444 CATALOGUE OF 



s|)iiies; no inleimediale spines. Le^s red. Fore wings feiruginou-*, 

 thickly and minutely punclured, pale luleons along the outer border and 

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

 the hind border; fourth short, forked in the disk, joining the outer border; 

 membrane iEueous-brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It comes between E. hinneralis and E. simidcx as regards the 

 structure of the horns of the thorax. The yellow border of the scutelluni 

 and the lines on the fore wings distinguish it Iroin E. simplex. 



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



115. Edessa melanocera. x^'t^Xv-i 1 n £> 5" a 



Teslacea ; capitis latera ant.ica transverse striata ; antennre nigrce ; thorax 

 uspere punctatus, cornubus latitudine basali paullo brevioribus 

 postice excuvatis apice iiigris rolundatis ; scutelluni valde attenua- 

 lum, fascia postmedia urcuala iuterrnpta ; abdomen apice sex- 

 spinosum : pedes testacei ; alee anlicw prasince. 



Testaceous. Head smooth, transversely and very minutely striated 

 on each side in front. Eyes testaceous, very prominent. Antennae black; 

 second and third joints of equal length; fourth much more than twice the 

 length of the third; fifth a little longer than the fourth. Thorax and 

 scutelluni roughly and rather thickly punctured. Thorax varied with 

 grass-green, smooth along the fore border; horns a little shorter than 

 their breadth at the base, directly diverging, concave on the hind side, 

 black towards the tips, which are rounded. Sciitellum very attenuated 

 and acute; a curved interrupted postmedial green baud, attenuated on 

 each side. Abdomen with six apical rather long spines. Legs testaceous. 

 Fore wings grass-green, thickly and minutely punctured; membrane 

 aeneous-brown. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The black antennse distinguish it from nearly all the other EdesscB. 

 It has most resemblance to E. pallicornis, but the horns of the thorax are 

 more slender. 



a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



116. Edessa submaeginata. 



Piasina, subtus lutea ; ciiput transverse striatum ; antenine lutete ; thorax 

 aspere punctatus, fascia antica iestacea glabra abbreviata, cornubus 

 nigris Latitudine basali brevioribus postice excavutis apice rotundalis ; 

 scutelli latera iulva ; pectus nigricunte-cinereo biplagialum ; venter 

 vitlis qualuor arigulosis pullide fuscescenlibus ; abdomen apice quadri- 

 spinosum ; pedes lutei ; alee anticce vilta coslali viridi. 



Grass-green, luteous beneaih. Head transversely and n)inutely 

 striated. Eyes testaceous. Antennae luteous; second and third joints of 

 equal length; fourth about twice the length of the third ; fifth nearly as 

 long as the fourth. Thorax and scutelluni roughly punctured. Thorax, 

 in I'ront with a smooth abbreviated testaceous hand ; siiies transversely 

 stiialed ; horus black, somewhat sliorter than their breadth at the base, 

 concave on the hind side, their tips much rounded, Scutelluni attenuated, 

 acute; sides luteous, this hue not extending to the tip. Pectus mostly 



