384 CATALOGUE OF 



P;ile testaceous, elonc;ate-oval, very thinly punctured. Head elongated, 

 transversely and finely striated; middle lobe extending very little beyond 

 the lateral lobes. Rostrum extending to the third ventral segment; tip 

 black. Antenna? reddish, slender, hardly half the length of the body; first 

 joint not extending to the front of the head ; second very much shorter than 

 ihe third ; fourth a little longer than the third and than the fifth. Thorax 

 transversely and veiy slightly impressed near the fore border; hind angles 

 forming two stout black recurved spines whose tips are rounded. Pectoral 

 keel very deep iu front, extending to the base of the rostrum. Abdomen 

 with four short stout dark red apical spines whose tips are black ; basal 

 spine extending to the hind coxa?. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae speckled 

 with black. Fore wings with brown punctures, partly clouded with brown; 

 a smooth, short pale testaceous subcostal streak; membrane cinerous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



The spines of the thorax are much more curved backward than those 

 of C. forjiculoides. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 h. New Guinea. From iMr. Wallace's collection. 



15. CUSPICONA CONTRAHIA. 



Testacea, longi-ovala, vage punctata ; caput transverse striatum ; rostrum 

 segmenlum ventrale Stim atlingens ; antenna corporis dimidio bre- 

 viores ; thorax spinis duabus robustis subacutis subrecurvis apice 

 nigris ; pectoris carina caput attingens : venter macula subapicali 

 spinisque quatuor crassis apicalibus nigris; pedes validi, nigra con- 

 spersi ; alee anlicce fusco punctata, maculis duabus subcostalibus 

 fuscis, membrana cinerea. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured. Head rather 

 long, transversely striated ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum black towards 

 the tip, extending to the fore part of the third ventral segment. Antennae 

 slender, less than half the length of the body ; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head ; second very much shorter than the third ; fourth 

 longer than the third ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax mostly 

 smooth in front; hind angles forming two stout slightly acute spines, which 

 are black towards their tips and are slightly recurved. Pectoral keel very 

 deep in front, extending beyond the base of the rostrum. Abdomen with 

 a black spot on the fifth segment beneath and with four stout black apical 

 spines ; basal spine extending to the hind coxEe. Legs stout; femora and 

 tibiae speckled with black. Fore wings with brown punctures and with 

 two browu subcostal spots ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 7 lines. 



It may be a local variety of C. hamata, from which it hardly differs 

 except in the spines of the thorax, which are less recurved. In the 

 specimen described the right spine is longer and less obtuse than the left 

 spine. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



