IIEMIPTEllA HETEROPTERA. 
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superanles. Oouli extanies. Ilostriun validuni, coxas anticas altingens. 
Antenna) graciles, quinqae-arliciilaia), corporis dimiilio paullo longiores ; 
articuliis 1 ns faciein altingens. Tlioracis cornua lata, sat longa, apice trun- 
cata, oblique poirecla. Scutellum altenuatum, corporis dimidio brevius, 
apice rotundatuin. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles. 
Body nearly elliptical, thickly and rather roughly punctured. Head 
small, conical in front, a little longer than broad; lateral lobes conniving 
much beyond the middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Kostrum stout, extending 
to the fore coxae. Antennae slender, a little more than half the length of 
the body; first joint extending to the front of the head; second a little 
shorter than the third ; fourth much longer than the third ; fifth shorter 
than the fourth. Thorax with a slight transverse ridge between the horns, 
which are broad, slightly tapering, truncated at the tips, slightly ascending, 
extending obliquely forward, about half the length of the intermediate 
breadth of the thorax; a transverse callus on each side in front. Scuiellum 
a little less than half the length of the abdomen, attenuated towards the 
tip, which is rounded. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen with no ventral 
spine. Legs rather long and slender. Membrane of the fore wings with 
longitudinal veins, some of which are foiked. 
The long horns of the thorax and the much less acute scuiellum 
distinguish this genus from Piezosternum. 
Muscanda testacea. 
Teslacea-, venter disco sparse pimctato, segmentorum angulis poslicis 
nigris ; membrana cinerea. 
Testaceous. Eyes of the same colour. Abdomen thinly punctured in 
the disk beneath, where tliere are black points along each side on the hind 
angles of the segments. Fore wings with a cinereous membrane. Length 
of the body 10 lines. 
a. Dhargeeling. 
Genus BESSIDA. 
Corpus longi-ovale, dense et sat aspere punctatum. Caput subpro- 
duclum, autice anguslum et rotundatuin ; lobi laterales conligui, lobum 
medium longe superanles. Oculi parvi. Rostrum coxas anticas attingens. 
AntenucE quinque-articulatae, graciles, sat breves; articulus lus faciem 
non altingens. Thorax transverse subjugatus ; cornua brevia, robusta, 
acuta, vix obliqua ; latera recta, subserrata. Scuiellum attenuatum, 
apice rotuudalum, abdominis dimidio longius. Abdomen apice trun- 
catum. 
Body elongate-oval, thickly aud somewhat roughly punctured. Head 
longer than broad, narrow and rounded in front; lateral lobes conniving 
much beyond the middle lobe. Eyes small, not prominent. Rostrum 
extending to the fore coxa?. AntenntB slender, about one-third of the 
leno-lh of the body; first joint not extending to the front of the head; 
second very much longer than the third ; fourth longer than the 
third; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax with a slight 
