ACANTHASPIS. 



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piceoiis, apex of apical spiue luteous ; heinelytra much mottled 



with fuscous, the venation 

 and transverse vein-like mark- 

 ings to corium luteous ; mem- 

 brane with the basal venation 

 fuscous, the apical luteous ; 

 connexivum above and beneath 

 spotted with black ; body be- 

 neath black ; apices of coxte 

 and legs ]mle ochraceous, 

 annulated with piceous ; 

 rostrum with the base of first 

 joint and apex of second 

 piceous ; rostrum with the 

 first and second joints sub- 

 equal in length ; first joint 

 of antennce about as long as 



¥\g. 170. ~ Acanthasjjis serieafa. head. 



Length IG to 20 millim. 

 Bab. Ceylon; Maskeliya (6r/'^(S/i). 



b. First joint of rostrum a little loiujer than second. 

 ]087. Acanthaspis subrufa, Di^t. A. M. N. II. (7) xi, p. 354 (1903). 



Black ; posterior lobe of pronotum, a large spot before apex of 

 corium (extending from lateral to apical margins), connexivum, 

 rostrum, legs, and lateral margins of abdomen reddish-ochraceous ; 

 rostrum with the first joint a little longer than the second ; an- 

 terior pronotal lobe strongly sculptured, posterior lobe with two 

 strong ascendant spines near posterior margin, and the lateral 

 angles strongly spinously produced, the spines directed a little 

 backward ; scutellar spine long, laterally produced ; auteunte 

 mutilated. 



Length 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles <> millim. 



Hah. Bangalore {Atl-inson Coll., Brit. Mhs.). 



B. Posterior lot/e of pronotum urlth ttuo short hut prominent 

 discal tubercles. 



a. Pronotum unicolorous, unsp)Otted. 



loss. Acauthaspis fulvipes, Dull. (Platymeiis) Tr. Ent. Soc. 1850, 

 p. (i, pi. ii, f. 3; Stdl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 49; Dist. 

 A. 31 N. H. (7) X, p. 183 (1902). 

 Acanthaspis quadrinotata, Walk. Cat. Ilet. vii, p. 175 (1873). 

 Acanthaspis quadristillatus, Stdl, MS. 



Piceous ; antennae, a spot behind each eye on side of ocelli, 

 rostrum, legs, and central disk of abdomen reddish-brown ; a basal 

 spot and large transverse spot behind middle of corium, and spots 

 to connexivum above and beneath, ochraceous ; apices of femora and 



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