HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 465 
The sides of the thorax are more bent and in front diverge more from 
the head than those of 7. furcifera. 
a, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
b. Ceylon. From Dr. Thwaites’ collection. 
23. TEssERATOMA FORTICORNIS. 
Nigra, sparse et aspere punctata, subtus testacea ; antenne fulve; thorax 
testaceo fasciatus, cornubus latis rectis subascendentibus spatii 
intermedii dimidio equilongis ; scutelli discus obscure rufus ; venter 
_ piceo vittatus; ale antice rufe, luteo venose. 
Black, testaceous beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum thinly and 
roughly punctured. Eyes testaceous. Antenne tawny, less than half the 
length of the body ; second joint longer than the third; fourth longer than 
the second. Thorax with a testaceous smooth band extending along part 
of the fore side of the horns; sides in front transversely striated; horns 
broad, hardly acute, directly diverging, very slightly ascending, about half 
the length of the intermediate part. Scutellum dark red in the disk, 
grooved and attenuated towards the tip. Sternal kee) lanceolate, extending 
to the head, notched behind and there receiving the ventral spine. Abdo- 
men beneath with a piceous stripe which does not extend to the tip; hind 
angles of the apical segment rounded. Legs testaceous. Fore wings red, 
very thickly and minutely punctured; veins luteous; membrane brown. 
Length of the body 93 lines. 
It may be especially distinguished from J. cornuta by the more 
attenuated scutellum. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
21. TESSERATOMA SEMICUPREA. 
Picea, dense et subtiliter punctata ; antenne nigra, articulo 40 apicem 
versus luteo; thorax ongulis posticis rotundatis productis, margine 
postico fere recto; scutellum transverse et sublilissime striatum ; 
pectus antice obscure fulvum ; venter scitissime striatus ; ale antice 
cupree. 
Piceous. Head and thorax thickly aad minutely punctured. 
Antenne black, less than one-third of the length of the body; second 
joint a little longer than the third; fourth a little longer than the second, 
luteous towards the tip. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in 
front ; sides transversely striated; hind angles rounded, prominent; hind 
border nearly straight. Scutellum transversely and very finely striated. 
Pectus dark tawny in front. Sternal keel dark tawny, extending to the 
head, compressed in front, oblique at the tip, emarginate at the base. 
Abdomen longitudinally and very finely striated in the disk beneath ; hind 
angles of the segments successively more elongated and acute, those of 
the apical segment extending as far as the two intermediate spines. Fore 
wings cupreous, extremely finely punctured; membrane also cupreous. 
Hind wings deep blue. Length of the body 14 lines. 
Closely allied to 7. picea and to 7. ductuosa, but the fore part of the 
thorax diverges less directly from the head. 
a, ———? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
