466 CATALOGUE OF 



22. Tesseratoma opposita. 



Picea, subtiliter et sat dense punctata, sublus saturate rufa, capite suhtus 

 pectoris disco et carina spinaque venlrali testaceis ; antenna nigra, 

 articulo 4o npice testaceo ; thoracis latera dilatata rolundato sub- 

 angulata ; scutellum apice saturate rufum ; venter scite striatus ; ala: 

 antica anece. 

 Piceous, deep red beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum minutely and 

 rather thickly punctured. Head obliquely striated on each side in front; 

 testaceous beneath. Rostrum testaceous at the base. Antennae black; 

 second and third joints about equal in lenf^th ; fourth testaceous at the tip, 

 longer than the third. Thorax with an irregular abbreviated smooth band 

 near the fore border ; sides transversely striated in front, dilated and 

 forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum deep red at the lip. Pectus 

 testaceous in the middle and with a testaceous keel. Abdomen longi- 

 tudinally and finely striated beneath ; ventral spine testaceous. Fore 

 wings aeneous, very finely punctured. Hind wings blackish, partly blue 

 and purple and green. Length of the body 15 lines. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 10. AMISSUS. 

 Amissus, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. '3rd Ser. i. 595. 



1. Amissus Atlas. 

 Atlas, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 596. 

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



2. Amissus nitidus. 



Luteus, sparsissime punctatus, subtiis fulvus ; capitis margo posticus niger ; 

 thorax transverse sulcatus, cornubus duobus latis arcuatis porrectis ; 

 aUe anticcB densissime et subtilissime -punctata:, vittis quatuor saturate 

 rujis. 



Luteous, tawny beneath. Head transversely and finely striated ; hind 

 border black. Antennae about one-third of the length of the body; second 

 joint longer than the third, shorter than the fourth. Thorax and scutellum 

 very thinly punctured. 'Ihorax with a transverse furrow near the fore 

 border, armed with two broad curved horns which project forward and with 

 the intervening part (brm a semicircle. Scutellum acute. Sternal keel 

 with two parallel forks in front, emarginate behind. Fore wings very 

 thickly and minutely punctured, with (bur deep red stripes; membrane 

 lurid. liength of the body 16 lines. 



It resembles A. Atlas in structure, but differs much from it in the 

 colour of the body and of the legs and in the markings of the fore wings. 



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



