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c. Pronotum with the anterior and posterior lobes differentli/ coloured. 



1107. Acanthaspis divisicoUis, Walk. (IJeduvius) Cat. lid. vii, 

 p. 197 (1873) ; Bist. A. M. iV. K. (7) x, p. 185 (1902). 



Body slender; head, anterior lobe of pronotum, and base of 

 scutelluin olivaceous-black ; posterior lobe of pronotum, scutellum 

 (excluding base), corium, abdomen above, rostrum, trochanters, 

 body beneath, and femora dull purplish-i^ed ; tibiae and tarsi 

 piceous : anterior and lateral margins of sternum somewhat 

 olivaceous ; membrane with the basal area shining black, narrowly 

 outwardly margined with ochraceous, its apical area fuscous, veins 

 ochraceous at base ; rostrum with the first joint a little longer 

 than second; antenna? mutilated in typical specimen; auterior 

 lobe of pronotum strongly sculptured, posterior lobe transversely 

 rugose, lateral angles moderately, tuberculously, obtusely promi- 

 nent ; scutellar spine obliquely erect ; body and legs longly pilose ; 

 corium sericeous. 



Length 15| millim. 



Hab. Ceylon {Templeton, Brit. Mtis.). 



IIOS. Acanthaspis concinnula, Sfal, Ami. Sue. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 51. 



Black, longly pilose; antenntc, posterior lobe of pronotum, 

 corium, margin of abdomen, and legs stramineous ; apex of first 

 joint of antennae, centre and apex of second joint, base, apex, a 

 medial line and interior margin to corium, small marginal spots to 

 abdomen, bases and apices of femora, bases, apices, and anuulation 

 to tibia:, black ; head subincrassate ; first joint of antenna; a little 

 shorter than head ; lateral angles to posterior lobe of pronotum 

 acute, slightly recurved ; scutellar spine subreflexed. 



Length 9 to 10 millim. 



Hab. Deccan {StocIcJiohn j\Ius.). Burma ; Eangoon, Karennee, 

 Palon, Teinzo (Fea). 



The Burmese specimens, which I recognize as a varietal form of 

 this species, have the disk of the abdomen beneath stramineous ; 

 the autennae are sometimes unicolorous, sometimes as described 

 above. 



1109. Acanthaspis fusconigra, Dohm, Stett. cut. Zeit. xxi, p. 407 

 (1860) ; Stid, En. Hem. iv, p. 71 (1874). 



"Dilutely fuscous; head and thorax marked with black ; pro- 

 notal lateral angles acutely spinous ; internal margin of corium 

 and the membrane obscure fuscous ; beneath piceous, pilose ; 

 abdomen carinate, margin pale spotted with fuscous-testaceous ; 

 legs palely testaceous-fuscous, femora striated with fuscous, tibiae 

 annulated with fuscous ; antennae palely fuscous-testaceous : 

 rostrum fuscous, base and apex palely testaceous." {Dohm.) 



Length 1 1 millim. 



Hab. Cevlon. 



