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width, 32 mm. Hind femora, 6-4 mm. Hind tibia, 7-4 mm. Distance between ocelli, 0-5 mm 

 distance between an ocellus and an eye, 09 mm. 



Body linear. Head with ocelli pale with reddish rim, distance between an ocellus and an eye 

 usually less than twice the distance between two ocelli. Antennae dark brown, with basal 

 portions of first and about two-fifths of apical segment pale. Rostrum approaching hind coxae. 

 Lateral black line extending from posterior margin of eyes up to metapleuron. Disc of pronotum 

 dark brown, with about anterior third pale, smooth brownish black dots on posterior angles 

 present. Legs with fore femoral spines pale, only brownish black at apices, all femora pale, 

 tibiae and tarsi brown. Hemielytra brownish black with prominently pale veins, pale spots at 

 base of membrane pointing anteriorly. Abdomen ventrally pale, unicolourous, with a series of 

 brownish black spots on either side. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum truncate ; 

 posterior margin of pygophore emarginate (Text-fig. 412). 



<J genitalia : Claspers pointed at apices, points knob-like, thicker at base (Text-fig. 413) ; 

 aedeagus with both (dorsal and ventral) pairs of thecal appendages, a single left lateral conjunc- 

 tival appendage flat ; a pair of asymmetrical supporting appendages, left larger and broader, 

 and a dorsal membranous appendage with a terminal pyramid-shaped appendage (Text-fig. 415). 



$. Very similar to male in general appearance and measurements. Posterior margin of 

 seventh abdominal sternum sinuately emarginate (Text-fig. 417). 



$ genitalia : First gonocoxae round at apices, narrow, not covering entire eighth para- 

 tergite (Text-fig. 417) ; two pairs of intervalvular sacs (Text-fig. 420) ; spermatheca more or 

 less tubular, with a very long tube of variable thickness (Text-fig. 414). 



Type material. Holotype^, Sumatra : Tandjong, Morawa, Serdang (B. Hagen), 

 labelled " Cosmoleptus sumatranus det Blote ", Mus. Leiden ; allotype $, data as 

 holotype, Mus. Leiden. 



This species can easily be separated from limbaticollis (Stal) and bakeri sp. n. by 

 the characters of latero-posterior smooth brownish black dots on protoum and by a 

 series of ventro-lateral brownish black spots on uniformly pale venter of abdomen. 

 This species also resembles Lyrnessits genicidatus (Gu^rin) and Stenocoris (Pseudo- 

 leptocorisa) erratica (Blote) in having brownish black hemielytra with prominently 

 pale veins. 



NOLIPH US Stal 

 Noliphns Stal, 1858 : 440, 1873 : 86-87 

 Type-species : Noliphus erythrocephahts Sta.1 by monotypy. 



Body usually robust. Head triangular. Antennae with apices of basal segments slightly 

 thicker. Rostrum long, reaching hind coxae. Pronotal disc trapeziform, posterior angles with 

 strong and curved spines (Text-fig. 6). 



In o\ posterior margin of seventh abdominal tergum truncated, sometimes slightly medially 

 produced (Text-fig. 439), always concealing most of pygophore ; claspers with pointed apices ; 

 aedeagus with both (dorsal and ventral) pairs of thecal appendages, membranous appendage 

 with a long and curved dorsal appendage and usually two pairs of lateral conjunctival append- 

 ages (Text-fig. 441) ; frontal conjunctival and terminal appendages wanting. 



In $, posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternum emarginate, with a median fold (Text- 

 fig. 444) ; first gonocoxae usually large ; intervalvular sacs absent ; spermatheca conical, with 

 a short tube (Text-fig. 443). 



This genus can be separated from other genera of the tribe Noliphini by the strong 

 and curved spines on the posterior angles of the pronotum. 



