168 CATALOGUE OV 



4. ACANTHASPIS VENATOR. 



Leogorrus venator, Stal, Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 456. 

 Mexico. 



5. ACANTHASPIS IN^QUALIS. 

 Mas. Rufa, elliptic a ; caput prolhoracis lobo antico sat longius ; 

 antenna, pedes alceque anticce nigra ; antennce capite et prnlhorace ad 

 unum multo longiores ; prothoracis lobus anticus nigro bislrigalus; 

 lobus posticus nigro unimaculatus, lobo antico valde longior, angiitis 

 acutis sat prominu/is; scutellum apicem versus spini forme, oblique 

 ascendens ; venter subcarinalus, nigro inlerrupte fasciatus ; femora 

 anlica vix crassa, subtus basi rufescenlia. 



Male. Red, elliptical, shining beneath. Head fusiform, rather longer 

 than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part as long as the post- 

 ocular. Eyes, rostrum except at the base, antenna:, legs and fore wings 

 black. Antennae much longer than the head and the prothorax together; 

 first joint as long us the ante-ocular head; second about thrice as long as 

 the first. Fore lobe hardly more than half as long as the hind lobe, wiih 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 ihe fore border. 

 Hind lobe with a large ihoinboidal black spot which is excavated in front; 

 hind angles acute, 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. 



Antennas seated near the eyes. 



a. Head seen sideways higher in front of the eyes than 



behind them ; middle part between the antenna? 

 compressed, raised ; ocellilerous part not or hardly 

 raised. Ply n us, Stal, Of v. K. Vet. Ah. Fork. 

 xv. 444. ------ inaculicollis. 



b. Head not higher before than behind the eyes, very 



slightly raised lengthwise between the antennae; 

 ocellilerous part raised. 



* Legs of one colour. 



f Legs yellowish or testaceous. - - . bilineolata, sulcipes, petax. 



ff Legs blackish or brownish testaceous. bisbisignata, nugax, vidua, 



obscuia, 4-signata. 



* Legs ringed or spotted. - lugubris, rapida. 



B. Head porrect in front of the eyes, somewhat bent 



towards the tip. Antennae most often distinctly 

 remote from the eyes. Antenniferous tubercles 

 more or less elongated. Mardania, Stal, Ofv. K. 

 Vet. Ah. Fork. xvi. 189. 



