210 ACANTHACLISIS MAC LACHLANI. 



Legs red, spurs red, equalling in length the first tarsal joint. 

 Expanse of wings 67 niM. 



One cT from Staudinger under the name subjacens Wal- 

 ker, with locality ;> Borneo". 

 I did not see the 9- 

 The type is in ray collection. 



Acanthaclisis MacLachlani, n. sp. 



This remarkable species from N. W. Australia differs 

 from the known Australian species conspurcata Gerst., fun- 

 data Wlk. and subtendens Wik. by the fuscous colour of 

 the body, excepted the articulations of the abdomen and 

 some spots on the prothorax which are testaceous and by 

 the dark coloured forewings, where all cross-veinlets are 

 black and bordered with fuscous so that they seem to be 

 transversely striped. 



Antennae short, thickened towards the tip, about as long 

 as head and prothorax taken together, black, with narrow 

 yellowish annulations. 



Face and mouthparts testaceous, last joint of the labial 

 palpi fusiform. 



Tips of mandibles black. Vertex and occiput fuscous, 

 above the insertion of the antennae a transverse greyish 

 stripe. Occiput somewhat inflated, with an indistinct longi- 

 tudinal furrow. Eyes greyish black. 



Prothorax longer than broad, narrower in front. Front 

 border with a slight incision. There are four indistinct 

 testaceous spots, each in a corner of the trapezoid fuscous 

 upperside. The sides are clothed with fuscous, forewards 

 directed, long hairs. 



Mesothorax fuscous, underside less dark coloured, with 

 long whitish villosity, upperside with short fuscous hairs, 

 borders testaceous. Scutellum with 2 round testaceous mark- 

 ings. Insertion of the wings yellow. 



Metathorax fuscous, with testaceous borders and long 

 whitish hairs on the sides. This villosity is directed to the 



Notes Iroiii the Leydeii ISluseum, Vol. X^IV. 



