HEMIPTERA HKTEHOPTKRA. 461 



8. i'v<i!>PLAl VS JUUCIDUS. 



Fulvus, sparse et aspere punclalus, sublus teslaceus; (mlennoE nigri- 

 cantes ; thoracis cornua subobliqiui subascendentia, spalio inlermedio 

 mullo breviora, apice nigra el subrolunduta ; sculetlnm apicem versus 

 sulcatum ; pedes teslacei ; alee anlico: venis pallide flavesceutibus. 



Tawuy, testaceous benealb. Head, thorax and sciuellum thinly and 

 roughly punctured. Eyes piceous. Rostruin exlendinj^ beyond the fore 

 coxte. Antennae blackish ; second and third joints of equal lenjjlli. Horns 

 of the tliorax luuch shorter than the intermediate breadth, sli^litly inclined 

 forward and ascending', black and slightly rounded at their lips. Sculellum 

 attenuated and grooved towards the tip, which is acute. Sternal keel lanceo- 

 late, extending to the fore coxa;, excavated at the base, where it receives the 

 short broad abdominal spine. Hind angles of the apical abdominal seg- 

 ment forming short spines, which do not extend beyond the four intermediate, 

 more slender, spines. Legs testaceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely 

 punctured; veins pale yellowish, membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 H lines. 



The spines of the thorax are shorter and more inclined forward than 

 those of P. acutus. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 9. TESSERATOMA, C. H. 340. 



1. TeSSERATOMA CHINEXSIS, C. H. 340. 



a — c. China. Presented by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 

 d. Hindustan. Presented by W.W. Saunders, Esq. 

 e,/. Java. Presented by M. Audinel Serville. 

 y. Hong Kong. From Mi. Harrington's collection. 



h,i. ? Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



j — /. ? Presented by — Firminger, Esq. 



2. Tessekatoma papillosa, C, H. 340. 



a. Hindoslan. From the Entomological Society's collectiou. 



b. Java. From the East India Company's collectiou. 

 c,d. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 

 e. Sumatra. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



/. Java. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



y. Hindoslan. 



h. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. Tessekatoma nigkipes, C. H. 341. 



javanica, var. uigripes, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 2G. 



a. Java. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 b. ? 



