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CATALOGUE OF 



22. Tesseratoma opposita. 



Picea, subliliter et sat dense •punctata, subtus saturate rufa, capite subtus 

 pectoris disco et carina spinaque ventrali leslaceis ; antenna nigra;, 

 articulo 4o apice teslaceo ; thoracis lalera dilatata rolundato sub- 

 angulata ; scutellum apice saturate rufum ; venter scite striatus ; alee 

 anticce mneee. 



Piceous, deep red beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum minutely and 

 rather thickly punctured. Head obliquely striated on each side in front; 

 testaceous beueath. Rostrum testaceous at the base. Antenna? black ; 

 second and third joints about equal in len»th ; fourth testaceous at the tip, 

 longer than the third. Thorax with an irregular abbreviated smooth band 

 near the fore border ; sides transversely striated in front, dilated and 

 forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum deep red at the tip. Pectus 

 testaceous in the middle and with a testaceous keel. Abdomen longi- 

 tudiually and finely striated beneath ; ventral spine testaceous. Fore 

 wings ameous, very finely punctured. Hind wings blackish, partly blue 

 and purple and green. Length of the body 15 lines. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 10. AMISSUS. 

 Amissus, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lund. 3rd Ser. i. 595. 



1. Amissus Atlas. 

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

 a. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Sauuders, Esq. 



2. Amissus nitidus. 



Luteus, sparsissinie punctatus, subtus fulvus ; capitis margo posticus niger ; 

 thorax transverse sulcatus, cornubus duobus talis arcuatis porrectis ; 

 al<t anlicai densissime et sublilissime punctata!, viltis </uatuor saturate 

 rujis. 



Luteous, tawny beneath. Head transversely and finely striated ; hind 

 border black. Antenna? about one-third of the length of the body; second 

 joint longer than the third, shorter than the fourth. Thorax and scutellum 

 very thinly punctured. Thorax with a transverse furrow near the fore 

 border, armed with two broad curved horns which project forward and with 

 the intervening part form a semicircle. Scutellum acute. Sternal keel 

 with two parallel forks in front, emar^inate behind. Fore wiugs very 

 thickly and minutely punctured, with lour deep red stripes; membrane 

 lurid. Length of the body lb* lines. 



It resembles A. Atlas in structure, but differs much from it in the 

 colour of the body and of the legs and in the markings of the fore wings. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by \V. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



