464 CATALOGUE OF 



extending lo the fore coxae. Abdomen ferruginous; hind angles of the 

 apical segment elongated, acute. Legs ferruginous. Fore wings very 

 thickly and minutely punctured; membrane pale testaceous-cinereous. 

 Length of the body 13 lines. 



It may be distinguished from T. striata by the sides of the thorax, 

 which are not regularly rounded, but almost angular. The thorax is less 

 directly diverging from the head than that of T. pupillosa. 



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



18. TESSERATOMA TIMORENSIS. 



Var. ? Fulva, densissime et subtilissime punctata, rostro antennis ventre 

 pedibusque piceis ; thoracis latera subdilatata valde rotundata ; 

 sculellum apice nigrum; spina pectora/is ferruginea ; alee anticce 

 lestaceo sordido varice. 



Edessa javanica, var. timorensis, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. 



iii. 26. 



Tawny. Head, thorax, sculellum and fore wings very thickly and 

 minutely punctured. Rostrum, antenna?, abdomen beneath and legs 

 piceous. Antennae shorter than the thorax ; second joint hardly longer 

 than the third ; fourth lanceolate, much longer than the second. Thorax 

 with the sides slightly dilated and much rounded. Scutellum slightly 

 grooved towards the tip, which is black. Pectus black about the odorific 

 apertures. Keel ferruginous, extending to the fore coxae. Anal 

 appendages and hind angles of the apical abdominal segment elongated, 

 acute. Fore wings irregularly varied with clingy testaceous ; membrane 

 brownish cinereous. Length of the body 13 lines. 



The thorax of this species is more rounded and more dilated in front 

 than that of T. striata ; its sides are also more rounded than those of T. 

 furcifcra. 



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



19. Tesseratoma claua. 



Luteo-fulvu, dense et subtiliter punctata, anlice nigro margi?iata, subtus 

 nonnum/uam ferruginea ; antenna nigra, articulo 4o luteo ; thoracis 

 latera dilalata, vix angulata; scutellum apice nigrum. 



Luteous-tawny, sometimes ferruginous beneath. Head and thorax 

 thickly and minutely punctured. Head and fore part of the thorax very 

 narrowly bordered with black. Eyes luteous, with piceous disks. Rostrum 

 black, tawny towards the base. Antennae black; first joint dark tawny 

 beneath ; third dark tawny at the tip, very little shorter than the second; 

 fourth luteous, slightly lanceolate, very little longer than the second. Sides 

 of the thorax dilated, forming a much rounded angle on each side. 

 Scutellum thinly and minutely punctured, slightly grooved towards the tip, 

 which is black. Pectus black about the odorific apertures; keel extending 

 to the fore coxa;. Hind angles of the apical abdominal segment and angles 

 of the intermediate appendages acute. Fore wings extremely minutely 

 punctured; membrane testaceous-cinereous. Length of the body 13 — 14 

 lines. 



