CATS^XHECOX A . 4o I 



Genus CANTHECONA. (Yol. I, p. 248.) 

 Cantheconidea, Schout. Wytsin. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii, p. 44 (1907). 



Dr. Schouteden lias proposed Cantheconidea for the reception of 

 the Eastern species hitlierto included in Canihecona. 



2731. Canthecona ornatula, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum almost entirely shining metallic 

 green ; head about as long as breadth between outer margins of 

 eyes, very coarsely punctate, the lateral areas transversely 

 \Mnnkled as ^ell as punctate, basal area between the ocelli smooth 

 but centrally coarsely punctate, lateral mai-gins profoundly con- 

 cavely sinuate, their apices convexly rounded but widely separated 

 in front of lateral lobes, on disk of central lobe a short ochraceous 

 line ; antennae ochraceous, third and fourth joints with their 

 apical halves fuscous, basal joint extending about half the distance 

 between eyes and apex, second and fourth joints subequal in 

 length, each a little longer than third ; fifth joint mutilated in 

 type ; pronotum about half as long as breadth between pronotal 

 angles, coarsely rugulosely punctate, the anterior lateral margins 

 moderately rounded where the edges are ochraceous and finely 

 crenulate, a central levigate median longitudinal line on each side 

 of which before anterior margin is a smooth transverse brown 

 callous spot which is centrally coarsely punctate, the posterior 

 angles robustly angularly produced, projecting transversely, their 

 apices testaceous ; scutellum more tinely punctate than on head 

 or pronotum, strongly depressed at about middle, a spot near 

 each basal angle and the apex pale ochraceous, an irregular 

 central longitudinal almost impunctate brownish line, not extend- 

 ing through the ochraceous apex which is only very sparingly 

 punctate ; corium pale piceous-brown, the outer apical area 

 purplish, the costal area very coarsely greenly punctate, apical 

 area coarsely concolorously punctate, discal area somewhat closely 

 tinely darkly punctate ; membrane considerably passing apex of 

 abdomen, fuscous-brown ; a large irregular pale spot on both 

 inner and outer margins ; body beneath and legs shining ochra- 

 ceous, margins of head beneath, anterior margin and lateral areas 

 of presternum, two central smooth spots to mesosternum between 

 the anterior and intermediate coxae, and lateral margins to meta- 

 sternum and abdomen beneath metallic green ; sternum more or 

 less coarsely punctate ; femora finely spotted with piceous-browu; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxse, ochraceous, with the apical 

 joint castaneous ; base of abdomen with a very prominent basal 

 spine, extending between the posterior coxae, while between the 

 anterior and intermediate coxae the edges of the metasternum 

 are very faintly I'aised ; tibia3 distinctly furrowed (anterior legs 

 mutilated in typical specimen). 



Length c5" inch membrane 14; breadth between pronotal angles 

 7 millim. 



Eab. Darjeeling {CW. Dist.). 



