438 CATALOGUE OF 



blackish. Thorax tliickly and finely punctured, mostly smooth and 

 testaceous in front; sides testaceous, transversely striated in front; horns 

 shorter than their breadth at the base, very slightly curved backward, black 

 towards the tips, which are slightly rounded; scutellum much attenuated, 

 very acute, much more thickly and finely punctured towards the tip than 

 towards the base. Pectus with green bands. Abdomen wiiii six short 

 apical spines ; under side green along the sutures and about the stigmata. 

 Legs greenish. Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured ; membrane 

 aeneous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines. 



In structure it closely resembles E. I.urida, but differs much from it in 

 colour, and the fore wings are more finely punctured. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



104. Edersa inscripta. 



Testacea,itigro pvnclata ; caput magnum, nigra quadrilineatum ; antenna 

 pallide teUacecB,ariiculis basalibus nigra conspersis ; thorax aspere et 

 sparse punclal^is, carnubus acutis antice nigris lalitudine basali nan 

 longioribus ; abdomen apice bispinasum; pedes nigra dense con- 

 spersi ; alcB anlicce ferruginecc, cosla venis ramosis liluraque sub- 

 apicali pallide testaceis. 



Testaceous; punctures black. Head, thorax and scutellum roughly 

 and thinly punctured. Head with four little black lines, two curved 

 towards each other between the eyes and two anterior and straight and 

 converging towards each other in front. Eyes tawny. Antennae pale tes- 

 taceous; first, second and third joints minutely speckled with black; 

 second joint much shorter than the third; fourth much longer than the 

 third. Thorax with a slight transverse furrow in front; horns acute, black 

 in front, not longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum acute, 

 slightly attenuated. Hind angles of the abdominal segments successively 

 inore elongated and acute, those of the apical segment forming two 

 moderately long spines. Legs slightly pubescent, thickly and minutely 

 black-speckled. Fore wings ferruginous ; costa, ramose veins and an 

 irregular subapical mark pale testaceous; membrane aeneous-brown. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



The large head, the thinly punctured thorax aud the very slightly 

 attenuated scutellum suflBcienlly distinguish this species. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



105. Edessa tnnotabilis. 

 Testacea, viridi varia; caput glabriim, lateribus oblique strialis ; thorax 

 aspere punctatus, cornubus acutis lalitudine basali brevioribus ; abdo- 

 men apice sexspinosum, dorso nigra, lateribus testaceis; ala antica 

 rufescentes, casta margineque postico testacea conspersis, vena discoidali 

 testacea furcata. 



Testaceous. Head, thorax and scutellum varied with grass-green. 

 Head smooth, finely and obliquely striated on each side in front. Eyes 

 piceous. Second joint of the antennae shorter than the third; fourth much 

 longer than the third, very little shorter than the fifth. Thorax and 



