TESSERATOMA PAPILLOSA. Lutea, thoracis lateribus subrotundatis, antennis
fuscis basi subferrugineis, abdomine supra purpureo-ferruginoso subtus
luteo. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Cimex Papillosus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. (nec _Fabr. Burmeist. Saint.
Farg. & Serv. &c._)
Tesseratoma Sonneratii. _St. Farg. & Serv. Enc. Méth._ 10. 590. _Guérin
Icon. R. An. Ins. pl._ 55. _f._ 4.
Cimex Chinensis, _Thunb. Nov. Ins._. 45. _t._ 11. _f._ 59. _Laporte
Class. Hemipt. p._ 60.
Cimex papillosus? _Donovan Ins. India, pl._ 13. _fig._ 2.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_).
Head small, yellowish olive-coloured. Antennæ black. Thorax yellow olive,
lying high above the level of the head, and projecting at the ligature of
the wings. Scutellum triangular, terminating in a point near the middle
of the abdomen; the basal part lying underneath the thorax. Hemelytra
crossing each other when at rest; with the basal portion opake, and
yellow olive-coloured; the apical membrane being almost transparent.
Wings entirely membranaceous, and yellow brown. Abdomen above, dark red,
but underneath clay-coloured; furnished with a sharp tooth at each of its
segments. Anus terminating in two angular points, with a small spine on
each side. Breast pale clay colour; having a black spot directly under
the fore legs, and another on each side the middle ones. Legs brown
yellow colour. Proboscis brown.
This very common Chinese insect has been confounded by Fabricius, &c. with
an African species (Tesseratoma confusa Westw.) and by Saint Fargeau and
Serville, with another from Java (Tesseratoma Javana, Klug. Burm. 2. 350.
figured by Stoll. t. 1. fig. 2.) As, however, Drury's specific name, as
applied to the Chinese species, has the priority in point of date, I have
here reverted to it, and would apply a new specific name to the species
from Sierra Leone. The Fabrician species belongs to a different section of
the genus having the terminal joint of the antennæ elongated. The only
specimens which I have seen of it are those contained in the Banksian
Collection in the possession of the Linnæan Society of London. Wolff
figures the Chinese species. I have little doubt that Donovan's figure is
intended to represent the true papillosus, although it is given as an
inhabitant of India.
{92}LEPTOSCELIS BALTEATUS.
Plate XLIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Hemiptera. SUBORDER: Heteroptera. SECTION: Geocorisa, _Latr._
FAMILY: Coreidæ, _Leach._ (Anisoscelites, _Laporte_.)