HEMIPTERA. 299 



9. CUSPICONA fulvescens, n. s. 



C. fulvo-testacea, fusco-punctata ; membrana plagis 2 longitu- 

 dinalibus fuscis ; antennis tarsisque brunneo-rufis. 9 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above tawny testaceous, rather finely punctured with brown. 

 Head large, pale, very thickly and finely punctured. Anterior 

 portion of the thorax pale ; lateral angles faintly reddish. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra with the apical margin brown ; the 

 centre of the disc impunctate ; membrane brownish, semitrans- 

 parent, with the nervures, and a longitudinal streak near each of 

 the lateral margins, brown. Margins of the abdomen with a 

 minute black point at the posterior angle of each segment. 

 Body beneath paler, with the sides thickly and finely punctured ; 

 breast with a smooth, whitish oblique line on each side. Legs 

 testaceous, with the apices of the tibiae reddish ; tarsi deep red. 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the apex black. Antennae deep brown- 

 ish red, with the apical joint blackish. 



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



f Ventral spine longer, overlying the posterior portion of the 

 sternal keel. 



10. CUSPICONA? taeniola, n. s. 



C.testacea, punctata; thorace linea transverse rubra inter angu- 

 los laterales extensa ; membrana hyalina, ^ ? . 

 Long. $ lin. 4, ? lin. 4f. 



Above testaceous, very thickly and not finely punctured. 

 | Head small and narrow. Eyes brown. Thorax with the antero- 

 lateral margins slightly reflexed and reddish orange, and with a 

 narrow, dark crimson, transverse band uniting the lateral angles. 

 Scutellum with the tip crimson. The coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra has a small brown spot on its apical margin, which is 

 wanting in the female ; membrane transparent, whitish. Body 

 beneath yellow or orange, with the sides thickly but faintly ru- 

 gose punctate. Legs testaceous, with the tarsi dusky. Rostrum 

 testaceous, with the extreme tip black. Antennae with the three 

 basal joints dusky ferruginous, the fourth and fifth blackish. 



a. Kangaroo Island. Presented by the Entomological 

 Club. 



Genus 37. MICRODEUTERUS, n. g. 



Head large, rounded in front, with the central lobe as long as 

 the lateral. Antennae of five joints ; basal joint short and stout, 

 not reaching the apex of the head ; second joint minute ; third 



