HEM1PTEBA HETEROPTERA. 460 



12. Tesseratoma Afzeeii. 



Afzelii, Slat, Of v. K. V. Ah. Vorh. 1853, 233; 1856, 63— -papillosa, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 350. 



Sierra Leone. 



13. Tesseratoma scutellakis. 



-, Sloll, Cim. 23, pi. 5, f. 29 — Tesseratoma scutellaris, Hagenb. MSS. 



Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 1, 351. 

 Hindostan. 



14. Tesseratoma luctuosa. 

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

 a. Birmah. From Mrs. Waring's collection. 



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15. Tesseratoma ophthalmica. 



Hypencha ophthalmica, Slal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 596. 



Malacca. 



16. Tesseratoma striata. 



Teslacea, dense et subtiliter punctata et transverse striata; capitis latera 

 nigra ; scutellum et abdomen ferruginea ; pedes picei. T. conspersae 

 simillima ; thoracis puncturce mill to subtiliores ; pedes obscuriores. 



Testaceous. Head, thorax and scutellum thickly and minutely punc- 

 tured. Head finely and obliquely striated, with a black line along each 

 side. Rostrum black towards the tip. Thorax and scutellum transversely 

 and very finely striated. Thorax with an irregular smooth callus on each 

 side in front; sides and hind angles much rouuded. Scutellum ferruginous, 

 slightly attenuated and acute. Sternal keel and abdomen ferruginous, the 

 former exteuding to the fore coxa?; hind angles of the apical abdominal 

 segment rounded. Legs piceous. Fore wings extremely minutely punc- 

 tured ; membrane testaceous-cinereous. Length of the body 13* lines. 



Like T. conspersa in structure, but the thorax is much more finely 

 punctured and the legs are much darker. The sides of the thorax are 

 more rounded than those of T. chinensis. 



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



17. Tesseratoma furcifera. 



Teslacea, dense el snbtilissime punctata; antenna; nigrce ; thoracis latera 

 picea, vix angulata ; scutellum macula apicali nigra furcata ; spina 

 pectoralis, venter et pedes ferruginea. T. papillosac simillima; tho- 

 racis latera antica magis obliqua. 



Testaceous. Head, thorax and scutellum thickly and very minutely 

 punctured. Head ohliquely and finely striated on each side. Rostrum 

 piceous. Antennae black ; second joint a little longer than the third. Sides 

 of the thorax piceous, forming two very much rounded angles ; hind angles 

 rounded. Scutellum slightly grooved towards the tip, which has a black 

 forked spot. Pectus black about the odorific apertures; keel ferruginous, 



