1889.] 



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299. AcANTHOSOMA DiFFiciLis Dallas. 



Acanthosoma difficile, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 304. (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het. ii, 

 p. 399 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 113 (1876). 



(7 . Pale olive-green, tinted red and orange, punctured : head red- 

 dish ; juga wrinkled and with a few black punctures : pronotum rather 

 thickly punctured, black ; anterior and lateral margins reddish, lateral 

 angles prominent, deep red : scutellum deep orange, with numerous 

 scattered black punctures, disc of corium thickly and rather finely 

 punctured, outer margin orange, rather strongly punctured black : 

 membrane transparent, nearly colourless : margins of abdomen not 

 spotted : body beneath dark orange : abdomen with the apical segment 

 not very deeply emarginate : legs ferruginous-orange : antennse with 

 the three basal joints somewhat ferruginous (Dallas). Long, 13 — 14 

 mill. 



Locality unknown. 



300. Acanthosoma dubia, Dallas. 



Acanthosoma duUum, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 304 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het., ii, 

 p. 399 (1867) : Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 113 (1876). 



d . Closely allied to and hardly distinct from the preceding : 

 differs in having the head anteriorly somewhat rouaded : angles of pro- 

 notum less prominulous, rounded : third joint of the antennse black at 

 the apex (Dallas). Long, 13 — 14 mill. 



Locality unknown. 



301. Acanthosoma laeticoenis, Dallas. 



Acanthosoma laevieorne, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 311 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het. 

 ii, p. 399 (1867). 



<S , 9. Above pale yellowish-olive: head triangular, pointed in 

 front, with the tylus passing the juga, the surface slightly wrinkled, 

 pronotum thickly and rather coarsely punctured ; lateral angles pro- 

 duced into long, impunctate horns which are sometimes yellow, horns 

 directed forwards and of the same thickness from the base to near the 

 apex which is acute and slightly recurved : scutellum rather strongly 

 but not very thickly punctured ; heraelytra very thickly punctured 

 membrane transparent, brownish : body beneath, orange or pale olive : 

 abdomen impunctate, but very finely wrinkled towards the sides ; apex 

 sometimes bright red : legs and rostrum testaceous or pale alive : 

 antennse testaceous, with the third joint black, except at the base 

 (Dallas), t?, long, 15—16 ; ? , 21 mill. 



Locality unknown. 



