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ihe intermediate space. Scutellum less than half the length of the abdd- 

 inen, indistinctly keeled, much attenuated towards the lip, which is slightly 

 acute. Pectoral keel very deep, extending to the head. Abdomen very 

 slightly keeled l)eneath ; ventral spine extending to the fore coxee. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings more thickly and minutely punctured than the thorax : 

 membrane luiid. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



The body is narrower than that of C. plagiala, and the horns of the 

 thorax are longer. 

 a. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



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CCSPICONA STRENUA. 



Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput produclum, transverse subslrialum ; rostrum 

 caxas posticas sat superans ; antennoe apices versus nigrm ; thorax 

 punctatus, spinis longis peraculis poslice subrejlexis apices versus 

 nigris ; abdomen fasciis ventralibus indeterminalis obscurioribus, 

 spinis quatuor apicatibus nigris ; membrana ceneo-fusca. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, slightly and trans- 

 versely striated. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind coxaj; tip black. Antennte 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 

 toughly punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front; 

 spines very acute, very slightly curved backward, black towards the tipSj 

 iiearly twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum rounded at 

 the tip. Pectoral keel exteuding 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 minulely punctured ; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of 

 the body 7 lines. 



The horns of the thorax are longer than those of C. transversa. 



u, b. Menado, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



CUSPICONA PROXIMA. 



Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput produclum, transverse striatum ; rostrum 

 coxas posticas allingens ; antenna nigricantes, basi testacece ; thorax 

 aspere punctatus, spinis longis peracutis dejiexis apices versus nigris ; 

 abdomen spinis quatuor apicalibus saturate rufis apice nigris; alee 

 anticce membrana fusca. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, transversely and 

 finely striated. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the 

 hind coxEe ; lip black. Antennse blackish, 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 



