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E. T. Atkiusou — Notes on Twlian Rlijiicliotii, 



[No. 1, 



dilated towards the posterior angles: aiitentite and feet fuscous, tody 

 beneath and abdomen above more carneous : anus foi-med of a single 

 quadrate lobe (3". proxima, Westw.). Long, 26 mill. The length ap- 

 parently varies from 25 to 35 mill. 



Var. a:^T. conspersa, Stal, S. Testaceous-flavescent, rather dense- 

 ly punctured, above remotely and minutely sprinkled fuscous: pro- 

 notum rugosely punctured at the anterior lateral margins which are 

 obtusely roundly subangulated in the middle : motasternal ridge some- 

 what reaching the first coxte : femora bispinose beneath at the apex 

 (Stdl). Long, 25 ; broad, 14 mill. Celebes, Java, Arakan (mihi). In 

 the Arakanese specimen, the entire scutellum is black. Vollenhoven 

 makes the apex of the scutellum and the antennas black ; body beneath 

 hardly more obscure : pectus with some transverse brown patches: feet 

 obscure brown-red. 



Var. h :—T. timorensis, Vol!. : small; pronotum not dilated, colour 

 hazel, anterior and lateral margins finely rugose: antennre and feefc 

 obscure, almost black. Timor, Sibsagar (Assam). 



Reported from E. Archipelago, Malacca, Sikkim, Assam fmihi.). 



359. Tessaeatoma papillosa, Drury. 



Cimex papillosus, Drnry, 111. Nat. Hist., i, p. 96, t. 43, f. 2 (1770) : Wolff, Ic. 

 Cira., i, p. 12, t. 2, f. 12 (1800) : China. 



Gimex cUnensis, Tlimib., Nov. Ins. Spec, ii, p. 45, t. 2, f. 59 (1783) : Walker, 

 Cat. Het., iii, p. 461 (1868) : China. 



CiiiiKx sinensis, Gmeliii, ed. Syst. Nat., i (4), p. 2158 (1788) : Japan, China. 



Tessaratoma chinensis, Gnerin, Rfigne An., Teste, Ins. iii, p. 345 (1829-44) : Dallas, 

 List. Hem., i, p. 340 (1851) ; Walker, 1. o., p. 461 (1868) : China. 



Tessaratoma sonneratii, St. Farg. and Sorv., Eno. Meth., x, p. 590(1825) : Gut'rin, 

 1. 0., loon., t. 55, f. 4 (1833) : India. 



Larva, Tessaratoma ossa-cruenfn, Gray, Griffith, An. King., xv, p. 239, t. 46, 

 f. 1 (1832). 



Tessaratoma papillosa, Hahn, Wanz. Ins. ii, p. 123, t. 67, f. 204 (1834) : Am. and 

 Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 16 (1843): Walker, 1. c, p. 461 (1868) : Stal, En. 

 Hem., i, p. 68 (1870). 



Head small, yellowish-olive, eyes of the same colour : antennfe 

 black : pronotum yellow-olive, elevated above the level of the head, 

 sides rather projecting at the ligature of the wings : scutellum ti-iangu- 

 lar, terminating in a point near the middle of the abdomen, upper part 

 of it lying beneath the pi-onotum : hemelytra opaque, yellow-olive ; 

 membrane almost transparent ; wings yellow-brown : abdomen above 

 dark red, beneath clay-colour, serrulate on the sides, or with a tooth on 

 each segment : anus terminates in two angular points, with a small 

 spine or cornicle on each side : pectus pale clay colour, having a black 



