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lobes Rostrum extending to tlie hind coxa; ; tip lilack. Antennae slender, 

 ;i Htile more than half the lengtli of the body ; iirst joint extendinjr much 

 beyond the front of the bead; second loiii;er ih.in the ihird. I'liorax 

 mostly smooth in front, wiib a slender black band between the hind 

 angles, which form two black long slender directly diverging spines. 

 Scutellum with a large luteous discal spot, which is slightly bordered witli 

 brown and emits a line to the lip, the latter also luteous. Pectoral keel 

 deep. Abdomen beneath slightly keeled -. spine extending to the middle 

 coxae. Fore wings with a black irregular interrupted subcostal stripe; 

 membrane pale cinereous. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



Very closely allied to A. noLala ; the spines of the thorax are some- 

 what more slender. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



24. ACANTHOSOMA DELICATULA. 



Lutca, elliptica, nigra punctata; caput longiusculum, lobo medio lohoa 

 tateralcs paullo superanle ; rostrum se(/mcntum ventrale '2uin altiugcns ; 

 antenncc graciUinue , apice nigra:, corpora breviores ; thorax anlice 

 subrugulosus, spinis duabus acutis brerissimis ; scutellum fuscum, 

 lituris duabus basalibiis luteis, apice pallide luteo ; venter carinatu", 

 spina breyi ; alee anliccB apices versus nignc, callo subcostuli luteo. 



Luteous, elliptical, roughly punctured, testaceous beneath; punctures 

 black. Head elongate ; the punctures mostly forming two stripes; middle 

 lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum extending to 

 the hind border of the second ventral segment ; tip black. Antennte very 

 slender, much more than half the length of the body; first joint ex- 

 tending much beyond the front of the head; second much longer than 

 the third; fourth nearly as long as the third; fifth black except 

 at the base, shorter than the fourth. Thorax less thickly punctured 

 and slightly rugulose in front; hind angles forming two acute very 

 short spines. Scutellum brown, pale luteous towards the tip, with a 

 luteous mark on each side at the base. Pectoral keel extending beyond 

 the fore coxae, deeper near its tip. Abdomen keeled beneath; spine short. 

 Legs slender. Fore wings black along the exterior part of the costa; a 

 subcostal callus near the tip ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



a. Tondano. Presented by W. W. Saunderf, Esq. 



Australia 



25. AcANTHOSOMA LtNEA, C. H. 308. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



26. ACANTHOSOMA PLACIDA. 



Pallide viridi-teslacea. elliplica, dense punctata ; caput longiuscnlam, lobo 

 medio lobos lalerales pcrpaullo snperante ; nntenmc rufce, corporis 

 diinidio nan longiorcs : thorax fascia anlica glabra abbreviata, fascia 

 postica purpureo-rufa, angulis posticis obtusis ; venter ochraceus, 

 s/)ina costas posticus ullingiute ; alee anticce costa vitlafjiie /wstic^t 

 jntrpurco-ru/is, 7ncmbrana liiiipida. 



