64 I. AHMAD 



femora greenish, tibiae and tarsi tinged with black. Hemielytra with anal and medial veins 

 brownish black. Abdomen with dorsum, excluding connexiva, red, venter pale, tinged with 

 red ; median longitudinal red line absent. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum 

 sinuate, medially concave ; pygophore greatly elongated, tapering posteriorly, posterior margin 

 narrow, about one-sixth of width of posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum ; posterior 

 processes pointed, facing each other (Text-fig. 178). 



o* genitalia : Claspers strongly curved in middle, acutely pointed and curved at apices 

 (Text-fig. 177, A) ; dorsal thecal appendages absent ; ventral pair as in Text-fig. 180 ; four 

 left lateral conjunctival appendages as in Text-fig. 180 ; frontal conjunctival appendages 

 paired, minute, right slightly longer ; four right lateral conjunctival appendages with second 

 sickle-shaped as in Text-fig. 180 ; dorsal appendages as in Text-fig. 180. 



$. Body length, 15-2-15-6 mm., width, 1-9—2-0 mm. Head length, 1-77-1-9 mm. (only 

 paraclypeae 0-53-0-55 mm.), width, 1-33 mm. Antennae, segment I, 2-93-3-1 mm., II, i-8- 

 1-96 mm., Ill, 1-8-2-0 mm., IV, 4-0-4-2 mm. Rostrum, segment I, 1-33 mm., II, 1-33 mm.. 

 Ill, o-66 mm., IV, o-6 mm. Pronotum, length, 2-36-2-4 mm., width, 1-9-2-0 mm. Hind 

 femora, 5 2-5 -34 mm. Hind tibia, 5-32-5-6 mm. Distance between ocelli, 046 mm., distance 

 between an ocellus and an eye, 0-7 mm. 



Very similar to o* in general appearance ; seventh abdominal sternum with a short median 

 split, forming a lobe on either side ; lobes with concave posterior margins (Text-fig. 181). 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae large, concealing eighth paratergites, triangular, apices 

 facing each other (Text-fig. 181) ; intervalvular sacs absent ; spermatheca oval, with a smoothly 

 curved neck and a short coiled tube (Text-fig. 177, C). 



Holotype $, Peru : Tingo Maria, Huan, 2,200 ft., n.x.1946 (/. C. Pallister), 

 A.M.N.H. 



Paratypes. 1 $, 1 $, with same data as holotype, A.M.N.H., 1 <$, without any 

 data, from a series of filiformis Fabricius in coll. Fabricius, Zool. Mus. Copenhagen ; 

 Venezuela : Estate of Guasdualito (Guarico), Camagua, 1 <3\ 1923, (S. Mayeul 

 Crisol), Mus. Hist. nat. Paris ; Argentina : Misiones, Erv. de San Ignacio Villa, 

 Lutecia, 1 <$, 1910 (E. R. Wagner), Chaco de Santa Fe las Garzas, near Figlas Garzas, 

 20 km. to Docampo, 1 <$, 1903 (E. R. Wagner), Mus. Hist. nat. Paris ; Brazil : 1 $, 

 1898 (Noualhier), Pernambuco, Pery, 1 <$, 1898 (Noualhier), Mus. Hist. nat. Paris ; 

 British Guiana : Georgetown, 1 $, 6.vii.i9ii, A.M.N.H. ; Honduras : Teguci- 

 galpa, 28.iii.1917 {F.J. Drer), A.M.N.H. 



This species is found at high altitudes and seems to be common in Peru. Its range 

 extends in the north into Venezuela. Adults have been collected in April and 

 October. 



This species is close to S. (0.) furcifera (Westwood) in general appearance but can 

 easily be separated by the absence of red median longitudinal line on venter of abdo- 

 men. 



Stenocoris (Oryzocoris) filiformis (Fabricius) comb. n. 



(Text-figs. 175, 185-190) 



Cimex filiformis Fabricius, 1775 : 727, 1781 : 375, 1787 : 308 ; Gmelin, 1789 : 2191 

 Cerris filiformis (Fabricius) Fabricius, 1794 : 191, 1803 : 260 ; Sta.1, 1866 : 66 

 Leptocorisa (s. str.) filiformis (Fabricius) Stal, 1873 : 87 

 Leptocorisa linearis Laporte, 1833 : 26 

 Leptocorisa tipuloides Dallas, 1852 : 484 



