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form of the species. As the Borncaii .spociincns, liowever, 

 are not constant in that respect, the length uf the pronotal 

 angles in this species may be regarded as of a varietal 

 character. 



Tessaratoma absinii'lis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutelluni, body beneath, and legs 

 greenish ochraceous ; coriuni brownish ochraceous ; mem- 

 brane cupreous; antennee ochraceous, second joint slightly 

 longer than either third or fourtli joints, which are subequal 

 in length. Sternal keel reaching the anterior coxte and 

 olivaceous in hue. Pronotum with the lateral margin oblique, 

 not dilated, and only very sliglitly convex. Body slender. 



Long. 22 millim. ; lat. pronot. angl. 10^ millini. 



Nab. East Africa ; Mpwapwa. 



This species is distinguished by the non-dilated and oblique 

 lateral margins to the pronotum, the slender body, &c. 



Pygoplatys taurifonnis, sp. n. 



Pale olivaceous, obscurely punctate ; pronotal angles 

 strongly produced in long anteriorly curved spines, marked 

 with very coarse black punctures and with their apices sub- 

 acute and slightly recurved. Antennse castaneous, the apical 

 joint (excluding apex) fuscous. Eyes, apices of the tibiae, 

 the tarsi, and lateral and apical margins of the abdomen 

 (narrowly) black, the last also spotted with ocliraceous. 



Long. 21 millim. ; cxp. pronot. angl. 20 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim valley ; Myitta. 



Allied to P. trucidiis, Walk., but with the pronotal angles 

 much more produced and curved outwardly. 



Pygoplatys lunatus^ sp. n. 



Brownisb ochraceous ; basal area of head black. Pro- 

 notum with the anterior area and the pronotal angles with 

 very coarse black punctures, posterior area of the pronotum 

 much more obscurely punctate ; lateral pronotal angles pro- 

 duced in long forwardly-curved spines, with their apices sub- 

 acute. Scutellum sparsely and finely punctate, the apical 

 area profoundly and longitudinally sulcatcd. Corium very 

 finely and thickly punctate. Membrane cupreous. Abdo- 

 minal spiracles fuscous. Antennae pale fuscous, with the apical 

 joint ochraceous. 



Long. 20-23 millim.; lat. pronot. angl. 16-17 millim. 



Hah. Borneo ; Saudakan. 



