310 HEMIPTERA. 



Sastragala bispina, Sahib. Geoc. Fenn. 33. 1 (1848). 

 Bispinus, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 455. 71 (1845). 

 a. Germany. 



19. ACANTHOSOMA recurvum, n. s. 



A. supra olivaceum, nigro-punctatum ; thorace fascia transversa, 

 lutescenti, spinis lateralibus recurvis rubris; corpore subtus 

 fulvo-testaceo, nigro-punctato ; pedibus antennisque testaceis, 

 his apice nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate ; above pale olive, punctured with black. Head thickly 

 and finely punctured with black, the central lobe longer than the 

 lateral. Thorax thickly and strongly punctured with black ; the 

 lateral angles produced into strong, acute, slightly recurved, deep 

 red spines ; the disc with a broad, transverse, yellowish white 

 band across the middle. Membrane of the elytra transparent, 

 brownish. Margins of the abdomen dull orange, with a black 

 spot at the posterior angle of each segment. Body beneath ful- 

 vous, punctured with black, the abdomen sparingly and finely, 

 the breast more thickly and coarsely ; ventral keel impunctate, 

 well marked, but not very prominent. Legs yellowish testaceous, 

 with the claws black. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. 

 Antennae testaceous, with the apical half of the fifth joint black. 

 a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



20. ACANTHOSOMA fasciator. 



Cimex fasciator, Fab. S. R. 166. 54 (1803). 



a. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



21. ACANTHOSOMA notatum. 



A. testaceum, punctatum; thorace acute spinoso, spinis nigris 

 vel fuscis ; thorace postice, scutello, macula magna basali, in- 

 terdum bifida, excepta, elytrorumque, parte externa, fusco- 

 ferrugineis ; abdominis apice nigro. $ ? . 

 Long. $ lin. 5, 9 lin. 6. 



Head testaceous, smooth, shining, impunctate, somewha 

 pointed in front, with the central lobe passing the lateral. Eye 

 pitchy black ; ocelli reddish. Thorax with the anterior portion 

 testaceous, impunctate towards the' anterior margin, with a few 

 coarse, brown punctures on the disc ; the posterior portion reddish 

 brown, with numerous, rather coarse dark brown punctures ; the 

 lateral angles produced into long, acute, black or brown spines. 

 Scutellum reddish brown, rather thickly punctured, with a large, 

 whitish, impunctate patch at the base, which is sometimes divided 

 into two by a narrow longitudinal line ; apex whitish. Coria- 



