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PENTATOMIDjE. 



someAvhat opaque, the sternum brownisb-ochraceous, suffused witb 

 darker markings, of m bich tbe most distinct on tbe abdomen are 

 the central ridge, lateral margins, and a sbort transverse stria 

 near tbe stigmatal spots ; legs, rostrum, and antennre black or ver,y 

 dark castaneous. 



Length 26 to 35; greatest breadth 15 to 19 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim {AtMnson Coll.). Malabar (Coll. Dist.).— Common 

 in the Malay Peninsula, aud found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and 

 some other islands in the Malay Archipelago. 



The dilated anterior margins of the pronotum are much more 

 convex than in T. quadrata. 



405. Tessaratouia quadrata, 8p. n. 



Pale ochraceous ; antenna?, extreme margins of head and pro- 

 notum, rostrum, and tbe apex of the scutellum black : body 



164. — Tessaraioma quadrata. 



beneath and legs pale castaneous ; abdomen above dark bluish- 

 black, its lateral margins castaneous. 



The principal characteristic of this species is in the subquadrate 

 anterior angles of the pronotum, by which it differs from T. mcdaya, 

 Stal, and also by the colour of the legs. It also differs from Stal's 

 species, to which it is most closely allied, by having the pronotal 

 margins black, by its less ovate body, its corium smoother and less 

 wrinkled, the blackish colour of the abdomen above, and the pale 

 ' castaneous legs, &c. 



Length 33 to 37; greatest breadth 21 to 22 millim. 



Hah. Nepal {Coll. Dist.); Sikhim, Assam; Khasi Hills 

 (Chennell), Margherita (Doherty). 



In enumerating Mr. Chennelfs collection in 1879, I concluded 

 that this species was the T. malaya, Stal, in Avhich course I seem 

 to have been followed by Atkinson (J. A. S. B. Iviii, 1889, p. 54). 

 Mr, Doherty has, however, since collected for me in the Malay 



