574 CATALOGUE OF 



broad testaceous band between the horns, which are as long as the inter- 

 mediate breadth and are broad and linear from the base to near the tips, 

 where they are black, dilated and recurved. Sculellum less than half the 

 length of the abdomen. Pectoral keel pale testaceous, extending to the 

 head. Abdomen ferruginous, pale testaceous along each side, black at the 

 tip; under side with a pale testaceous stripe ; ventral spine pale testaceous, 

 lanceolate. Legs slender, pale testaceous. Fore wings pale testaceous 

 towards the base and along the hind border, and with a large pale testaceous 

 apical spot which extends to the costa ; membrane brown. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



ACANTHOSOMA NIGEICORNIS. 



Fulva, longi-ovalis, aspere et sparse punctata, subtus teslacea ; caput suh- 

 acuium, transverse striatum, laleribus reflexis ; rostrum coxas inler- 

 medias attingens ; antenna nigrce, basi fulvce ; thorax cormibus nigris 

 hmgis robustis perparuui recwvis apice subrolundatis ; scutellum 

 vix carinatian, apice altenimtum ; abdomen apicem versus nigrum; 

 pedes testacei ; alw anticce villa coslaii apicem %-ersus dilatata mem- 

 branaque ftiscis. 



Tawny, elongate-oval, roughly and thinly punctured, testaceous be- 

 neath. Head slightly acute, transversely and finely striated; sides reflexed. 

 Eyes piceous, nut prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxse ; tip 

 black. Antennae black, slender; first and second joints tawny; first ex- 

 lending much beyond the front of the head ; second a little longer than the 

 third ; fourth longer than the second and than the fifth. Thorax with a 

 transverse callus on each side in front; horns black, stout, shorter than the 

 intermediate breadth, very slightly curved backward, tapering from the base 

 to the tips, which are slightly rounded. Scutellum very slightly keeled, 

 less than half the length of the abdomen, much attenuated at the tip, which 

 is rounded. Pectoral keel deep, extending to the head. Abdomen black 

 towards the tip above; ventral spine extending to the middle coxse. Legs 

 testaceous, slender. Fore wings with a brown costal stripe, which widens 

 towards the tip; membrane brown. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Page 401. 

 Genus DITOMOTARSUS. 



Ditomotarsus, Spin. Faune Chili, 127. 



DiTOMOTARSUS GaYI. 



Gayi, Spin. Faune Chili, 127, pi. I, f. 8. Sign. A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iii. 

 549 — puuctiventris. Spin. Faune Chili, 129, pi. 1, f. 9 — Ruscova 

 sanguineiventris? Stal, Kongl. Vet. Ak. Forh. xv. 437. 



Chili. 



