ACANTHASPIS. 2G3 



connexivum, legs aud second joint of rostrum reddish-ochraceous ; 

 large spots to connexivum and apex of abdomen above piceous- 

 black ; basal areas of femora piceous-brown : antennae (excluding 

 basal joint) pale brownish ; pronotum with the lateral angles 

 spinous]}- prominent, the angles slightly directed backward ; 

 posterior pronotal lobe faintly centrally suloate, posterior disk 

 with two short but prominent tubercles, apex of scutellum strongly 

 spinously produced and obliquely erect ; head distinctly sulcate 

 between the eyes ; first and second joints of rostrum subequal in 

 length. 



Length 21 ; breadth between pronotal angles G^ to 7 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Bhamo, Teinzo (Feci). 



1097. Acanthaspis gulo, StSl, A72n. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. .W. 



Black; head, pronotum, corium, and connexivum above and 

 beneath pale sanguineous ; a spot on head at area of ocelli, three 

 fasciate spots anteriorly confluent on posterior lobe of pronotum. 

 posterior pronotal margin, scutellum (excluding apex of apical 

 spine), clavus, a large subclaval spot extending to base of mem- 

 brane, and apex of corium, membrane, and body beneath black or 

 piceous ; rostrum with the first and second joints subequal in 

 length : first joint of antennte about as long as head ; pronotum 

 with the anterior lobe strongly sculptured, posterior lobe rugulose. 

 finely centrally sulcate, lateral angles prominently spinous, their 

 apices recurved, posterior disk with two short but distinct 

 tubercles ; scutellar spine obliquely ascendant, black, with its apex 

 reddish. 



Var. Apices of femoi'a and the tibia^ and tarsi pale sanguineous. 



Length 17 to 20 millim. 



Ifab. Sylhet {^Stockholm Mus.). Tavoy {Coll. i)?>^.).— Malay 

 Peninsula. 



h. Apices of femora and tihice picilely coloured. 

 1098. Acanthaspis helluo, .SY«/, A^m. Sue. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 50. 



Black ; lateral angles of pronotum and two spots between them, 

 base and a transverse subarcuated spot beyond middle of corium, 

 spots to connexivum above and beneath, apices of femora and 

 tibiae and the tarsi pale sanguineous ; first and second joints of 

 rostrum subequal in length ; first joint of antennae a little longer 

 than head ; pronotum with the anterior lobe moderately sculptured, 

 posterior lobe almost smooth, the lateral angles subspinousl}- 

 produced, their apices slightly recurved, posterior disk with two 

 short but distinct tubercles ; scutellar spine long and obliquely 

 ascendant. 



Length 20 to 22 millim. 



Hah. ^j]het (Brit. Mus.). Assam; Khasi Hills (C7ie»7ieZZ), ISTaga. 

 Hills {Doherty). 



