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121. EpeEssa STRIGICEPs. 
Prasina, sublus pallide testacea; caput testaceum, nigro sexlincatum ; 
thorax testaceus, aspere punctatus, antice rugulosus, cornubus lati- 
tudine basali multo brevioribus apice nigris rotundatis; seutellum 
testaceo varium ; peclus et venter nigro punctala ; abdomen apice sex- 
spinosum ; pedes testacet, femoribus nigro conspersis apice nigris, 
tarsis piceis. 
Grass-green, pale testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, with six 
irregular black longitudinal lines. Eyes brown. Thorax and scutellum 
somewhat roughly punctured. Thorax testaceous, smooth and transversely 
tugulose in front; horns much shorter than their breadth at the base, with 
black rounded tips. Scutellum attenuated, acute, partly tinged with tes- 
taceous. Pectus and under side of abdomen thickly and minutely black- 
punctured. Pectus dark cinereous about the odorific apertures. Hind 
angles of the apical abdominal segment forming two short spines; four 
intermediate black-tipped spines. Legs testaceous; femora minutely black- 
speckled, with black tips; tarsi piceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely 
puvetured; membrane eneous-brown. Length of the body 10 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are a little longer than those of #. dentata, 
and the scutellum is much less attenuated and acute. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
122. EpESSA CONGRUA. 
Fulva, subtus lutea; caput transverse striatum; antenne rufe; thorax 
conferte et subtiliter punctatus, antice glaber, lateribus transverse 
striatis, cornubus latitudine basali aquilongis apice rotundaiis ; 
peclus et venter suturis nigris, illum cinereo biplagiatum ; abdomen 
apice sexspinosum, lateribus nigro maculatis ; pedes rufescentes. 
Tawny, luteous beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, with 
an elevated border on each side and with a slight keel. Eyes tawny. 
Antenne red; third joint somewhat longer than the second, very much 
shorter than the fourth. Thorax thickly and minutely punctured, mostly 
smooth in front; sides transversely striated ; horns as long as their breadth 
at the base, directly diverging, rounded at the tips, hardly excavated on 
the hind side. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus and under side of 
abdomen with black lines on the sutures; a cinereous patch on each side 
of the pectus. Abdomen with black spots along each side and with six 
short apical spines. Leys reddish. Fore wings thickly and very minutely 
punctured; membrane eneous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are less globose at the tips than those of 
A, suturata. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
