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length, 3-1-3-5 mm., width, 2-9-3-0 mm. Hind femora, 6-7 mm. Hind tibia, 76 mm. Dis- 

 tance between ocelli, 0-6-0-7 nam., distance between ocellus and outer margin of eye, 08 mm. 



Body robust, pale unicolourous. Head elongated ; occipital suture medially concave ; 

 paraclypeae short and pointed. Antennae usually pale, unicoloured, rarely with brownish 

 black tinge. Rostrum short, reaching only the apices of second coxae. Lateral black line on 

 the sides of head and propleuron absent. Pronotal disc pale unicolourous, posterior angles 

 without black spots. Legs usually pale unicoloured, rarely tinged with black. Hemielytra 

 pale. A series of ventro-lateral brownish black spots on abdomen usually prominently present, 

 rarely faint. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum medially convex ; pygophore 

 very large and almost rectangular in form (Text-fig. 317). 



<J genitalia : Claspers curved and tapering to a point at apices (Text-fig. 197) ; both 

 dorsal and ventral pairs of thecal appendages present, ventral pair symmetrical as in Text-fig. 

 316 ; left lateral conjunctival appendage elongated, curved at base and apex (Text-fig. 211, E) ; 

 frontal conjunctival appendage with two sclerotized pieces as in Text-fig. 211, A ; two right 

 lateral conjunctival appendages, second bifid at apex (Text-fig. 211, F) ; membranous append- 

 age usually with a bulbous or pointed terminal appendage and a hooked bilobed dorsal con- 

 junctival appendage (Text-fig. 316). 



0-25 mm. 



Figs. 315-317. Leptocorisa oratorius. 315, $ terminalia, ventral view ; 316, aedeagus 

 (inflated), ventral view ; 317, $ terminalia, dorsal view. 



