401 CATALOGUE OF 



extending lo the fore coxte. Abdomen ferruginous; bind angles of the 

 apical segment elun-jaled, acute. Legs ferruginous. Fore wings very 

 thickly and uiinulely punctured; membrane pale testaceous-cinereous. 

 Length of the body 13 lines. 



It may be distinguished from T. 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 T. papillosa. 



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



18. Tesseuatoma timorensis. 



Var.? Fulva, demissime et suhtilissime punctata, rostro nntennis ventre 



pedibusque piceis ; thoracis lalera suhdilatata valde rotundata ; 



sculellum apice nigrum; spina pectoralis ferruginea ; alee anticte 



iestaceo sordido varice. 



Edessa javanica,i>ar. tiraorensis, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. 



iii. 26. 



Tawny. Head, thorax, scutellum and fore wings very thickly and 

 minutely punctured. Rostrum, antennae, abdomen beneath and legs 

 piceous. Aulennce 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 odorilic 

 apertures. Keel ferruginous, extending to the fore coxa;. Anal 

 appendages and hind angles of the apical abdominal 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 T. striata; its sides are also more rounded than those of T. 

 furcifera. 

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



19. Tesseratoma claua. 



Luteo-fulva, dense el subtililer punctata, anlice nigra marginata, suhtus 

 nonnunquam ferruginea ; antennce. niijree, articulo 4o liiteo ; thoracis 

 latera dilatata, vix 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. AnteuuiE black; first joint dark tawny 

 beneath; ttiird dark tawny at the lip, 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 augle 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 coxffi. Hind angles of the apical abdominal segment and angles 

 of the intermediate appendages acute. Fore wings extremely minutely 

 punctured; membrane testaceous-cinereous. Length of the body 13 — 14 

 lines. 



