H E1\[TPTKKA HETEKOPTliRA. 
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The sides of ihe thorax are move bent and in front diverge more from 
the head than those of T. furcifera. 
a, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
b. Ceylon. From Dr. Thwaites’ collection. 
23. Tesseraxoma roiiTfCoiiNis. 
Nigra^ sparse el aspere punctata, sublus lestacea ; antennce fulvce ; thorax 
testaceo fasciatus, cornubus latis rectis subascendenlibus spatii 
intermedii dimidio cequilongis ; sculelli discus obscure rufus ; venter 
piceo vitlalus ; alee anlicce rufee, luteo venosce. 
Black, testaceous beneath. Head, thorax and sciitellum thinly and 
roughly punctured. Eyes testaceous. Antennaj tawny, less than half the 
length of the body ; second joint longer than the third ; fourth longer than 
the second. Thorax with a testaceous smooth baud extending along part 
of tlie fore side of the horns; sides in front transversely striated ; horns 
broad, hardly acute, directly diverging, very slightly ascending, about half 
the length of the intermediate part. Scutellum dark red in the disk, 
grooved and attenuated towards the tip. Sternal keel lanceolate, extending 
to the head, notched behind and there receiving the ventral spine. Abdo- 
men beneath with a piceous stripe which does not extend to the tip; hind 
angles of the apical segment rounded. Legs testaceous. Fore wings red, 
very thickly and minutely punctured; veins luteous; membrane brown. 
Length of the body lines. 
It may be especially distinguished from 7’. cornula by the more 
attenuated scutellum. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
21. Tesseraxoma semiguprea. 
Picea, dense et subtililer punctata ; antennce nigree, arliculo 4o apicem 
versus luteo ; thorax o.ngulis posticis rotundatis produclis, margine 
poslico fere recto ; scutellum transverse et subtilissime striatum ; 
pectus antice obscure fulvum ; venter scitissime striatus ; alee anlicce 
cupreec. 
Piceous. Head and thorax thickly aad minutely punctured. 
Antennce black, less than one-third of the length of the body ; second 
joint a little longer than the third ; fourth a little longer than the second, 
luteous towards the tip. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in 
front; sides transversely striated ; hind angles rounded, prominent ; hind 
border nearly straight. Scutellum transversely and very finely striated. 
Pectus dark tawny in front. Sternal keel dark tawny, extending to the 
head, compressed in front, oblique at the tip, emarginate at the base. 
Abdomen longitudinally and very finely striated in the disk beneath ; hind 
angles of the segments successively more elongated and acute, tho.se of 
the apical segment extending as far as the two intermediate spines. Fore 
wings cupreous, extremely finely punctured ; membrane also cupreous. 
Hindyvings deep blue. Length of the body M lines. 
Closely allied to T. picea and to T. luctuosa, but the fore part of the 
thorax diverges less directly from the head. 
.p Presented bv W', W. Saunders, Esq. 
a. 
