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CATALOGUE OF 
22. Tesseeaxoma opposita. 
Picea, sublililer et sat dense •punctata, subtus saturate rufa, capite subtus 
pectoris disco et carina spinaque venirali lestaceis ; antennce niprce, 
articulo 4o apice teslaceo ; thoracis lalera dilatata rotundato sub- 
angulala ; scutellum apice saturate rufum ; venter scite striatus ; alee 
anticce cenece. 
Piceous, deep red beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum minutely and 
rather thickly punctured. Head obliquely striated on each side in front; 
testaceous beueath. Rostrum testaceous at the base. Antennae black ; 
second and third joints about equal in length; fourth testaceous at the tip, 
longer than the third. Thorax with an irregular abbreviated smooth band 
near the fore border ; sides transversely striated in front, dilated and 
forming two rounded right angles. Scutellum deep red at the tip. Pectus 
testaceous iu the middle and with a testaceous keel. Abdomen longi- 
tudinally and finely striated beneath; ventral spine testaceous. Fore 
wings aeneous, very finely punctured. Hind wings blackish, partly blue 
and purple and green. Length of the body 15 lines. 
a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 
Genus 10. AMISSUS. 
Amissus, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 595. 
1. Amissus Atlas. 
Atlas, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 596. 
a. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
2. Amissus nixidus. 
Luteus, sparsissime pmictatus, subtus fulvus ; capitis margo posticus niger ; 
thorax transverse sulcatus, cornubus duobus latis arcuatis porrectis ; 
alee anticce densissime et subtilissime punctatce, vittis quatuor saturate 
rujis. 
Luteous, tawny beneath. Head transversely and finely striated ; hind 
border black. Antennas about one-third of the length of the body; second 
joint longer than the third, shorter than the fourth. Thorax and scutellum 
very thinly punctured. '1 horax with a transverse furrow near the fore 
border, armed with two broad curved horns which project forward and with 
the intervening part form a semicircle. Scutellum acute. Sternal keel 
with two parallel forks in front, emarginate behind. Fore wings very 
thickly and minutely punctured, with four deep red stripes; membrane 
lurid. liCngth of the body 16 lines. 
It resembles A. Atlas in structure, but differs much from it in the 
colour of the body and of the legs and in the markings of the fore wings. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. VV^. Saunders, Esq. 
