570 CATALOGUE OF 
the intermediate space. Scutellum less than half the length of the abdo- 
men, indistinctly keeled, much attenuated towards the tip, which is slightly 
acute. Pectoral keel very deep, extending to the head. Abdomen very 
slightly keeled beneath; ventral spine extending to the fore coxe. Legs 
slender. Fore wings more thickly and minutely punctured than the thorax : 
membrane lurid. Length of the body 7% lines. 
The body is narrower than that of C. plagiata, and the horns of the 
thorax are longer. 
a. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
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CusPICONA STRENUA. 
Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput productum, transverse substriatum ; rostrum 
cowas posticas sat superans; antenne apices versus nigre; thorax 
punctatus, spinis longis peracutis postice subreflewis apices versus 
nigris ; abdomen fasciis ventralibus indeterminatis obscurtoribus, 
sptnis quatuor apicalibus nigris ; membrana eneo-fusca. 
Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, slightly and trans- 
versely striated. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending somewhat 
beyond the hind coxe; tip black. Antenne slender; first joint not ex- 
tending to the front of the head; second much longer than the third; 
fourth black, very much longer than the second. Thorax and scutellum 
roughly punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front ; 
spines very acute, very slightly curved backward, black towards the tips, 
nearly twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum rounded at 
the tip. Pectoral keel extending nearly to the front of the head. Abdomen 
with four black apical spines, of which the inner pair are very short; ventral 
segments with darker very irregular bands. Legs slender. Fore wings 
thickly and minutely punctured; membrane eneous-brown. Length of 
the body 7 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are longer than those of C. transversa. 
a, b. Menado, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
CusPICONA PROXIMA. 
Testacea, lonyi-ovalis ; caput productum, transverse striatum ; rostrum 
coxas posticas atlingens ; antenne nigricantes, bast testacee ; thorax 
aspere punctatus, spinis longis peracutis deflexis apices versus nigris ; 
abdomen spinis quatuor apicalibus saturate rufis apice nigris; ale 
antice membrana fusca. 
Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, transversely and 
finely striated. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the 
hind cox; tip black. Antenne biackish, slender; joints from the first to 
the fifth successively increasing in length; first testaceous, not extending 
to the front of the head; second red. Thorax and scutellum roughly 
punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front; spines 
slender, very acute, directly diverging, twice longer than their breadth at 
the base, black towards the tips. Scutellum rounded at the tip. Pectoral 
keel extending nearly to the front of the head. Abdomen with four dark 
