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with the nerves at irregular intervals, and sparingly spotted 

 with brown. Sternum pale luteous, punctured, the punctures 

 brownish ; near the base of the first and second pair of legs is 

 a small black spot. Legs luteous, spotted with black. Thighs 

 not thickly spotted ; the larger spots on the sides run some- 

 what in longitudinal rows. Tibial more thickly and finely 

 spotted. Tarsi yellow. Claws yellow at the base ; apex 

 black. 



Abdomen above black or with a faint purple tinge; beneath 

 luteous, with a few black punctures on each segment ; diago- 

 nally from the spiracles and in the direction of the posterior 

 margin of each segment is a small black spot. Connexivum 

 above luteous, black-punctured beneath, the margin narrowly 

 black ; exterior angle of each segment brownish yellow. 



Length 6 lines. 



Genus AcANTHOSOMA, Curtis. 



Acanthosoma scutellata. 



Head and the anterior portion of the pronotum pale brownish 

 ochraceous ; hinder angles of the latter slightly recurved, 

 black ; apex obtuse. Scutellum with a large ochraceous or pale 

 brownish ochraceous patch in the centre. Elytra : $ dusky 

 luteous, anterior margin green ; ? brown, anterior margin 

 pale yellow. 



Head narrowed in front, pale brownish ochraceous. Face : 

 side lobes finely wrinkled transversely. Antennas green, third 

 joint (except a broad ring at the base) fuscous, fourth and fifth 

 dusky brown. Ocelli red. Rostrum yellow, apex black. 



Thorax. — Pronotum anteriorly pale brownish yellow ; pos- 

 teriorly somewhat luteous with a greenish shade, and with a 

 single transverse row of deep-red punctures adjoining the 

 anterior margin, not reaching the anterior angles ; disk, except 

 a portion in front, black-punctured, the punctures placed some- 

 what close together and running in short irregular rows in 

 various directions, the rows somewhat wide apart ; central 

 longitudinal line yellow, unpunctured ; hinder angles black, 

 slightly recurved, apex obtuse. Scutellum brown, with a 

 large, almost heart-shaped, ochraceous or pale brownish ochra- 

 ceous patch in the centre, around which are two or three 

 rows of deep-black punctures ; side margins, a short posterior 

 central keel, and the apex unpunctured ; in the $ , apex yellow, 

 and punctures deeper and closer together. Elytra : $ dusky 

 luteous, ? brown, somewhat thickly black-punctured, the 

 punctures not so deep as those on the pronotum ; $ anterior 

 margin as far as the first nerve green, base yellow ; $ pale 



