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CATALOGUE OF 
4. ACANTHASPIS VENATOR. 
Leogorrus Venator, Stal, Slett. Eat. Zeit. xxiii. 456. 
Mexico. 
5. Acanthaspis in^qualis. 
Mas. Rufa , elliplica ; caput prolhoracis lobo antico sat longius ; 
antennae, pedes alceque unticce nigra ; anlenrue capite et pmthorace ad 
unum multo tongiores ; prothoracis tobus anlicus nigro bislrigalus ; 
lobus posticus nigro unimaculatus , Lobo antico valde longior, angulis 
acutis sat prominulis ; scute Hum apicem versus spiniforme , oblique 
ascendens ; venter subcarinalus , nigro interrupte fasciatus ; femora 
anlica vix crassa , subtus basi rufescenlia. 
Male. Red, elliptical, shining beneath. Head fusiform, rather longer 
than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part as long as the post- 
ocular. Eyes, rostrum except at the base, antennae, legs and fore wings 
black. Antennte much longer than the head and the prothorax together; 
first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second about thrice as long as 
the first. Fore lobe hardly more than half as long as the hind lobe, with a 
tubercle on each side of the disk and with a black streak along each side; 
an acute and prominent black tubercle on each side of the fore border. 
Hind lobe with a large rbomboidal black spot which is excavated in front; 
hind augles acute, rather prominent. Scutellum ending in an obliquely 
ascending spine. Abdomen beneath slightly keeled and with slender black 
interrupted bands. Fore femora hardly thickened, reddish beneath towards 
the base. Length of the body 6£ lines. 
a. Brazil. From Mr. Vigors’ collection. 
Africa. 
Synopsis of species by Prof. Stal. 
A. Head distinctly bent downward before the eyes. 
Antennae seated near the eyes. 
a. Head seen sideways higher in front of the eyes than 
behind them ; middle part between the antennae 
compressed, raised ; ocellilerous part not or hardly 
raised. Ply ti us, Stal, OJv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 
xv. 444. ------ maculicollis. 
b. Head not higher before than behind the eyes, very 
slightly raised lengthwise between the antennae; 
ocelli ferous part raised. 
* Legs of one colour. 
f Legs yellowish or testaceous. - - bilineolata, sulcipes, petax. 
■J-f Legs blackish or brownish testaceous. bisbisignata, nugax, vidua, 
obscura, 4-signata. 
* Legs ringed or spotted. - lugubris, rapida. 
B. Head porrecl in front of the eyes, somewhat bent 
towards the tip. Antennae most often distinctly 
remote from the eyes. Antenniferous tubercles 
more or less elongated. Mardania, Stal, O/v. K. 
Vet. Ak. Fork. xvi. 189. 
