396 ■ CATALOGUE OF 



18. ACANTHOSOMA TBUNCATULA. 



Teslacea, lata, subovata, rude punctata ; caput ItEve, lolo medio lobos 

 laterales perpaullo superante ; antcnnee graciles, corporis dimidio non 

 longiores; thorax fascia antica glabra, vilta tenui pallida, cornubus 

 duobus longis validis vix acutis ; venter glaber, subcarinatus, spina 

 coxas medias attingente ; membrana cinerea. 



Testaceous, broad, nearly oval, roughly punctured. Head mostly 

 smooth ; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxas; tip black, Anteniise slender, about 

 half the length of the body; first joint extendiuj;: beyond the front of the 

 head; second as long as the third. Thorax with a smooth band in front, 

 and with a slender paler stripe ; hind angles forming two long stout hardly 

 acute directly diverging horns. Pectoral keel well developed. Abdomen 

 beneath smooth, slightly keeled ; spine extending to the middle coxa?. 

 Legs rather slender. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous. Length of 

 the body 3 lines. 

 a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



China. 



19. ACANTHOSOMA NUBILA, C.H.SOo. 



a—c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowriug, Esq. 



Australia. 



20. ACANTHOSOMA NOTATA, C. H. 310. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



21. AcANTHOSOMA COENUTA. 



Acanthosoma (Sastragala) cornutum, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. 193, 

 pi. 19, f. 6. 



Bootan. 



22. ACANTHOSOIVIA LINKATA. 



Acanthosoma (Sastragala) linealum, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. 194. 

 Bootan. 



23. Acanthosoma subducta. 



Pallide testacea, longi-ovata, vage punctata ; caput elongatum, glabrum, 

 lobo inedio lobos lattrules perpaullo superante; antennce graciles, 

 corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax antice glaber, fascia poslica tenui 

 nigra, spinis duabus nigris attenualis ; svulellum macula fusco mar' 

 ginata, tinea apiceque luteis ; venter subcarinatus, spina coxas medias 

 attingente; alee anlicce vitta subcostali nigra interrupta, membrana 

 pallide cinerea. 



Pale testaceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured. Head 

 elongate, smooth ; middle lobe extending very Utile beyond the lateral 



