HEMIPTERA IIETEROPTERA. 571 



led apical spines which have bhick tips; inner pair very short. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured ; membrane brown. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



The straight and more slender bonis of the thorax distinguish it from 

 the other species which it most nearly resembles. 



a. Ceram. Presented iiy W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



CUSPICONA UNIXOTATA. 



Fulva, nigra sat dense et aspere punctata, suhtus testacea ; caput subpro- 

 ductum ; antennce rufescentes, hasi lestacece, apices versus nigrce ; 

 thorax fascia poslica pallide viridi, angidis posticis rotundatis ; scu- 

 lellum apice glabrttm el pallide flavum, callis duohus basalibus pallide 

 Jlavis ; abdominis latera pallide Jlava ; pedes pallide viridcs ; mem- 

 brana fusca. 



Tawny, elliptical, rather thickly and roughly black-punctured, testa- 

 ceous beneath. Head slightly elongate; lobes of equal length. Eyes 

 prominent; their disk piceous. Rostrum extending to the hind coxaj ; tip 

 black. Antennae reddish, slender; first joint testaceous, not extending to 

 the front of the head; second much longer than the third, which is 

 black towards the tip; fourth black, except towards the base, a little 

 longer than the third; fifth with a broad black band, longer than 

 the fourth. Thorax with a ii'ansverse callus on each side in front and 

 with a pale green band between the hind angles, which are rounded 

 and not prominent. Scutelium pale yellow and smooth towards 

 the tip, which is much rounded; a minute slender pale yellow callus on 

 each side of the base. Keel of the pectus rather deep. Abdomen pale 

 yellow along each side above; ventral spine very short; hind angles of the 

 segments from the first to the fifth successively more elongated and acute. 

 Legs slender, very pale green; tarsi lawny, with black ungues. Fore wings 

 not covering the sides of the abdomen; membrane brown. Length of the 

 body 4 lines. 



Australia. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



CUSPICOXA INTACTA. 



Pallide testacea, sat aspere et sparse punctata ; caput longiusculum; rostrum 

 coxas posticus paullo superans ; antenna rufce, basi pallide testaceee ; 

 thorax poslice nigra punctatus, angidis posticis acutis ; scutelium 

 apice glabrum pallide flavum ; scgmcnta abdominalia angulis nigris 

 acutis ; aim anticcc pallide virides, membrana diaphana. 



Pale testaceous, rather roughly and thinly punctured. Head elongate; 

 lobes of equal length. Eyes black, not prominent. Rostrum extending a 

 little beyond the hind coxce ; tip black. Antenna) red, slender ; first joint 

 pale testaceous, not extending to the front of the head; second longer than 

 the third; fourth and fiflli longer than the second. Thorax with black 

 puuctures along the hind border; hind angles acute, not prominent. 

 Scutelium pale yellow and smooth at the tip, which is rounded. Pectus 

 with a deep keel. Hind angles of the abdominal segments black, acute; 



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