448 CATALOGUE OF 
123. EDESSA JUCUNDA. 
Prasina, subtus pallide lutea; caput rufescens, transverse striatum ; 
antenne nigra, articulo lo rufescente; thorax sparse et subtiliter 
punctatus, antice testaceus flavo marginatus, cornubus nigris rectan- 
gulatis latitudine basalt multo brevivribus ; scutellum apice rotunda- 
tum, dimidio basali trstaceo; pectus nigro notalum, nigricante 
biplagiatum ; abdomen apice sexspinosum ; venter vittis duabus nigri- 
cantibus indeterminatis, maculis marginalibus nigris ; pedes rufi, 
tibiis tarstsque nigris ; ale antice rufescentes. 
Grass-green, pale luteous beneath. Head reddish, transversely and 
finely striated, with elevated sides, and with a slight keel which is tes- 
taceous towards the hind border. Eyes piceous. Antenne black; first 
joint reddish; second much shorter than the third; fourth very much 
Jonger than the third; fifth as long as the fourth. Thorax thinly 
and finely punctured, testaceous in front, with a yellow line along 
the fore border and along each side; horns black, rectangular, much 
shorter than their breadth at the base. Scutellum punctured like the 
thorax, testaceous for half the length from the base, rounded at the tip. 
Pectus on each side with sume black marks and with a blackish patch 
surrounding the odorific aperture. Abdomen beneath with an irregular 
blackish stripe near each side and with black marginal spots; six apical 
spines, of which the two interior pair are very small. Legs red; tibia and 
tarsi black. Fore wings reddish, thickly and minutely punctured; mem- 
brane eneous-brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 
It has most affinity to #. fasciata, but is much smaller, the antenne 
and the horns of the thorax are black, and the under side is very 
different. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
124. EpESSA RECTANGULATA. 
Prasina, sublus pallide lutea ; caput transverse striatum, margine antico 
lateribusque testaceis ; antenne rufescentes ; thorax aspere punctatus, 
margine antico lateribusque testaceis glabris; scutellum valde attenu- 
alum, peracutum ; abdomen apice seaspinosum ; pedes fulvi; ale 
antice picee, venis duabus anticis duabus posticis unaque discoidali 
brevi furcata testaceis. 
Giass-green, pale luteous beneath. Head transversely and finely 
striated, testaceous in front and on each side. Eyes piceous. Antenne 
reddish ; third joint longer than the second, very much shorter than the 
fourth. Thorax thickly and rather roughly punctured, smooth and tes- 
taceous in front and along each side. Scutellum much attenuated, very 
acute, less thickly and roughly punctured than the thorax. Abdomen with 
the hind angles of the segments acutely elongated and with six apical 
spines, of which the inmost pair are very small. Legs tawny. Wings 
piceous, very thickly and minutely punctured; veins testaceous, one costal, 
one subcostal, two near the hind border, the fifth discoidal, short and 
forked; membrane weneous-brown. Length of the body 7% lines. 
