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PENTATOM]]).E. 



Genus CANTHECONA. 



Canthecoun. Ann/. <S,- Scrv. 7/r»/. p. si (LS4;!); JJall. List Hem. \, 

 p. 7(i (ISol) ; 'St9,l, Hem. Afr. i, p. Cyl (lS(i4). 



Type, C. discolor, Palis, de Beauv.. an African species. 



JJistribtition. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Eegions. 



Elougatelv-ovate ; liead rather flat, lobes about equal in length, 

 margins concavely sinuate in front of eyes, antennae ^ith the basal 

 ioint not nearly reaching apex of head ; pronotum Avith the lateral 

 margins sinuate, the anterior portion tinely crenulate, anterior 

 angles slightly spinous, posterior angles spinously produced : scu- 

 tellum longer than broad ; anterior tibiae moderately or obsoletely 

 dilated ; anterior femora with a prominent spine before apex : 

 metasternum elevated, mesosternum centrally cariuate. Abdome]i 

 armed with a short central basal spine. 



392. Canthecona furcellata, nW^(Cimex),/c. v,p. 18i^pl. xviii, f. 176 

 (1801); Ball. Lht Hem. i. p. !»1 (1851). 

 Asopus armia-er, Herr.-Scliiif. IVanz. Ins. vn. pp. 1 lo .t 119. f. 711 

 (1844). 

 Ochraceous, somewhat thickly darkly punctate, the punctures 



bronzy ; head with the punc- 

 tures somewhat confluent, 

 and with a central pale 

 fascia ; antennae ochraceous, 

 about apical halves of the 

 third, fourth and fifth joints 

 fuscous ; pronotum with a 

 broken transverse fascia on 

 anterior area, some more or 

 less distinct longitudinal 

 fascia) on anterior half, and 

 the lateral angles bronzy- 

 black ; scutelluni bronzy- 

 black at base, with a some- 

 what large levigate spot at 

 each basal angle ; corium with bronzy-black suffusions ; counexivum 

 coarsely punctate, with large subquadrate bronzy-black spots : body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous, lateral ai^eas of liead, sternum, and 

 abdomen blackly punctate ; marginal spots to abdomen, amiulatious 

 to femora near apices, apices of tibiae, and a central spot on apical 

 segment black ; lateral pronotal margin anteriorly finely dentate, 

 pronotal angles with their apices bifid, the anterior spine much the 

 longest. 



Length 15 to 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 7 to 8 millim. 

 Hah. Bengal; Calcutta (-r4^/»?».<roH) ; 'Rvinchi {Irvine). Bombay 

 (Leith). Madras {Coll. Dist.). Ceylon {Green). Burma: Bhamo, 

 Teinzo, Karennee {Feci). — Java. 



The late Mr. De Niceville informed me that in Calcutta Mr. Peal 

 found this species attacking the larva of Hiihlcea puerci, Cram., a 



Fi^. 158. — Canthecona furcellata. 



