ioo I. AHMAD 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae small, outer margin convex, apices rounded (Text-fig. 243) ; 

 seven pairs of intervalvular sacs (Text-fig. 328) ; spermatheca with a long coiled tube and a 

 median flange (Text-fig. 229). 



Holotype <$, Philippine Islands : N. Palawan, Binaluan, xi-xii.1913 (G. Roett- 

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



Paratypes. Philippine Islands : 1 J 1 {Semper), Riksmus. Stockholm, Mindanao, 

 Iligan, 1 <$ {Baker), Mus. Hels., Mindanao, Misamis, Sum, Palawan, 3-2 km. 

 south of Tarumpitao, 2.vi., 20.vii., 7.ix., 19-20. x. 1958 (various collectors), 

 Bern. P. Bishop Mus. ; New Guinea : Papua, West District Orimo, Govt. 

 Sta., 26-28. x. i960 (/. L. Gressitt), Bern. P. Bishop Mus. ; Australia : Queensland, 

 1 <$ {Mjoberg), Riksmus. Stockholm. 



The range of this species extends in the north west into Philippine Islands and in 

 the south east into northern Australia (Queensland). The adults have been collected 

 in the late part of the year from June to December. 



This species is very close to L. acuta (Thunberg) and L. discoidalis Walker but can 

 easily be separated from them by very long (about half the length of the head), 

 cylindrical and pointed paraclypeae. In the aedeagus, the bilobed symmetrical 

 ventral thecal appendages and in the spermatheca the tube, which is twisted at is 

 base, are its peculiarities. 



Leptocorisa pseudolepida sp. n. 



(Text-figs. 207, 221, 235, 249, 263 and 329-335) 



Characterized by very small size of the body, by short, thick and pointed para- 

 clypeae and by the form of <$ and $ genitalia. 



o*. Body length, 11 -5-12-0 mm., width, 1 -6-1-9 mm. Head length, 1-5-1-7 mm., width, 

 1-2-1-3 mm. Antennae, segment I, 3-6-4-0 mm., II, 2-2-2-4 mm -» HI, 2-4-2-8 mm., IV, 

 4-0-4-2 mm. Rostrum, segment I, i-o-i-i mm., II, 1-1-1-2 mm., Ill, 0-6-0-7 mm., IV, 

 0-6-0-7 mm - Pronotum, length, 1-7-2-0 mm., width, 1-7-1-9 mm. Hind femora, 5-0-6-2 mm. 

 (specimen from Malacca or Borneo with smaller hind femora (5-0-5-2 mm.) from Selangor, 

 Kuala Lumpur (6-2 mm.)). Hind tibia, 5-6-6-5 mm. (specimens from Borneo or Malacca 

 5-6-5-8 mm. and from Kuala Lumpur 6-5 mm.). Distance between ocelli, 0-3-0-4 mm., distance 

 between an ocellus and an eye, 0-5-0-6 mm. 



Body short, pale, tinged with black. Head short, occipital suture complete (Text-fig. 329) ; 

 paraclypeae short, thick at base, curved near apices and pointed. Antennae usually brownish 

 black, with basal segments pale, only black at apices, second, third and fourth segments brownish 

 black, only pale at their bases. Rostrum short, reaching apices of second coxae. Lateral black 

 line faint on sides of head, only represented on sides of head by a black dot. Pronotal disc pale, 

 unicoloured, sometimes with brownish tinge. Legs usually black, only femora pale. Hemiely- 

 tra pale. Abdomen dorsally palish brown, connexiva and venter pale, ochraceous. Posterior 

 margin of seventh abdominal tergum truncated, pygophore rounded, apex pointed (Text-fig. 



332)- 



o* genitalia : Claspers never extending beyond posterior margin of pygophore, dorsally 

 rounded (Text-fig. 332), apices truncated (Text-fig. 207) ; both dorsal and ventral thecal 

 appendages present as in Text-fig. 331, ventral, symmetrical ; four lateral conjunctival append- 

 ages as in Text-fig. 331 ; frontal conjunctival appendage with two elongated sclerotized pieces 

 (Text-fig. 221, A) ; three right lateral conjunctival appendages (Text-fig. 331) ; second straight, 



