Notes on Amyctcrides. 251) 



ACANTIIOLOPHUS AN(UTS'I'ICOI,IJS, II. sp. 



<? Elongate, ovate; size inoderate. Bhuk ; iiKKlerately doiisely 

 covered with brown subsquamose clothing, the larger apical and 

 lateral elytral tubercles with lighter greyish clothing on the upper 

 surface; abdominal segments with a few gi-eyish setae at sides; 

 femora wi_th grey subapical patch on outer surface, forming an 

 incomplete ring. 



Kostrum somewhat nairower than head, rather strongly concave 

 above, Avith a moderately deep, narrow median impression pos- 

 teriorly; lateral margins strongly angulate in front of middle, 

 sloping anteriorly to apex, and posteriorly to base of supra- 

 ocular crests. Crests simple, broad antero-posteriorly, the upper 

 edge rounded in front, feebly notched above, and produced to a 

 small degree backwards and upwards, the apex somewhat obtusely 

 pointed. Intercristal and oblique ridges somewhat prominent, the 

 basal foveae rather deep. Forehead feebly concave in front. 

 .Scrobes ending far from eyes; a moderately deep groove running 

 from in front of eye, on to side of crest, as far as notch in upper 

 margin. Prothorax (3.5 x 4 mm.) not » greatly transvere, apical 

 margin somewhat feebly emarginate behind eyes, lobes indefinite. 

 Subapical constriction distinct, sub-basal less so. With median 

 and lateral groups of tubercles; intervening spaces somewhat 

 sparsely granulate, median area Avith a narrow^ impression, deepest 

 in middle. Tubercles of median group rather small, slightly elon- 

 gate, about six in number, with three oi' four smaller ones about 

 middle, more outAvardly placed; anterior pair hardly cristiforni, 

 situated in front of subapical constriction, the second pair bridging 

 ■over the constriction. Lateral tubercles triangularly dentiform, 

 broad at base, flattened above, outwardly projecting; a conjoined 

 pair in front of middle and a single one posterior to middle; also 

 a small rounded tubercle anterior to constriction. Ehi:ra (10 x 

 5.5 mm,) gently Avidened posteriorly; disc with three rows of 

 tubercles, the other interstices rather conspicuously granlate. Fii-st 

 row of tubercles about ten in number, the basal ones small rounded, 

 the last three becoming progressively larger and spinose; second 

 roAV Avith about ten, not quite reaching l)ase, running backwards 

 and outAvards and reaching beyond level of first row, the basal 

 tubercles small, becoming progressively larger, the last four or five 

 spiniform, outAvardty directed, the apical tAvo slightly smaller than 

 the immediately antecedent ones, and all smaller than the apical 

 tubercles of the first roAv; third roAv Avith f)-om eight to ten, largest 



