440 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale tcslaccons-fijreen, pale testaceous beneath. Head transversely 

 and finely striated. Eyes pale testaceous. Anteunaj reddish ; second and 

 third joints about equal in length ; fourth very much longer than the third. 

 Thorax and sculellum thickly and minutely punctured. Thorax with the 

 usual transverse smooth space in front and with an extremely slight keel ; 

 horns much longer than their breadth at the base, nearly cylindrical, 

 slightly inclined forward, black towards their lips, which are curved back- 

 ward and much rounded. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus with a 

 black stripe and with three black bands, the third band broad and 

 including on each side a testaceous streak and a testaceous spot. Abdomen 

 dingy testaceous above; under side with a black stripe and with black 

 bands on the sutures of the segments, each band connected on each side by 

 a black spot with a hinder black streak; hind angles of the apical segment 

 forming two spines, between which lliere are four other spines. Legs 

 luteous. Fore wings grass-green, thickly and minutely punctured ; mem- 

 brane aeneous-brown. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 8^ lines. 



Much like E. capra, but the horns of the thorax are slightly curved at 

 the tips, and the costa of the fore wings is not yellow. 



a. ArcLidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



108. Edessa fe mo kalis. 



Fulva, subhis paliide lulea ; caput transverse striatum; antennce picece ; 

 thorax aspere punctatus, lateribus transverse striatis, cornubus anlice 

 vix Jlexis, lalitudine basali mullo longioribus apice nigris et rol.un- 

 datis ; pectus nigricante unifasciatum ; abdomen apice bidentatum ; 

 pedes rufescentes, femoribus piceis ; alee anticce picew, lineis quatuor 

 pallide luteis, 4a discoidali brevi furcata. 



Tawny, pale luteous beneath. Head transversely striated. Eyes 

 piceous. Antennse piceous; third joint longer than the second. Thorax 

 and scutellum roughly and hardly thickly punctured. Thorax with a trans- 

 verse smooth space in front; sides transversely striated; horns tapering, 

 very slightly inclined forward, much longer than their breadth at the base, 

 black towards their tips, which are much rounded. Scutellum attenuated, 

 acute. Pectus with an irregular blackish band. Hind angles of the 

 apical abdominal segment slightly dentate. Legs reddish; femora piceous 

 except at the base. Fore wings piceous, thickly and minutely punctured, 

 with four pale luteous lines ; first line subcostal ; second and third near the 

 hind border ; second continued along the outer border to the first ; fourth 

 extending from the disk, where it is forked to the outer border; fringe 

 seneous-brown. Length of the body 9 lines. 



Much like E. Antilope, but the horns of the thorax are not excavated 

 on the hind side, and the colour of the fore wings is quite different. 

 a. Brazil, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



109. Edessa hilaefs, 

 Prasina, subtus pallide lulea ; caput transverse striatum, slriga lateri- 

 busque pallide luteis; antennce pallide lutece ; thorax aspere punc- 

 tatus, luteo pallida varius, cornubus antice subfiexis latiludine 



