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The sides of the thorax are move beiil and in front diverge more from 

 the head than those of T. fur c if era. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Tenipleton. 



b. Ceylon. From Dr. Thwaites' collection. 



23. Tesseratoma fokticornis. 



Nigra, ftparse el. aspere punctata, sublux tesfacen ; aniennce fulvcE ; thorax 

 testaceo fascialnn, cnrnuhus latis rectifs subascendenlibus spalii 

 inlprmedii dimidin (equilongix ; scntelli discus obscure riifus ; venter 

 piceo vittatus ; aUe anticiB rxifce, iuteo venosce. 



Black, testaceous beneath. Head, thorax and sciitellum thinly and 

 rouijlily punctured. Eyes testaceous. Antenna; lawny, less than half the 

 lenijlh 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 

 tlie length of the intermediate part. Scutellum dark red in the disk, 

 jrrooved and attenuated towards the tip. Sternal keel 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 lip; 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 9^ lines. 



It may be especially distinguished from T. cornuta by the more 

 attenuated scutellum. 



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



21. Tesseratoma semicupeea. 



Picea, dense et subtiliter ptinctata ; aniennce nigra;, articulo 4o apicem 

 versus Iuteo ; thorax ongulis posticis rolundatis productis, murginc 

 poslico fere recto ; scutellum transverse et subtilissime striatum ; 

 pectm antice obscure fulviim ; venter scitissime striatus ; aim antiae 

 cuprecB. 



Piceous. Head and thorax thickly aad minutely punctured. 

 Anteunse 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 tlie 

 head, compressed in front, oblique at the tip, emarginate at llie 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 I'ar as the two intermediate spines. Fore 

 wings cupreous, extremely finely punctured ; membrane also cupreous 

 Hind wings deep blue. Length of the body H lines. 



Closely allied to T. picea and to T. Imt'iosa, but the forepart of the 

 thorax diverges less directly from the head. 

 a. ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Ksq. 



