184 Mr. W. L. Distant on Rcduviidfo. 



AcantJiasjyi's angularis. 



Acanthaspis anyularis, StSl, CEfv. Vet.-Ak. Forli. 1859, p. 188. 

 Var. Acanthas^ns hellno, Kirby (noc StSl), Joiirn. Liuu. Soc., Zool. 

 xxiv. p. 114 (1891). 



Corium with a luteous spot at base. 

 Ilah. Cejlon (^Green). 



Acanthaspis sexguttatus. 



Reduvius se.vr/uttatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 832 (1775). 

 Acanthaspis tergonina, Kirby (nee ijuriii.), Jouni. Liun. Soc, Zoul. 

 xxiv. p. 114 (1891). 



The true A. tergemina^ Burm., a[)p3ars to be ab.seiit from 

 Cejlon. 



Acanthaspis biligata. 



Reduvius hiVujutuSy Walk. Cat. Hot. vii. p. 195. n. 4G (1873). 

 Closely allied to A.jiavovaria, Hahn. 



A can thaspis hieroglyph icus. 

 Spinitjer hierorjlyphicus, "Walk. Cat. Ilet, vii. p. 1G5. n. GO (1873). 



Aca7iihaspis ruhricosa. 



Aconthaspis rubricosa, Stal, CE(v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 39. 

 Reduvius crucntus, Walk. Cat. Ilet, vii. p. 192. u. 42 (1873). 



Acanthaspis fla vovaria. 



lieduvius Jlavovaria, Ilalm, Wanz. Ins. ii. p. 18, fif^. 126 (1834), 

 Pirates sculpturatus, Walk. Cat. Ilet. vii. p. 125. n. 95 (1873). 



Acanthaspis lateralis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotuin, scutellum, connexivum, Icg.s, and body 

 Leneath castaneous ; corium and membrane piccous; lateral 

 margins of corium (broadest at base and apex) and base of 

 clavus oeliraceous; membrane with the veins and margins 

 obscure dull brownish oeliraceous. 



Head with the postocular area a little longer than the 

 anteocular ; pronotum with the anterior lobe deeply furrowed, 

 the ])0.stLrior lobe rugose, the lateral angles spinously pro- 

 duced and directed backward; scutellum rugose; legs mode- 

 rately pilose. 



Long. 19-20 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 6 millim. 



Ilah. Sierra Leone (Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to A. hrco, Stal. 



