430 >rr. W. L. Distant on new and having a few large punctures on its edge near tlie base ; the prostcrnuni — keel smooth and bistriate, stria? joining rectan-gularly at the base, thence gradually widening out to the anterior suture and there terminating ; the mesosternum obtusely produced in front, marginal stria complete, and with the metasternum and first abdominal segment sculptured with large shallow punctures not closely set. Hab. Cape Town, January 1891 {R. M. Lightfoot). LXIX. — On nev: and liitle-knomi Tessaratominae of the Order Rhjnchota. By W. L. Distant. Lyramorpha picta^ sp. n. Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs pale olivaceous ; the posterior area of the pronotum and the apical third of the scutellum dark olivaceous. Corium purplish brown, with a large pitcliy-black spot a little before apex, extreme costal margin pale olivaceous or ochraceous ; mem-brane cupreous. Antennje brownish ochraceous ; apex of the first joint, ui)per surface of the second, apex of tlie third, and the whole of the fourth and fifth joints (excluding their bases) fuscous ; the fourth and fifth joints subequal in length and longer than the second joint. Eyes, coxal spots, apex of rostrum, and the a|jices of the apical abdominal segments fuscous. The body above is very obscurely and finely punc-tate, excepting on the apical area of the scutellum, where the punctures are larger and more distinct ; the pronotum and scutellum are finely subrugulose. Long. 21 millim. Hah. Malayan Archipelago ; Batchiau. The dark hue and markings of this species will at once distinguish it from all the other species of the genus excepting the L. ramifera, Walk., described from New Guinea ; but the spotted corium of L. picta will prevent any confusion. Emholosterna tawus. Tesseratoma taunts, Hope, Cat. Hem. i. p. 27 (1837). In some specimens collected by Mr. Whitehead on the Kina Balu mountain in Borneo the pronotal angles arc con-siderably more developed than in the Malaccan examples of my own collection, which may be considered the typical
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