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16, ACANTHOSOMA BINOTATA. 



Teslacea^lonyi-ovata^fusco punctata ; caput clongatum, antice glabrum ; 

 antennce gracites, corporis dimidio brcviores ; thorax fascia glabra 

 antice testaceo pallida marginata, vitta latcrihnsque pallide tesiaceis, 

 spinis longis subreciirris ; scutelliim testaceo pallido univitlalum, 

 plagis duabun later alib us apicegne fuscis ; venter fusco macidariter 

 bivittaltts, spina co.xas niedias atlingente ; alee anliccc macula pallide 

 iestacea fusco manjinata. 



Testaceous, e]oiis:ate-oval, rouglily punctuved ; punctures brown. 

 Head elongate, smooth in front; middle lobe hardly extending beyond 

 tlie lateral lobes. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa? ; lip black. An- 

 tenntc slender, less than half the length of the body ; joints successively 

 increasing in length ; first extending a little in front of the head. Thorax 

 in front with a smooth band, of which the fore bonier is a curved pale tes- 

 taceous line ; sides and a slender stripe also pale testaceous ; hind angles 

 forming two long acute slightly recurved spines. Scutellum with a slender 

 pale testaceous stripe, on each side of which there is a brown patch; tip 

 also brown. Pectoral keel well developed. Abdomen beneath slightly 

 keeled, with two incom])lete macular brown stripes; spine extending to the 

 middle coxse. Fore wings clouded with brown around a smooth transverse 

 pale testaceous spot in the disk ; membrane cinereous. Length of the 

 body d\ lines. 



It has most affinity to A. punctata, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the spines of the thorax. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



17. AcANTHOSOMA ASPEKA. 



Teslacea, longi-ovnta, nigra punctata ; caput elongatum, labo medio lobox 

 lalerules perpaullo superanle ; thorax spinis duabus rufis longis 

 validis vix recurvis ; twnler subcarinatus, coxas medias altingcns- ; 

 pedes sal graciles ; ntembrana cinerea. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured ; punctures 

 mostly black. Head elongate; middle lobe extending very little beyond 

 the lateral lobes, llostrum extending a little beyond the hind coxa;; tip 

 black. Antennae slender, a little more than half the length of the body ; 

 first joint extending a little beyond the front of the head ; second as long 

 as the third ; fourth a little shorter than the third ; fifth black, testaceous 

 towards the base, shorter than the fourth. Hind angles of the thorax 

 forming two red long stout acute very slightly recurved and ascending 

 S})ines. Pectoral keel much developed. Abdomen beneath slightly keeled ; 

 spine extending to the middle coxie. Legs rather slender. Membrane of 

 the fore wings cinereous. Length of the body 4h Hues. 



It has most affinity to A. umgntlata, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the much broader thoracic spines. 



a. N. Hindostan. From Cap!. Buys' collcctiou. 



