as holotype, B.M.(N.H.) ; Kenya : Shimba, 4 <$, 3 $, vii.1912 (A. D. Milne), 

 B.M.(N.H.) ; Nyasaland : Zomba, Mlanje, Mimosa, 3 <$, 3 $, iv.1962, 7.XL1913, 

 io.v.1919, B.N.(M.H.) ; Zomba, Mlanje, 2,300 ft., lower Shire valley, near Chikawa, 

 600 ft., I5.viii., 5-ix., 7.XL1913, 16.iv.1910, 13. vi., vii.1912 (various collectors), 

 B.M.(N.H.) ; Zanzibar : 1 $, i.ii.1925 (H. J. Shell), B.M.(N.H.) ; Kenya : 

 Mazimosa, Tayari, 1 <$, g.ii. (B. Elbon), B.M.(N.H.) ; Uganda : S. E. Shore of L. 

 Kiaja, 2,400 ft., Entebbe, 3 <$, 2 $, 11.viii.1911, 14-25. v. 1912 (5. A. Neave, C. C. 

 Gowdey), B.M.(N.H.). 



Other material. Kenya : 3 <J, 4 $ ; Tanganyika : 10 <J, 13 $ ; Uganda : 4 <$, 



2$. 



This is an East African species. Its range extends in the south into Nyasaland 

 and in the north into Kenya. It has not been reported from central or western 

 Africa. The adults have been collected mainly between April and November, but 

 2 c? were collected from Zanzibar and Kenya in February. 



This species is closest to S. phthisica (Gerstacker) but can be separated from it by 

 the paraclypeae, which are thicker at base and thinner and rounded at apices in this 

 species (Text-fig. 129), whilst they are thicker in the middle in phthisica (Text-fig 

 140). The lateral black line in the form of a black dot on either side of collar and 

 lack of black spots on the posterior angles of pronotum separate it from all the other 

 species of the subgenus Stenocoris. 



Stenocoris {Stenocoris) phthisica (Gerstacker) comb. n. 



(Text-figs. 138-147) 



Leptocorisa phthisica Gerstacker, 1873 : 406 



Leptocorixa {Stenocoris) annulicornis Signoret ; Blote, 1937 : 2 ^9 syn. n. 



Leptocorixa (Stenocoris) blotei Villiers, 1963 : 232 syn. n. 



Characterized by long paraclypeae, which are thicker only in the middle and are 

 rounded at apices (Text-fig. 140) and by the form of <$ and 9 genitalia. 



o\ Body length, 13-5-150 mm., width, 1-8-20 mm. Head length, 1-7-1-9 mm., (head 

 exposed 2-0-2-1 mm.), width, 1-2-1-3 mm. (only paraclypeae 0-66-0-7 mm.). Antennae, 

 segment I, 3-6-3-9 mm., II, 2-6-2-7 mm., Ill, 2-7-2-75 mm., IV, 4-0-4-1 mm. Rostrum, segment 

 I, 1-1-1-4 mm., II, 1-1-1-4 mm., Ill, 0-6-0-7 mm., IV, 0-7-0-75 mm. Pronotum, length, 

 2-1-2-4 mm., width, 1-8-2-0 mm. Hind femora, 5-9-6-7 mm. Hind tibia, 6-3-6-9 mm. 

 Distance between ocelli, 0-4-0-5 mm., distance between an ocellus and an eye, 0-66-0-7 mm. 



Body linear, pale unicolourous. Head long, about half as long again as broad ; occipital 

 suture medially concave, arms following straight towards sides ; paraclypeae long, about two- 

 fifths of entire head, thicker in middle and thinner at bases and apices, apices rounded (Text- 

 fig. 140). Antennae brownish black with underside of basal segment, middle of second and 

 third and bases of apical segments pale. Rostrum short, reaching second coxae. Lateral black 

 line faint, usually extending from sides of antenniferous tubercles on to anterior of propleuron. 



