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wards the apex, with the extreme tip black. Membrane of the 

 elytra nearly colourless, transparent. Body beneath testaceous, 

 with the breast and the sides of the abdomen rather thickly 

 punctured ; sternal keel rounded in front. Legs testaceous ; 

 tibiae becoming brownish towards the apex; tarsi brownish. 

 Rostrum testaceous. Antennae ferruginous, with the basal joint 

 testaceous. 

 a. Java. 



b. Lateral angles of the thorax unarmed. 



3. CUSPICONA? crassa. 



Pentatoma crassa, Hope, Cat. 39 (1837). 



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



4. CUSPICONA Roei. 



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



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



CUSPICONA unimaculata. 



Ihynchocoris unimaculata, Hope, Cat. 29 (1837). 



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



6. CUSPICONA inconspicua, n. s. 



C. supra fulvo-testacea, punctata, corpore subtus, pedibusque 

 testaceis ; rostro testaceo, apice nigro ; antennis ferrugineis. 

 9. 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Above fulvous, very thickly and finely punctured. Head rather 

 long, somewhat pointed in front. Scutellum with a minute 

 black point in each basal angle, and the apex yellow. Membrane 

 of the elytra semitransparent, brownish, with a brown cloud on 

 the disc. Body beneath testaceous, thickly and finely punctured; 

 centre of the abdomen smooth. Lateral margins of the abdo- 

 men fulvous. Legs testaceous ; tibiae at the apex and the tarsi 

 ferruginous. Rostrum testaceous, with the apex black. An- 

 tennae ferruginous, with the basal joint testaceous. 



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



7. CUSPICONA fasciata, n. s. PI. X. fig. 3. 



C. supra viridis, subtus testacea, punctata; thoracis fascia trans- 

 versa postica, scutellique apice flavis ; pedibus viridibus, tarsis 

 antennisque ferrugineis. 9 

 Long. lin. 4. 



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