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legs, ochraceoLis; sufTusions to slerniim and a sublateral longitu- 

 dinal tascia on eanh side of abdomen h'^neath, piceous-black; first 

 joint ol'antennaî shorler Ihan bead, second joint slightly more than 

 twice as long as tifst and sligbtly longer than tbird; ocelli prominent 

 and ochraceous; rostrnm robust, second joint mucb longer tban 

 the first; pronotuni with the anterior lobe subquadrate, the anterior 

 ani^les prominent but not spinous, centrally finely, linearly 

 impressed, the impression foveately widened on disk, posterior lobe 

 a little shorter and wider than anterior lobe, the latéral angles 

 su])prominent ; scutellum with the margins ridged, a little foveately 

 impressed before apex; membrane reaching the abdominal apex; 

 anterior femora strongly incrassated. 



Length 81/2 mill. 



Hab. : Calcutta. 



Acanthaspis bomtaayensis sp. n. — Black; anIonna\ a 

 discal longitudinal stripe on each side of head at inner margins of 

 eyes and a small quadrate spot at base, posterior lobe of pronotum 

 (excluding its anterior margin), a large spot to corium behind 

 middle, spots to connexivum, rostrum and legs ochraceous; bases 

 and apices of femora more or less black (in the typical spécimen 

 the left side anterior fémur is almost whoUy black); first joint of 

 antennse longly passing apex of head but shorter than the second 

 joint; rostrum robust, basai joint reaching eyes, pronotum with 

 the anterior lobe sculptured and greyishly pilose, the anterior 

 angles very shortly conically prominent, the posterior lobe somew- 

 hat transversely lugulose, the posterior latéral angles shortly 

 spinously produced, Ihe spines directed backward ; scutellum with 

 a long obliquely erect spine the apex of which is ochraceous; 

 membrane reaching the abdominal apex; body beneath and legs 

 longly greyishly pilose; the spongy furrow to the anterior tibiae a 

 little more than one third their length. 



Length 13 mill. 



Hab. : Bombay Prov.; Igatpuri, W. Ghats. 



Allied to A. concinnwZa Stâl. 



Scadra militaris sp. n. — Sanguineous ; first and second joints 

 ofantenna?, apex of head above, scutellum, a broad longitudinal claval 

 sti'eak, membrane, head beneath, rostrum, sternum and legs black; 

 abdomen beneath sanguineous, with a broad sublateral fascia on 

 each side of disk, black, this fascia is narrowed posteriorly and 

 does not reach the abdominal apex; antennœ with the basai joint 

 a little shorter than head and considerablv shorter than second 



