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The posterior half of the pronotum is coarsely punctate, and a 

 sliort row of coarse punctures is placed near the anterior Jateral 

 margins; the scutellum has the basai half sparingly but coarsely 

 punctate, the remaining portion much more finely punctate, the 

 apex impunctate, corium thickly and finely punctate. 



Long. 18 mill. Exp. pronot. angl. 16. 



Hab. Brazil. 



This species is allied in gênerai colour and appearance to E . tau- 

 Hformis Dist. but differs by the shorter and more straightly pro- 

 duced pronotal angles. 



Edessa macraspis n. sp. 



Head and antennse ochraceous, the latter with the second joint 

 shorter than the third, fourth twice the length of second (fîfth 

 mutilated). Pronotum olivaceous, the anterior and latéral margins 

 broadly ochraceous, and the surface somewhat finely punctate, the 

 latéral angles strongly produced, their apices black, obtusely roun- 

 ded, slighly notched posteriorly and somewhat directed upwards 

 and backwards. Scutellum pale olivaceous, ochraceous at base, the 

 base sparingly and coarsely punctate, the remains surface thjckly 

 and finely punctate, the apex subacutely pointed and reachingalittle 

 beyond base of membrane which is dark bronzy. Corium olivaceous 

 thickly and finely punctate. Connexivum ochraceous. Sternum 

 ochraceous with transverse dull purplish and ochraceous markings. 

 Abdomen purplish-brown with ochraceous segmentai streaks. Legs 

 ochraceous. 



Long 15 to 17 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 13 to 15 millim. 



Hab. Brazil. Env. de Rio-Janeiro (Wittig). 



In sorae spécimens the colour is faded or transforraed into an 

 almost uniform dark ochraceous above. 

 EDESSA FLAVIDA. 



Edessa Jlamda Hope. Cat. I, p. 28 (1837). 



Edessa simplex H. S. Wanz. Ins. V, p. 103, f. 554 (1839). 



Edessa complicata n. sp. 



Closely allied to E.Jlavida (= E. simplex H. S.)but of a more 

 pale universal olivaceous or brownish-ochraceous coloration ; the 

 third joint of the antennae only very slightly longer than the second, 

 the pronotum much more coarsely punctate and the latéral angles 

 slightly thicker and more obtuse, the apex of the scutellum broader 

 and less acute etc. 



Long. 14 to 15 millim. Exp. pronot. angl. 10 to 11 millim. 



Hab. Brazil. 

 EDESSA OLIVACEA. 



Edessa olivacea Stal. Stett. Ent. Zeit. XXIII, p. 111, 98 (1862). 

 EDESSA CAPRA. 



Edessa capra Dali. List. Hém. I, p. 321, 4 (1851). 



