262 REDTJVIID.E. 



c. Pronotum palely marhed or spotted, 

 a. Legs entirely, or almost, unicolorous. 



1094. Acanthaspis flavipes, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 185o, p. 187 ; 



lieut. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xii, p. 325 (1881). 

 Acanthaspis quiuquespinosa, var. flavipes, Stal, En. Hem. iv, p. 72 



Var. Acanthaspis gemiiiata, lieut. Act. Soc. Sc. Femi. xii, p. 325 

 (1881). 



Piceous or chocolate-brown ; antennae, posterior ai'ea and 

 lateral angles of pronotum, basal angles and a large transverse spot 

 beyond middle of corium, spots to connexiviim above and beneath, 

 rostrum, legs, central ridge to abdomen, and apex of scutellar 

 spine luteous ; rostrum with the first and second joints subequal 

 in length ; first joint of antennae about as long as head ; pronotum 

 with the anterior lobe strongly sculptured, the posterior lobe 

 rugulose, lateral angles spinously produced and recurved, posterior 

 disk with two distinct and prominent tubercles ; scutellar spine 

 obliquely ascendant. 



Var. The luteous area of the posterior pronotal lobe broken up 

 into four spots. 



Length 15^ to 16 millim. 



Hah. Hind {Coll. Dist.). Himalayas (Jide Renter). Bombay 

 {Coll. Dist.). 



1095. Acanthaspis angularis, >stal, Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1859, p. 188 ; 



Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) x, p. 184 (1902). 

 Acanthaspis dubius, Walk. Cat. Het. vii, p. 177 (1873). 

 Vur. Acanthaspis lielluo, Kirbi/ {nee Stal), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. 

 x.xiv, p. 114 (1891). 



Piceous, or piceous-brovvn, lateral posterior angular areas of 

 pronotum, a large transverse spot beyond middle of coritim, spots 

 to connexivum above and beneath, and legs ochraceous or luteous ; 

 first and second joints of rostrum subequal in length, first joint of 

 antennae about as long as head ; pronotum with the disk sulcate, 

 anterior lobe strongly sculptured, hind lobe posteriorly finely 

 rugulose, lateral angles spinously produced and recurved ; scutellar 

 spine obliquely ascendant and recurved. 



Var. Corium with a luteous spot at base. 



Length 15 to 17| millim. 



Hah. Bombay {Leith). Madras {Coll. Dist.). Ceylon; Pera- 

 deaiya, Chilaw {Green). 



1096. Acanthaspis vincta, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behj. 1903, p. 57. 



Piceous-blaek ; basal joint of antennas, the lateral angular areas 

 and two central basal spots to pronotum, basal angle, and a large 

 spot near inner angle of corium reaching lateral margin and also 

 the basal margin of membrane, upper surface of abdomen and 



