168 CATALOGUE OF 
4. ACANTHASPIS VENATOR. 
Leogorrus venator, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii, 456. 
Mexico. 
5. ACANTHASPIS INZQUALIS. 
Mas. Rufa, elliplica; caput prothoracis lobo antico sat longius; 
antenna, pedes uleque antice nigra ; antenne capite et prothorace ad 
unum multo longiores ; prothoracis lobus anticus nigro bistrigatus ; 
lobus posticus nigro unimaculatus, lobo antico valde longior, angulis 
aculis sat prominulis; scutellum apicem versus spiniforme, oblique 
ascendens ; venter subcarinalus, nigro inlerruple fasciatus; femora 
antica via crassa, subtus basi rufescentia. 
Male. Red, elliptical, shining beneath. Head fusiform, rather longer 
than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part as long as the poste 
ocular. Eyes, rostrum except at the base, antenne, legs and fore wings 
black. Antenne much longer than the head and the prothorax together; 
first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second about thrice as long as 
the first. Fore lobe hardly more than half as long as the hind lobe, with a 
tubercle on each side of the disk and with a black streak along each side; 
an acute and prominent black tubercle on each side of the fore border. 
Hind lobe with a large rhomboidal black spot which is excavated in front ; 
hind angles acuie, rather prominent. Scutellum ending in an obliquely 
ascending spine. Abdomen beneath slightly keeled and with slender black 
interrupted bands. Fore femora hardly thickened, reddish beneath towards 
the base. Length of the body 6} lines. 
a. Brazil. From Mr. Vigors’ collection. 
Africa. 
Synopsis of species by Prof. Stal. 
A. Head distinctly bent downward before the eyes. 
Antenne seated near the eyes. 
a. Head seen sideways higher in front of the eyes than 
behind them; middle part between the antenne 
comnpressed, raised; ocelliferous part not or hardly 
raised. Plynus, Stal, oe K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 
xv. 444. - - — maculicollis. 
b. Head not higher before hae behind the eyes, very 
slightly raised lengthwise between the antenne ; 
ocelliferous part raised. 
* Legs of one colour. 
+ Legs yellowish or testaceous. - ° bilineolata, sulcipes, petax. 
t+ Legs blackish or brownish testaceous. bisbisignata, nugax, vidua, 
obscura, 4-siznata. 
* Legs ringed or spotted. > - - lugubris, rapida. 
B. Head porrect in frunt of the eyes, somewhat bent 
towards the tip. Antenne most often distinctly 
renote from the eyes. Antenniferous tubercles 
more or less elongated. Mardania, Stal, Ofv. K. 
Vet. Ak, Fork, xvi. 189. 
