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HEMIPTERA. 



* Lateral lobes of the head narrowed towards the apex, somewhat 

 divergent. (TETRODA pr.) 



1. TETRODA histeroides. 



Acanthia histeroides, Fab. E. S. Supp. 526. 24 (1798). 



^Elia histeroides, Fab. S. R. 189. 5 (1803). 



Tetroda histeroides, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 178. 1 (1843). 



Phyllocephala furcata, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 70. t. 237. fie. 738 



(1844). 

 Stoll, Pun. 109. pi. 28. fig. 197. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



2. TETRODA transversalis. 



Megarhynchus transversalis, Westw. Royle's Himal. liv. pi. 10. 

 fig. 7 (1839). 

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



3. TETRODA divaricata, n. s. 



T. fusca, punctata; capitis lobis lateralibus divaricatis; membrana 

 albida, nervis nigris ; corpore subtus obscuriore ; antennis ni- 

 gris, articulis 2 basalibus fuscis. c? . 

 Long. lin. 6J. 



a. Nepal. Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



t Lateral lobes of the head broad and foliaceous, somewhat con- 

 vergent, sometimes meeting. 



4. TETRODA atomaria, n. s. 



T. supra nigro-fusca, punctata, atomis testaceis ; capite et thorace 

 antice testaceis ; scutello basi utrinque vitta flava impunctata ; 

 corpore subtus, cum pedibus, testaceo, fascia nigra interrupts 

 submarginali utrinque ; antennis albidis. < . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Head testaceous, thickly and faintly punctured ; lateral lobes 

 nearly meeting at the apex, lateral margins straight. Thorax with 

 the anterior portion testaceous, obscure, punctured, becoming 

 dark brown posteriorly, with numerous small elevated testaceous 

 points. Scutellum dark brown, nearly black, punctured, with 

 numerous small warts similar to those on the thorax, and on each 

 side at the base a yellow impunctate line, which tapers to a point 

 posteriorly. Coriaceous portion of the elytra dark brown, punc- 

 tured, with several irregular longitudinal testaceous lines formed 

 of small raised points ; membrane whitish, opaque. Body beneath 

 testaceous, with an interrupted black band down each side within 

 the lateral margins, on the line of the stigmata ; stigmata white. 



