296 HEMIPTERA. 



more than two-thirds the length of the head, third joint very 

 short ; red, with the apical half of the fourth joint and the fifth 

 joint, except at the base, black. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. New Holland. 



2. AMPHACES proxima, n. s. 



A. prsecedenti valde affinis et vix distincta ; differt, antennarum 

 articulis basali et tertio longioribus, tertio apice nigro. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



b. New Holland. 



Genus 36. CUSPICONA, n. g. 



Head with the central lobe as long as the lateral. Ocelli mi- 

 nute, placed near the inner angle of the eyes. Antennae about 

 as long as the head and thorax together, of five joints; basal 

 joint shortest, not reacbing the anterior margin of the head; 

 second joint longer than the third ; fourth and fifth nearly equal, 

 as long or longer than the second ; sometimes the fourth, some- 

 times the fifth, longest. Body ovate. Sternum with a distinct 

 central keel. Ventral spine generally short and obtuse, fitting 

 into a notch in the posterior extremity of the sternal keel. Tarsi 

 of three joints. 



* Ventral spine short, fitting into a notch in the base of the 

 sternal keel. 



a. Lateral angles of the thorax spinous. 



1. CUSPICONA thoracica. 



Rhynchocoris thoracica, Hope, Cat. 30 (1837). 

 Rhynchocoris ligata, Erichs. Arch, fur Natura. viii. 278. 262? 

 (1842). 



a. New South Wales. 



2. CUSPICONA virescens, n. s. 



C. supra virescens, punctata, subtus testacea; thoracis spinis 

 acutis, apicibus nigris ; tibiis apice, tarsisque, fuscescentibus ; 

 antennis ferrugineis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Above pale green, finely and very thickly punctured. Eyes 

 black. Thorax with the lateral margins yellowish, the lateral 

 spines acute, somewhat turned upwards and a little recurved to- 



