464 CATALOGUE OF 
extending to the fore coxe. Abdomen ferruginous; hind angles of the 
apical segment elongated, acute. Legs ferruginous. Fore wings very 
thickly and minutely punctured; membrane pale testaceous-cinereous. 
Length of the body 13 lines. 
It may be distinguished from 7’. striata by the sides of the thorax, 
which are not regularly rounded, but almost angular. The thorax is less 
directly diverging from the head than that of 7. papillosa. 
a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
18. TESSERATOMA TIMORENSIS. 
Var.? Fulva, densissime et subtilissime punctata, rostro antennis ventre 
pedibusque piceis; thoracis latera subdilatata valde rotundata ; 
scutellum apice nigrum; spina pectoralis ferruginea; ale antice 
lestaceo sordido varie. 
Edessa javanica, var. timorensis, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo- Neerland. 
iii. 26. 
Tawny. Head, thorax, scutellum and fore wings very thickly and 
minutely punctured. Rostrum, antenne, abdomen beneath and legs 
piceous. Antenne shorter than the thorax ; second joint hardly longer 
than the third; fourth lanceolate, much longer than the second. Thorax 
with the sides slightly dilated and much rounded. Scutellum slightly 
grooved towards the tip, which is black. Pectus black about the odorific 
apertures. Keel ferruginous, extending to the fore coxe. Anal 
appendages and hind angles of the apical abduminal segment elongated, 
acute. Fore wings irregularly varied with dingy testaceous; membrane 
brownish cinereous. Length of the body 13 lines. 
The thorax of this species is more rounded and more dilated in front 
than that of 7’. striata; its sides are also more rounded than those of 7’. 
furcifera. 
a. Timor. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
19. TESSERATOMA CLARA. 
Luteo-fulva, dense et subtiliter punctata, antice nigro marginata, subtus 
nonnunquam ferruginea ; antenne nigra, articulo 40 luteo ; thoracis 
latera dilatata, via angulata; scutellum apice nigrum. 
Luteous-tawny, sometimes ferruginous beneath. Head and thorax 
thickly and minutely punctured. Head and fore part of the thorax very 
narrowly bordered with black. Eyes luteous, with piceous disks. Rostrum 
black, tawny towards the base. Antenne black; first joint dark tawny 
beneath; third dark tawny at the tip, very little shorter than the second; 
fourth luteous, slightly lanceolate, very little longer than the second. Sides 
of the thorax dilated, forming a much rounded angle on each side. 
Scutellum thinly and minutely punctured, slightly grooved towards the tip, 
which is black. Pectus black about the odorific apertures; keel extending 
to the fore coxe. Hind angles of the apical abdominal segment and angles 
of the intermediate appendages acute. Fore wings extremely minutely 
Fee membrane testaceous-cinereous. Length of the body 13—14 
ines. 
