ON SOME LYRA MORPH A -SPECIES. 



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NOTE IV. 



OBSERVATIONS ON SOME SPECIES OF THE 

 GENUS LYRAMORPHA WESTW. 



(Hemiptera Heteroptera) 



BY 



Dr. H. SCHOUTEDEN. 



(With 2 figures). 



1. Lyramorplia pallida Westvvood and L. rosea Westwood. 



In his » Catalogue of Hemiptera in the Collection of 

 the Rev. W. F. Hope", part I, London 1837, Westvvood 

 founded the genus Lyramorplia, with two species, L. rosea 

 and L. pallida, both from New Holland. 



The descriptions of these species are as follows : 



L. rosea Hope [= Westwood]. — Supra cum pedibus et 

 antennis rosea, marginibus thoracis et hemelytrorum seneis, 

 thoracis margine antico pallido; corpore subtus virescenti 

 luteo. — Long. Corp. Lin. 11. 



L. pallida Hope [= Westwood]. — Griseo lutescens, 

 thorace et hemelytrorum corio interdum virescenti tincto 

 margine tenui roseo, hujus apicibus puncto sublaterali albo ; 

 corpore subtus cum pedibus et antennis pallidis. — Long. 

 Corp. Lin. 10'/ 2 . 



From the diagnosis of the genus is to be seen that 

 the antennEe are four-jointed. 



These specific descriptions, although very concise, appear 

 to represent two distinct species. Now, in the »Euumeratio 

 Hemipterorum", part I, published in 1870, Stal mentions 

 L. pallida only as a synonym of L. rosea ; it does not 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XXX. 



