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CATALOGUE OE 
extending to the fore coxie. 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 tliorax, 
which are not regularly rounded, but almost angular. The tliorax is less 
directly diverging from the head than that of T. papillosa. 
a, Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
18. TeSSERATOMA TIMORENSIS. 
Var. ? Fulva, densissime et sublilissime punctata^ rostro antennis ventre 
pedibusque piceis ; thoracis latera subdilatata valde rotiindata ; 
scutellum apice nigrum; spina pectoralis ferruginea ; alee anticce 
testaceo sordido varies. 
Edessa javanica, uar. tiinorensis, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. 
iii. 26. 
Tawny. Head, thorax, scutellum and fore wings very thickly and 
minutely punctured. Ilostrum, antennas, 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 odorilic 
apertures. Keel ferruginous, extending to the fore coxae. Anal 
appendages and hind angles of the apical abdominal segment elongated, 
acute. I'ore wings irregularly varied vvith dingy 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. 
furcifera. 
a. Timor. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
19. TesSERATOMA CLARA. 
Luteo-fulva, elense et subtiliter punctata, antice nigro marginala, subtus 
nonnunquam ferruginea ; antennee nigrec, articulo 4o luteo ; thoracis 
latera dilatata, vix angulata; scutellum apice 7iignim. 
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. Antennas black; first joint dark lawny 
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 coxae. 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. 
