352 ^\r. Bttleh cm varions f/enrra of the 



30. Acorinpltora liiicnsa. 



Aconophora lineosa, Walker, List Ilomopt. Suppl. p. 134 

 (1858). 



North Anierica. Type Brit. Mus. 



?A. Aronophora r/ifjaniea, n. sp. PI. VII, f. 15. 



Pronotum dull mustard-yellow, imilticostate Avitli double 

 irregular series of coarse punctures between the costte, dorsally 

 carinate ; thoracic horn black with two scarlet carinas, which 

 converge and unite before reaching the apex, oblique, decreasing 

 in width towards the obtusely rounded apex, laterally compressed 

 and coarsely punctured, almost linear when viewed from above, 

 terminal spine extremely long, acute, depressed at the apex, 

 extending to just beyond the tegTaina ; humeral angles rather 

 prominent, front of thorax with a central longitudinal carina ; 

 head considerably wider than long, it, the legs and body testa- 

 ceous; tegmina testaceous hyaline, with blackish terminal border. 

 Length exclusive of horn 111, including hoi-n 15 mm. 



Ega (Bates). Type Brit. Mus. 



c 



32. Aconophora lata. 



^ Aconophora lata, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 60 (1858). 

 '- Thelia gladiator, Walker (nee gladiata, Stal), List Ilomopt. 2, 

 p. 567, 38 (1851). 



Parii (Wallace). Types Brit. Mus. 



Although, by rights, this species should perhaps bear the name 

 of A. gladiator, and Stal's insect should be renamed, I prefer 

 for the present, (as I do not know the latter), to retain Walker's 

 later name for A. gladiator, and thus avoid the po.ssibility of 

 adding to the synomymy by giving a fresh designation to what 

 may be identical Avith one of Walker's species ; the fact that 

 Stal steadily ignored the greater part of Walker's work renders 

 this far from unlikely. 



33. Aconophora hasfata. 



Memhracis hastata, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. p. 12, 29 (1803). 

 (^ ? AconopJiora ni(jrivittata, Walker, List Ilomopt. ii, p. 539, 14 

 (1851). 



Hal,. — ? WalkcTs tyi>o, Brit. Mus. 



