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Acanthaspis succinea sp. n. — Head, pronotam, scutellum 

 and sternum piceous; clavus, a clavul marginal fascia to corium, 

 not reaching base, membrane aud ubiomen beneath brownish- 

 piceoQâ; latéral angles to pronotum, corium, large quadrate spots 

 to connexivum, above and beneath, and the legs ochraceous; a 

 subbasal spot and apical angle to corium, and a subapical annu- 

 lation to femora, piceous; antennse duU ochraceous, the apical 

 joints brownish; rostrum — excluding basai joint — castaneous. 

 Posterior lobe of pronotum rugulose, centrally sulcate, latéral 

 angles obtusely subprominent; head sulcate betwean the eyes; 

 apex of scutellum moderately, spinously, obliquely erect. 



Long. 18 mill. Exp. pronot. angl. 5 1/2 mill. 



Hab. : Burma; Minhla (Fea). 



Acanthaspis inscriptasp. n. — Head, pronotum, scutellum, 

 antennœ, rostrum, and legs ochraceous; second, third and fourth 

 joints of antennœ fuscous; eyes, a transverse impression between 

 them, a spot on disk of head, and its constricted base laterally 

 connected wilh eyes, base of first joint of rostrum and apices of 

 second and third joints, black ; two small spots on anterior margin 

 of pronotum, the transverse constriction, and a spot near each 

 latéral a;ngle, black; scutellum with a black central basai spot; 

 corium piceous-brown, its outer and apical areas black, base of 

 latéral margin, and a large irregular Iransverse spot near apex 

 pale ochraceous; membrane piceous-brown, black at basai angle; 

 connexivum above and beneath ochraceous, spotted with black; 

 body beneath ochraceous; a central fascia to head beneath, coxse, 

 trochanters, irregular Unes and spots to sternum, and posterior 

 segmentai margins to abdomen, black, 



Anterior lobe of pronotum strongly sculptured, posterior lobe 

 finely granulate, the latéral angles produced in short tubercular 

 spines slightly directed upward; scutellar spine well developed and 

 obliquely erect; body moderately pilose, legs strongly pilose. 



Long. 11 mill. Exp. pronot. angl. 3 mill. 



Hab. : Ceylon; Kandy (E. E. Green). 



Allied to A. lineatipes Reut. 



Velitra maculata sp. n. — Brownish-piceous; base of first 

 joint, and second joint, excluding apex, of antenna3, bases of second 

 and third joints of rostrum, five transverse basai spots — sometimes 

 obscure — to posterior lobe of pronotum, a subbasal and discal 

 spot to corium — the second largest and emarginate, sometimes 

 some small claval and subclaval spots, spots to connexivum above 

 and beneath, basai and subapical annulations to femora and tlbiae, 

 and the tarsi, pale ochraceous. Disk of pronotum centrally, 



