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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 7^ lines. 
The body is narrower than that of C. plagiata, and the horns of the 
thorax are longer. 
a. China; Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
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CuSPICONA STEENUA. 
Testacea, longi-ovalis ; caput productum, transverse substriatum ; rostrum 
coxas posticus sat superans ; antennce apices versus nigrce ; thorax 
punctatus, spinis longis peracutis postice subrejlexis apices versus 
nigris ; abdomen f asciis venlralibus indeterminatis obscurioribusi 
spinis qualuor apicaiibus nigris ; membrana ceneo-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 than the third; 
fourth black, very much longer than the second. Thorax and scutellum 
roughly punctured. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front ; 
spines very acute, very slightly curved backward, black towards the lips, 
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 four 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 seneous-brown. Length of 
the body 7 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are longer than those of C. transversa. 
n, b. Menado, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
CuSPICONA PEOXIMA. 
Testacea, longi-ovalis; caput productum, transverse striatum; rostrum 
coxas posticus attingens ; antenna nigricantes, basi testacea ; thorax 
aspere punctatus, spinis longis peracutis dejlexis apices versus nigris ; 
abdomen spinis quatuor apicaiibus saturate rufis apice nigris; ala 
antica membrana fusca. 
Testaceous, elongate-oval, shining. Head elongate, transversely and 
finely striated. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to ihe 
hind coxse ; tip black. Antennae blackish, slender; joints from the first to 
the fifth 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 basej black towards the tips. Scutellum rounded at the tip. Pectoral 
keel extending nearly to the front of the head. Abdomen with four dark 
