HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 



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26. ACANTHASPIS ALIENA. 



Mas. Nigra, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo 

 longius ; prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico mullo brevior, margine 

 maculaque anticis Jlavis ; lobus posticus maculis quatuor anticis longis 

 lineaque postica trayisversa Jlavis ; sculelli spina lutea ; abdomen 

 luteum ; connexivum nigro maculatum ; venter nigro bivittatus ; 

 pedes luteo varii. 



Male. Black, elongate-subfusiform. Head subfusiform, much longer 

 tban the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part with a luteous stripe, 

 longer than the post-ocular. Rostrum luteous along each side. First joint 

 of the antennas a little longer than the ante-ocular head ; second more than 

 twice as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax much shorter than 

 the hind lobe, with a luteous spot adjoining the transverse ridge in front, 

 which is also luteous. Hind lobe with four elongated luteous spots in front 

 and with a luteous line on the hind border; hind angles much rounded, 

 not prominent. Scutellum with a luteous obliquely ascendiug spine. 

 Abdomen luteous; under side with two broad dentate black stripes; con- 

 nexivum with black spots. Four anterior femora luteous at the tips ; four 

 anterior tibite luteous beneath, their furrow not more than one-third of their 

 length ; hind tibiae luteous at the base. Corium with a luteous basal spot 

 and a luteous oblique subapical streak. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Closely allied to A. lythrodes and to A. ornata ; distinguished from both 

 by the less prominent and more rounded hind angles of the prothorax. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Div. 2. 

 Lisarda, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xvi. 192; Hem. A/r. iii. 147. 



27. ACANTHASPIS CGENOSA. 



Acanthaspis coenosa, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1855, 39— Lisarda coenosa, 

 Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 148. 



Natal. 



28. Acanthaspis crudelis. 



Acanthaspis crudelis, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1855, 188 — Lisarda 

 crudelis, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 148. 



Sierra Leone. 



South Asia and Eastern Isles. 



A. picina is included in the following synopsis; it is probably Asiatic. 



A. Prothorax black, with luteous spots. 



a. Membrane with pale veins. - 



b. "Veins not pale. 

 * Membrane with a whitish apical spot. 



** Membrane with a whitish subapical dot. 

 *** Membrane with no spot nor dot. 



B. Prothorax black, with luteous spines. 



6-guttata. 



tergemina. 



micrographa. 



cincticrus. 



helluo. 



