260 KEDUTIIDiE. 



the tibia3 testaceous ; first joint of rostrum distinctly longer than 

 the second ; first joint of antennae about as long as head : pronotum 

 with the anterior lobe moderately sculptured and deeply centrally 

 foveate on its posterior margin ; posterior lobe obsoletely rugulose, 

 its lateral angles shortly acutely spinous, their apices recurved ; 

 scutellar spiue loug, obliquel}' ascendant. 



Leugtli 25 to 26 millim. 



Hah. Bhutan (Brit. Mus.). JSikhim. Assam ; Sibsagar {Ind. 

 Mus.). East Bengal {CoU. Dist.). 



A specimen in the British Museum, examined by Stal, bears his 

 own label A. qnadristilJaivs, 8tal. 



1089. Acanthaspis bistillata, StSl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1858, p. 443; 

 Beut. Act. Soc. f^c. Fenn. xii, p. 327 (1881) ; Bist. A. M. N. H. 

 (7) X, p. 183 (1902). 

 Acanthaspis pictipes, Walk. Cut. Het. vii, p. 176 (1873). 

 Var. Acanthaspis piciiia, Stal, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 49. 



Black ; corium with a large ochraceous transverse spot behind 

 middle ; apices of femora and the tibia? and tarsi pale sanguineous : 

 connexivum unicolorous ; first joiut of rostrum distinctly louger 

 than the second; first joint of antenna) a little longer than the 

 head ; pronotum with the anterior lobe moderately sculptured, 

 posterior lobe obsoletely rugulose, posterior lateral angles spinously 

 produced and recurved, posterior disk with two short but prominent 

 tubercles ; scutellar spine long, obliquely ascendant. 



Length 22 to 23 mdlim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). Andaman Islands (Jidc 

 lleuter). 



Walker, in his description of his A. 'piciijxs, writes: — "Fore 

 wings with a large round luteous spot near the base." He should 

 have written " near apex." ^taFs A. pkirui, the type of which is 

 in the British Mnseuui, is a varietal form in which the legs have 

 the red markings very obscure. 



1090. Acanthaspis luteipes, JT WA-. Cat. Het. vii, p. 17o (1873). 

 Acantliaspis disciteia, Stal, En. Hem. \\, p. 73 (1874). 



Dull purplish-brown ; head with a spot on each side of ocelli, 

 antenna^, rostrum, a large transverse spot almost crossing corium 

 at inner angle, spots to connexivum above and beneath, disks of 

 meso- and metasterna, abdomen beneath, coxee, trochanters, and 

 legs pale ochraceous : head with a distinct longitudinal incision 

 between eyes ; first joint of auteunte about as long as head ; first 

 joint of rostrum shorter than the second ; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe moderately sculptured aud centralh^ sulcate, posterior 

 lobe very obsoletely rugulose, lateral angles subacutely prominent, 

 posterior disk with two small tubercles ; scutellar spine obliquely 

 ascending. 



Lencrth 17 to 18 millim 



