HEMIPTERA HETKKUPTEKA. 117 



2." ACANTHOCORIS GRANULOSUS. 



granulosus, Synt. Arch. Ent. ii. 304. StaL, Hem. Afr. ii. 54. 

 Gabon. 



3. ACANTHOCORIS TIBIALIS, 



tibialis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. Swe Ser. viii. 947. Stal, Ilcm. Afr. ii. 54. 

 CaftVaiia. Madagascar. 



4. ACANTHOCORIS SPINOSUS. 



spinosus, Sgnt. Arch. Enl. ii. 304. Sial, Hem. Afr. ii. .05. 

 Old Calabar. 



5. ACANTHOCORIS GRAN'OSUS. 



Pliysomerus fjranosus, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork.. 1855, 29 — Acaiitiiocoris 

 granosus, .SVu/, Hem. Afr. ii. 55. 



a, b. Natal. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



(l. ACANTHOCORIS OBSCU RICORN IS, C. lf..j](). 



roluntlatus, %/(/. Arch. Enl. ii. 303. 



a. Sierra Leoue. Preseuled liy the llev. D. F. .Morf^an. 



7. ACANTHOCOIUS FASCICHLATUS, C. II. 5 1(). 



a — n. St)utl) Africa. Presented by Sir .\. Sinitli. 

 o. Soulb Africa. Presented by Ii.' Tiiuieu, Esu. 



8. AcANTHOCORrS TARSALIS. 



Mas. Niger; prnl/mra.v suhlnhcrciilatnx, laleriluis dcntath pnsdce 

 dildtalis el. rotuvdatis, migulis pnsticis ob/iisis imn. pruuuiiulis ; 

 scnlellum cnrinatum ; tibue fwstictt fulvn bigullal<r ; Ijirsi fiilri. 

 Var. /y. — Fcrriigineus ; anlennce futrw, nrlicnlo 4o jiicco basi 

 rufesctnle. 



Male. Black. Head willi a very sbort spine on the outer side of each 

 antenniferous tubercle. First joint of ibe anlennaj stouter than tlie second 

 and than ibe third, which it equals in length; fourth much shorter than 

 the third. Prothorax slifjhtly tuberculate, dentate alonjj^ each side, of 

 which the hinder half is dilated and rounded; hind an;,rles obtuse, not 

 jironiinent. Scutellum distinctly keeled towards tlie tip. Connexivum 

 appearin": beyond the costa of the fore wiiips. Femora and tibi;e tubercu- 

 late. Hind femora much incrassaled. Tibite slir^htly dilaied. Hind 

 tibitB dentate beneath; a tawny S[iol on each side near the base. Hind 

 taisi tawny. Membrane of tlie fore wings with irregular veins and 



