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121. EdESSA STIUGICEPS. 



Prasina, sitblus pallide testacea ; caput testacevm, nigro xexlincatum ; 

 thorax testaceus, aspere pitnctatun, anlice rugulosus, curnubus lati- 

 tudine basali miilto brevioribus apice nigri>t rotundalis ; scutellum 

 teslaceo varium ; pectus ct venter nigro punctata ; abdomen apice sex- 

 spinosum ; pedes testacei, femoribus nigro conspersis apice nigris, 

 tarsis piceis. 



Grass-green, pale testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, wiili six 

 irregular black longitudinal lines. Eyes brown. Thorax and scutellum 

 somewhat roughly punctured. Thorax testaceous, smooth and transversely 

 rugulose in front ; horns much shorter ihan their breadth at the base, with 

 black rounded lips. Sculellum 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 

 punctured; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 10 lines. 



The horns of the thorax are a little longer than those of E. dentata, 

 and the scutellum is much less attenuated and acute. 



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



122. Edessa congrua. 



Fulva, subtus lutea ; caput transverse striatum; antenna ru fee ; thorax 

 conferte et subtililer pnnctatus, antice glaber, lateribus transverse 

 striatis, cornubus latitudine basali cequilongis apice rotundatis ; 

 pectus et venter suturis nigris, ilium cinereo biplagiatum ; abdomen 

 apice sexspinosum, lateribus nigro macula tis ; pedes rufescentes. 



Tawny, luteous beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, with 

 an elevated border on each side and with a slight keel. Eyes tawny. 

 AntenucB 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. Legs reddish. Fore wings thickly and very minutely 

 punctured ; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines. 



The horns of the thorax are less globose at the tips than those of 

 E. suturata. 



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



