1889.] E. T. Atkinson— JVofes on Indian Rliyncliota. 53 



obtuse towards the anterior margin, not flattened out, posterior lateral 

 margins sinuate : scutellum somewhat equilateral, apical part beliiud the 

 frena broad, somewhat equilateral, slightly concave : apical margin of co- 

 rium straight, rounded towards the exterior apical angle : hamus present : 

 prostethium furrowed, the margins of the furrow somewhat amplified : 

 mesostethium with a rather high ridge, prominulous between the first 

 pair of coxffi : metastethium elevated, produced anteriorly in a process 

 which is gradually compressly narrowed, gradually increasing in height 

 forwards, roundly truncated at the apex, and abbreviated between the 

 first pair of coxk, very obtusely sinuated at the base : apical angles of 

 the abdominal segments, acute, prominulous : feet short, rather stout : 

 femora bispinose beneath at the apex : tibias furrowed above {8tdl) . 



355. Embolosteena taukus, Westwood. 

 Tessaratoma iaurus, Westw., Hope, Cat. Hem., i, p. 27 (1837). 

 Tessaratoma eornwta, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 34,2 (1851) ; Walker, Cat Hot iii 

 p, 462 (1868). ■' ' 



Black, very thinly punctured : corium more castaneous : apex of 

 scutellum luteous : sides of pronotum produced on both sides in a very 

 large, obtuse horn : body beneath fuscous-Iuteous ; feet short ; femora 

 bispinose at the apex ( Westiv ) . Long, 20-27 mill. 



Above chestnut-brown : pronotum anteriorly thickly rugosely punc- 

 tured, disc moderately punctured and faintly wrinkled transversely : 

 lateral angles produced into broad, blunt horns, convex above and con- 

 cave beneath ; posterior margin much produced over the base of the 

 scutellum of which the apex is broad, golden-yellow : membrane brassy 

 black : body beneath tawny, abdomen opaque with the median ridge 

 and the lateral margins shining, faintly wrinkled : pectus thickly 

 clothed with a fine golden pubescence, with the sutures deep dark 

 brown, legs castaneous ; rostrum deep castaneous with the apex black : 

 antennaa pitchy (T. cornuta, Dallas). Long, 29^; exp. hum. 22 mill. 



Reported from Malacca, Ligor, Borneo, China. 



Genus Tessaratoma, St. Farg. & Sorv. 



Eno. Metli., x, p. 590 (1825) : Am. and Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 164 (184.3) : 

 Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 340 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 459 (1868) : Stal, Hem". 

 Afric, i, p. 229 (1864) ; En. Hem., i, p. 68 (1870). 



Head somewhat small, triangular, rounded at the apex, flat ; the 

 juga longer than the tylus, and anteriorly contiguous ; antcnniferous 

 tubercles very slightly prominulous, unarmed ; bucoulas rather elevated : 

 ocelli near the eyes : antennee 4- jointed, short, somewhat stout : rostrum 



