iiKMirxEHA hetehoptera 397 



lobes. Rostrum extendinp; to the liiiul coxtc ; tip lilack. Aiitcnntc slciuler, 

 a Utile more than half the length of ilic body ; iiisi juinl c.vtendin<r niuth' 

 beyond the front of the head; second lon<,'er liiaii the third. 'I'horax 

 mostly smooth in front, wilh a slendir black band between the hind 

 angles, which form two black lonf,^ slender directly divcrginj^ s|)ines. 

 Scutellum with a large liiteous discal spot, wliich is srigbliy bordered witli 

 brown and emits a line to the lip, the latter also luteous." Pectoral keel 

 deep. Abdomen beneath slightly keeled ; spine extending to the middle 

 coxiE. Fore wings wilh a black irregular interrupted subcostal stripe; 

 membrane pale cinereous. Length of the body 02 lines. 



Very closely allied to A. notala ; the spines of the thorax arc some- 

 what more slender. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



24. ACANTHOSOMA DKLICATULA. 



Lulca, elliptica, nigra punctata ; caput longhuculain, lobo medio lobos 

 UUemles paullo siiperanlc ; roalrum scijmentum venlrale 2um atlingcns ; 

 anlennm gracillimce, a/jice nigra:, corpore briviorcs ; thorax unlice 

 subrugulosus, s/nnis duabus acutis brevisHviis ; scuttltittn fuscum, 

 lituris du'ibus basalibus luteis, apice pallide Intro; venter caiiiiatiif, 

 spina brevi ; aUc antica apices versus nigrcc, callo subcostali luteo. 



Luteous, elliptical, roughly punctured, testaceous beneath; punctures 

 black. Head elongate ; the punctures mostly forming two stripes; middle 

 lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rislrum extending to 

 the hind border of the second ventral segment; tip black. Antenna; very 

 slender, much more than half the length of the body; first joint ex- 

 tending much beyond the front of the head; second much longer than 

 the third; fourth nearly as long as the third; fifth black e.\cept 

 at the base, shorter than the fourth. Thoi'ax less thickly pitnctured 

 and slightly rugulose in front; hind angles forming two acute very 

 short spines. Scutellum brown, pale luteous towards the tip, with a 

 luteous mark on each side at the base. Pectoral keel extending beyond 

 the fore coxte, deeper near its lip. Abdomen keeled beneath; spine short. 

 Legs slender. Fore wings black along the exterior part of the costa; a 

 subcostal callus near the tip; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



a. Tondano. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Australia 



25. AcANTHOSOMA LINEA, C. H. 308. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



26. ACANTIIOSOMA PLACIDA. 



Pallide viridi-testacea, elliplica, dense punctata ; caput longinxculum, lobo 

 medio lobos luierales perpanllo superante ; antenntc ruJ(S, corporis 

 dimidio non longiorcs : thorax fasrid aniica glabra abbrevitila, fascia 

 poslica purpurco-rufa, angulis posticis obtasis ; venter oehraccus, 

 spina cosCas posticas atlingenle ; uhc antica: costa vitt'iqac postica 

 pnrpureo-rujis, membrana linipida. 



