570 CATALOGUE OF 



the intermediate space. Scutellum less than half the length of the abdo- 

 men, indistinctly keeled, much attenuated towards the lip, which is slightly 

 acute. Pectoral keel very deep, extending to the head. Abdomen very 

 slightly keeled beneath ; ventral spine extending to the fore coxae. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings more thickly and minutely punctured than the thorax : 

 membrane lurid. Length of the body 1\ lines. 



The body is narrower than that of C. plagiata t and the horns of the 

 thorax are longer. 

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



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CUSPICONA STRENUA. 



Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput production, transverse substrialum ; rostrum 

 coxas poslicas sat supcrans ; antenna apices versus nigra; thorax 

 punctatus, spirits longis peraculis postice subreflexis apices versus 

 nigris ; abdomen fasdis venlralibus indeterminaiis obscurioribus, 

 spinis quatuor apicalibus nigris; membrana aneo-fusca. 

 Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, slightly and trans- 

 versely striated. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind coxae; tip black. Antennae slender; first joint not ex- 

 tending to the front of the head; second much longer thau the third; 

 fourth black, very much longer than the second. Thorax and scutelluin 

 roughly punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front ; 

 spines very acute, very slightly curved backward, black towards the tips, 

 nearly twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum rounded at 

 the tip. Pectoral keel extending nearly to the front of the head. Abdomen 

 with lour black apical spines, of which the inner pair are very short; ventral 

 segments with darker very irregular bands. Legs slender. Fore wings 

 thickly and minutely punctured; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of 

 the body 7 lines. 



The horns of the thorax are longer than those of C. transversa, 

 a, b. Menado, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



CUSPICONA PROXIMA. 



Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput production, transverse striatum ; rostrum 



coxas posticas attingens ; antenna nigricantes, basi testacecc ; thorax 



aspere punclatus, spinis longis peraculis dejlexis apices versus nigris ; 



abdomen spinis quatuor apicalibus saturate rujis apice nigris; alie 



anlicce membrana fusca. 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, transversely and 



finely striated. Eves piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the 



bind COM ; tip black. Antenna- blackish, slender; joints from the first to 



the fii'tl" successively increasing in length; first testaceous, not extending 



to the front of the head; second red. Thorax and scutellum roughly 



punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front; spines 



slender, very acute, directly diverging, twice longer than their breadth at 



the base, black towards the tips. Scutellum rounded at the tip. Pectoral 



keel extending nearly lo the front of the head. Abdomen with four dark 



