THE LEPTOCORISINAE OF THE WORLD 119 



Bloeteocoris meridianus sp. n. 



(Text-figs. 374, 381-385) 



<$ characterized by the straight processes of the lobes of the ninth segment and $ 

 by the small and rounded projection of the seventh abdominal sternum and by the 

 form of genitalia. 



<$. Body length, 150 mm., width, 23 mm. Head length, 20 mm., width, 1-7 mm. Anten- 

 nae, segment I, 52 mm., II, 35 mm., Ill, 3-46 mm., IV, 4-3 mm. Rostrum, segment I, 

 1-9 mm., II, 19 mm., Ill, 10 mm., IV, 1 45 mm. Pronotum, length, 29 mm., width, 23 mm. 

 Hind femora, 60 mm. Hind tibia, 76 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-4 mm., distance 

 between an ocellus and an eye 0-9 mm. 



Body robust, pale with a brownish tinge. Head large, slightly longer than broad ; occipital 

 suture medially concave, slightly " V "-shaped behind ocelli, arms curving outwards towards 

 sides, paraclypeae diverging at apices ; genae with inflexed tips. Antennae reddish brown, 

 with second and third segments tinged black and the bases of the apical segments pale. 

 Rostrum long, reaching hind coxae. Pronotal disc palish brown, not remarkably convex 

 behind collar, fork-shaped, brownish black mark absent ; posterior angles with brownish black 

 spots. Legs palish brown, with tibiae and tarsi darker. Subcostal and radial veins of hemiely- 

 tra brownish black. Abdomen with dorsum pale, tinged with brown ; venter pale uni- 

 colourous ; a portion of seventh segment and pygophore black. Posterior margin of seventh 

 abdominal tergum medially produced, projection with a truncated margin ; pygophore with 

 lobes of the ninth segments produced into straight processes, rounded at apices (Text-fig. 381). 



<J genitalia : Claspers with leaf-like portion broad and short (Text-fig. 374, A) ; both 

 (dorsal and ventral) pairs of thecal appendages present, ventral elongated (Text-fig. 382) ; a 

 pair of symmetrical lateral larger conjunctival appendages (Text-fig. 382) ; two pairs of dorso- 

 lateral conjunctival appendages as in Text-fig. 382 ; vesica thin, long coiled tube with " T " 

 structures and a pair of supporting appendages (Text-fig. 382). 



$. Body length, 165 mm., width, 2-5-2-6 mm. Head, length, 2-1-2-2 mm., width, i-8mm. 

 Antennae, segment I, 5-1 mm., II, 3-5 mm., Ill, missing, IV, missing. Rostrum, segment I, 

 2-0 mm., II, 2-0 mm., Ill, i-o mm., IV, 15 mm. Pronotum, length, 3-0-3-1 mm., width, 

 2-5-2-6 mm. Hind femora, 6-4 mm. Hind tibia, 7-7 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-4 mm., 

 distance between an ocellus and an eye, 09 mm. 



Slightly larger than cT, otherwise very similar ; posterior margin of seventh abdominal 

 sternum with a rounded median projection (Text-fig. 383). 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae externally almost entirely covered by seventh sternum, 

 about as long as broad, posterior margin broader than anterior margin, outer margin sinuate 

 (Text-fig. 374, B) ; intervalvular sacs absent (Text-fig. 384) ; spermatheca with a thin tapering 

 neck (Text-fig. 374, D). 



Holotype (J, Thailand : Trang. Banchong " at light ", 26. iv. 1924 (7. H. Evans), 

 " Ex F. M. S. Museum ", B.M.(N.H.). 



Paratypes. Malaya : Perak, Gunong Kledang, 2 <$ xi.1916, " Ex F. M. S. 

 Museum ", B.M.(N.H.). 



This species has most southernly range in the genus Bloeteocoris. All three 

 Bloeteocoris species would appear to be allopatric. B. minutus in south China, north 

 India and north east Burma, B. inflexigena in south Burma and B. meridianus in 

 Thailand and Malaya. 



This species is very close to inflexigena, but can easily be separated by smaller 



