ACANTHASPIS. 



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other and better specimeus which enable me to locate it iu the 

 genus Aeanthasjil.'^, from which by the short basal joint of the 

 antennae and the broadly sulcated posterior lobe of the pronotmn 

 It appears somewhat divergent. In the former (antennal^ clia- 

 racter, it is, however, allied to A. higuttula, Stal (vol. ii, p.' 272), 

 near which it may be placed and from the description of which it 

 difters by the annulated legs, different markings of the corium, 

 larger size, &c. I have now figured the species to prevent any 

 Ci)nfu.sion. Mr. Maxwell Lefroy has sent me specimens from 

 1 usa, Bengal, which were " taken at light." 



Dr. Annaudale lias kindly let me see an immature $ specimen 

 he described as F/u/sorJu/Hrhus coprohxjns. It apparentlv belon"-s 

 to the subfam. Acanthaspidiuic, to the genus Acanfhas^d.s, and 

 most probably represents A. magasjjila, AValk. 



ACANTHASPIS sp. 



Physorhynchus coprolo<,au-j, Annand. Mem. Amit. Sue. Bene, i y, •>14 

 pi. xi, f. 3 (1906). "^ ' ^ ■ " ' 



Body dull black, finely and obscurely pilose; antennae, rostrum, 

 tibia?, and tarsi ferruginous ; femora black ; head with the ante- 

 ocular part not or scarcely longer than the postocular ; antennge 

 with the first joint a little shorter than head ; rostrum with the 

 first aud second joints subequal in length ; pronotum with the 

 anterior section longer than the posterior; anterior tibiic with an 

 apical spongy furrow. 



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111. — Acanthasph sp. 

 Length 16 millim. 



Hah. _S. India ; Eam;iii;id (Aanandahi). 



" A single specimen taken at Eamanad in a manure-heap in a 

 {Dr. Annaudale.) 



carden.' 



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