new Oriental Pentatomoi'dea. 485 



Eocanthecona ehurnea, sp. n. 



Ivory-white, lateral margins of juga, upper part of antenni- 

 ferous tubercles, a spot on each side of vertex enclosing tlie 

 ocellus, a transverse pronotal spot outside each cicatrical area 

 inwardly continued round this area, a subquadrate spot on 

 tlie connexival incisures, an irregular spot on propleura and 

 mesopleura, mesosteruum (except the median ridge), posterior 

 margin of orificial sulcus, a narrow curved sublateral fascia 

 to metapleura emitting a short branch to the lateral margin, a 

 sj)ot at base of epipleura, a short transverse sublateral streak 

 on second ventral segment, a narrow curved sublateral fascia 

 on the last four ventral segments connecting the basal margins 

 with a ))oint a little behind the spiracles, a spot at basal 

 angles of third ventral segment, and a median spot on sixth 

 ventral segment, shortly continued over the fifth, brassy 

 greenish black ; humeral processes of prothorax, a deep 

 triangular fovea at basal angles of scutellum, dorsum of 

 abdomen, and a median vitta to female genital segment 

 piceous ; membrane fuscous, an oblong spot on each side 

 before the apex hyaline. Head above S[)arsely punctured 

 with fuscous, an oblique oblong area at anterior part of eyes 

 impuiictate, first three joints of antennse testaceous, apex of 

 tliiid broadly fuscous, last two joints fuscous black with a 

 broad basal ochraceous annulation, second, third, and fifth 

 joints subequal in length, fourth a little longer, rostrum 

 ivory-white, last joint castaneous. Pronotum, scutellum, 

 corium, and connexivum smooth and impunctate, with the 

 following exceptions: pronotum with some punctures be- 

 tween the cicatrical areas and the apical margin, a row of 

 punctures immediately within the lateral margins, and 

 numerous partly thick-set punctures which form a fascia 

 connecting the humeral processes and emitting from its 

 middle an irregular continuation forward to a little beyond 

 the middle of the pronotum ; scuteUum with scattered 

 punctures arranged in a triangular basal area and an oblong 

 area on each side near apex of frena ; exocorium with a row 

 of ])unctures reaching from the base to beyond the middle, 

 tlien irregularly sparsely punctate, mesocorium with an 

 oblong punctured area behind the middle near the radial vein, 

 sparsely punctate in its outer apical area, and at the inner 

 margin with a row of punctures duplicated behind the 

 middle, endocorium behind the middle with a row of punc- 

 tures ; connexivum with a few strongly impressed points 

 in the greenish-black incisural spots, except the hindmost ; 

 the puncturation of pronotum, scutellum, and coiium fuscous, 



