342 HEMIPTERA. 



5. TESSARATOMA ? cornuta. 



T. supra castanea, punctata, subtus luteo-fulva ; thorace cornuto ; 

 scutello apice aiireo ; pedibus castaneis, antennis piceis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 14, lat. hum. 10^. 



Above chestnut-brown. Thorax with the anterior portion 

 thickly rugose-punctate; the disc moderately punctured and 

 faintly wrinkled transversely ; lateral angles produced into broad, 

 blunt horns, convex above and concave beneath ; posterior mar- 

 gin much produced over the base of the scutellum. Scutellum 

 with the apex broad, golden-yellow. Membrane of the elytra 

 brassy black. Body beneath tawny. Abdomen opaque, with the 

 central keel and the lateral margins shining, faintly wrinkled. 

 Breast thickly clothed with a fine golden pubescence, with the 

 sutures dark brown. Legs chestnut. Rostrum deep chestnut, 

 with the tip black. Antennae pitchy. 



a. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 10. EUSTHENES. 



Tessaratoma, p., LeP. fy Serv. Enc. Meth. x. (1825). 

 Eusthenes, Lap. Hem. 64 (1832) -, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 16? (1843). 



1. EUSTHENES cupreus. 



Tesseratoma cuprea, Hope, Cat. 27 (1837). 



a. Nepal. Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



b. Assam. 



c. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



2. EUSTHENES robustus. 



Tessaratoma robusta, LeP. $ Serv. Enc. x. 591. 4 (1825). 

 Eusthenes robustus, Lap. Hem. 64 (1832); Am. fy Serv. Hem. 

 167. 1 (1843). 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's Collection. 



b. Silhet. 



Genus 11. EUROSTUS, n. g. 



Head longer than broad, narrowed in front, with the apex 

 slightly emarginate. Antennae of four joints ; second joint longer 

 than the third; fourth about equal to the second. Rostrum 

 scarcely reaching the middle of the mesosternum, of four joints ; 

 second joint longest ; third and fourth nearly equal, shorter than 

 the first. Thorax with the lateral angles unarmed; posterior 

 margin not produced. Scutellum short, not reaching the middle 

 of the abdomen; the apex small and rounded, somewhat spoon- 

 shaped. Abdomen unarmed at the base. Sternum without a 



