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and scLitellum remotely, corium densely blackly punctate ; the 

 last three joints of the antennae infnscated ; lateral angles of the 

 pronotum "coralline," obtusely subcallous ; membrane subhyaline; 

 abdomen above weakly ferruginous, connexivum with the extreme 

 segmental apical angles black ; abdomen strongly carinate, basal 

 spine long, almost reaching the anterior coxae ; sixth abdominal 

 segment profoundly angulate-emarginate, the emargination in the 

 male nearly reaching the middle of the abdomen ; rostrum not 

 extending beyond the intermediate cox», its apex black. 



Length 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles 7g millini. 



Hah. Western Himalayas {Nat. Mus. Budapest). 



I have not seen this species. 



.")] ] . Acanthosoma singhalense, sp. ii. 



Pale greenish-ochraceous, somewhat coarsely punctate ; apices 

 of the pronotal angles, a small elongate spot on each side of the 

 scutellum a little before apex, a small spot at interior apical angle 

 and a larger spot at outer apical angle of corium, dark castaneous ; 

 anterior disk of scutellum, clavus, and apical margin of corium 

 very pale castaneous ; membrane pale hyaline, with a large 

 castancons spot on each lateral margin : body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous ; antenna; olivaceous, the last joint a litlle infnscated. 



Length 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Coll. Dist.). 



512. Acanthosoma forfex, X'rt//. List Hem. i, p. .30s (Ls.51); Bist 

 Sec. Yarka?id Miss., Rhynch. p. 7 (1879). 



Elongate, above pale olive-green, rather densely and stroucly 

 blackly punctate ; head })ale, with a few hue black punctures, the 

 central lobe a little longer than the lateral lobes ; pronotum ^itli 

 the lateral angles prominent and obtusely spinous, the lateral 

 margins and angles reddish-brown ; scutellum with the disk 

 reddish-brown and with a central pale levigate line ; membrane 

 transparent, brownish : body beneath greenish or ochraceous tinted 

 with red ; abdomen centrally obtusely ridged ; sexual organs greatly 

 developed in the male, the lateral processes produced into two 

 long curved spines, with a small brush of hairs at their apices and 

 nearly as long as the abdomen ; antennae pale yellowish-green, 

 becoming brown towards the apex. 



Length 12| ; breadth between pronotal angles Qh millim. 



Hah. Punjab ; Murree {StoUczl-a). 



AcantJiosoma immunda, Walk. Cat. Het. iii, p. 573 (1868), 

 recorded as from India, is a very doubtful species, of which the 

 type is reported to be in the National Museum, Melbourne. 

 From the description it certainly does not appear to belouo- to 

 the S'enus AcantJiosoma. 



