HEMIl'TEKA H K.TERORTERA. 4111 



8. PVGOPLATYS TRUCIDUS. 



Fulvus, sparse et aspere punctatus, sublus teslaceus ; antenna nigri- 

 cantes ; thoracis cornua subobliqua subascendentia, spatio inlermedio 

 mullo breviora, apice nigra et subrotundula ; scutellum apicem versus 

 sulcatum ; pedes leslacei ; al<e antica venis pallide flavescenlibus. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum thinly and 

 roughly punctured. Eyes piceous. Rostrum extending beyond the fore 

 coxae. Antennae blackish ; second and third joints of equal length. Horns 

 of the thorax much shorter than the intermediate breadth, slightly inclined 

 forward and ascending, black and slightly rounded at their tips. Sculellum 

 attenuated and grooved towards the tip, which is acute. Sternal keel lanceo- 

 late, extending to the fore coxre, excavated at the base, where it receives the 

 short broad abdominal spine. Hind angles of the apical abdominal seg- 

 ment forming short spines, which do not extend beyond the four intermediate, 

 more slender, spines. Legs testaceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely 

 punctured; veins pale yellowish, membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 8 lines. 



The spines of the thorax are shorter and more inclined forward than 

 those of P. acutus. 



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



Genus 9. TESSERATOMA, C. H. 340. 



1. Tesseratoma chinensis, C. H. 340. 



a — c. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



d. Hindostan. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 

 e,f. Java. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



g. Hong Kong. From Mr. Harrington's collection. 



k,i. ? Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



j — L ? Presented by — Firminger, Esq. 



m — o. ? 



2. Tesseratoma. papillosa, C. H. 340. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



c. d. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



e. Sumatra. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 /. Java. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



g. Hindostan. 



h. Siam. Presented by W. VV". Saunders, Esq. 



i. ? 



3. Tesseratoma nigiupes, C. H. 341. 



javanica, var. nigripes, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 26. 



n. Java. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 b. ? 



