HEMIPTEEA HETiSROPTEBA. 569 



length. Eyes testaceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle 

 coxa;; tip black. Antennae slender; first joint not extending to the front 

 of the head ; second longer than the third. Thorax with a transverse callus 

 on each side in front; sides smooth; a transverse reddish slight ridge 

 between the hind angles, which are slightly rounded and not prominent. 

 Scutellum rounded at the tip. Ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxae. Legs rather short and slender. Membrane pellucid, extending a 

 little beyond the tip of the abdomen. Length of the body 4\ lines. 



a. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



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PrIOXACA EXE MPT A. 



Teslacea, subtililer punctata; caput antiee fusco pun datum, postice 

 glabrum ; thorax glaber, laleribus anticis fusco punclalis, angiitis 

 puslicis acutis productis ; scutellum vix carinalum, apicc subacutum ; 

 spina ventralis coxas intermedins atlingens ; ata antics apud coslam 

 nigro punctata, membrana pellucida. 



Testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head rounded 

 in front ; fore part with brown punctures ; hind part smooth ; lobes of equal 

 length. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind 

 coxa); tip black. Antennae slender; first joint extending nearly to the 

 front of the head; second much shorter than the third; fourth a little 

 longer than the third. Thorax smooth, excepting the fore part on each 

 side where the punctures are brown; hind angles acute, elongated, shorter 

 than their breadth at the base. Scutellum hardly keeled, attenuated 

 towards the tip, which is slightly acute. Hind angles of the apical abdo- 

 minal segment elongated; ventral spine extending to the middle coxae. 

 Legs slender. Fore wings with black punctures along the costa ; membrane 

 and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines. 



It differs widely in structure from the other three species of the 

 genus. 



a, b. North Ilindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey. 



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CUSPICONA FIKMATA. 



Tcstacea, longissime ovalis, aspere ct sparse punctata ; caput parvum, 

 transverse striatum, antiee rolundalum ; rostrum coxas intermedia* 

 atlingens; antenna: nigra; thorax cornubus ferruginris lanceolatis 

 acutis de/lexis perparuni asccndtnlibus sat limgis ; scutellum attenu- 

 ation, subacutum, vix carinalum ; membrana lurida. 



Testaceous, very elongate-oval, thinly and roughly punctured, palei 

 beneath. Head small, transversely and finely striated, rounded in front; 

 lobes of equal length. Kycs testaceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending 

 to the middle coxae. Antennae black, slender; first joint extending much 

 beyond the head; second very much longer than the third. Thorax with 

 a transverse callus on each side in front; horns ferruginous, lanceolate, 

 acute, directly diverging, very slightly ascending, about half the length of 



