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HEMIPTERA. 



15. ACANTHOSOMA linea, n. s. 



A. precedent! affiue; differt prsecipue spinis thoracis longiori- 



bus, acutis ; abdomine fulvo, linea utrinque longitudinali, sub- 



elevata, albida. $ . 



Long. lin. 4. 



Head, thorax and scutellum yellowish ferruginous, thickly and 

 rather strongly punctured. Thorax with the lateral angles pro- 

 duced into rather long, acute reddish spines, the apices of which 

 are directed forwards ; the anterior portion of the lateral margins 

 finely denticulated. Coriaceous portion of the elytra testaceous, 

 thickly and strongly punctured; membrane transparent, brown- 

 ish. Body beneath fulvous, shining. Abdomen with a strong 

 central keel, and on each side of this, about half-way between it 

 and the lateral margins, a slightly elevated whitish longitudinal 

 line ; the centre of the abdomen between these elevated lines 

 smooth and impunctate, the sides rather coarsely rugose-punc- 

 tate. Anal plate blackish. Breast blackish in the centre, with 

 an abbreviated whitish transverse streak on each side close to the 

 base of the second pair of legs. Thighs fulvous ; tibiae testa- 

 ceous, with their apices and the tarsi dusky. Rostrum and an- 

 tennae testaceous. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



16. ACANTHOSOMA forfex, n. s. 



A. supra olivaceo-virescens, nigro-punctatum, subtus pallidiore 

 rufescenti tinctum ; thoracis angulis prominentibus, obtusis, 

 lateribus, scutellique disco rufo-fuscis; membrana hyalina, 

 fuscescenti ; ano ( S ) forcipato. <? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Elongate ; above pale olive-green, rather thickly and strongly 

 punctured with black. Head pale, with a few fine black punc- 

 tures ; the apex somewhat pointed, with the central lobe longe 

 than the lateral. Eyes black. Thorax with the lateral angl< 

 prominent, forming a short, obtuse spine on each side ; two ye 

 lowish impunctate patches close to the anterior margin, the lat< 

 ral margins and angles reddish brown. Scutellum with the di 

 reddish brown, with a yellowish, impunctate, central longitudin 

 line ; the lateral margins and the apex pale olive-green. Men 

 brane of the elytra transparent, brownish. Body beneath, pa 

 greyish green, tinted with red. Abdomen impunctate, obtusel] 

 keeled in the centre ; sexual organs greatly developed, the late" 

 ral pieces produced into two curved processes of a bright orang 

 colour, bearing a small brush of hair at their apices, and nearb 

 as long as the abdomen ; the internal pieces black at the tip. 

 Antepectus thickly and finely punctured. Legs pale yellowish 



