396 CATALOGUE OF 



18. ACANTHOSOMA THUNCATULA. 



Teslacea, lata, subovata, rude punctata; caput Iceve, lobo medio lobos 

 laterales perpaullo superante ; antcnnte graciles, corporis dimidio non 

 longiores; thorax fascia antica glabra, vitla tenui pallida, cornubus 

 duobus longis validis vix aculis ; venter glaber, subcarinatus, spina 

 coxas medias attingente ; membruna cinerea. 



Testaceous, broad, nearly oval, roughly punctureil. Head mostly 

 smooth ; middle lobe extending very little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Rostrum extending lo the hind coxre; tip black. Autenntc slender, about 

 half the length of the body ; first joint extending beyond the front of the 

 head; second as long as the third. Thorax with a smooth band in front, 

 and with a slender paler stripe; hind angles forming two long stout hardly 

 acute directly diverging horns. Pectoral keel well developed. Abdomen 

 beneath smooth, slightly keeled ; spine extending to the middle coxae. 

 Legs rather slender. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous. Length of 

 the body 3 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



China. 



19. ACANTHOSOMA NDBILA, C. H. 305. 



a — e. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Australia. 



20. ACANTHOSOMA NOTATA, C. H. 310. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



21. ACANTHOSOMA CORNCTA. 



Acanthosoma (Sastragala) coruutum, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. 193, 

 pi. 19, f. tj. 



Bootan. 



22. ACANTHOSOIVTA LINKATA. 



Acanthosoma (Sastragala) linealum, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. 194. 

 Bootan. 



23. Acanthosoma subducta. 



Pallide testacea, longi-ovala, vage punctata; caput elongatum, glahrum, 

 lobo medio lobos latirales perpaullo superante; antennw graciles, 

 corporis dimidio longiores ; thorax unlive glaber, fascia postica temii 

 nigra, spinis duabus nigris attenualis ; svulellum macula fusvo mar- 

 ginata, tinea apiceque luteis ; venter subcarinatus, spina coxas medias 

 attingente; alee anticce vitla subcostali nigra interrupta, membrana 

 pallide cinerea. 



Pale testaceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured. Head 

 elongate, smooth ; middle lobe extending very Utile beyond the lateral 



