448 CATALOGUE OF 



123. EdESSA JCGINDA. 



Prasina, subtus pallide lutea ; captil riife.tcens, transverse striatum ; 

 antennai nigrce, articulo \o riifesct'nle ; thorax sparse et subtiliter 

 punctatus, ani.ice lestaceus Jiavo marfiinaiux, cornubus nigris rectan- 

 gulatis latitudine basali ninllo brevioribiis ; scutellum apice rotunda- 

 turn, dimidio basali tcslaceo ; pectus nigra notatum, nigricante 

 biplagialum ; abdomen apice sexspinosum ; vrnter vittis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus indeterminatis, maculis marginalibus nigris; pedes ruft, 

 tibiis tarsit^que nigris ; alee anlicce rufescentes. 



Grass-green, i)ale kiteous l)eneall). Head reddish, transversely and 

 finely striated, with elevated sides, and with a slight keel which is tes- 

 taceous towards the hind border. Eyes piccous. Antennas black; first 

 joint reddish; second much shorter than the third; fourth very much 

 Jonger than the ihiid; fifih 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; hoins black, rectangular, much 

 shorter than their breadth at the liase. Sculellum punctured like the 

 thorax, testaceous for half the length from the base, rounded at the tip. 

 Pectus on each side with some 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 ; libicE and 

 tarsi black. Fore wings reddish, thickly and minutely puuciured ; mem- 

 brane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 4 Hues. 



It lias most affinity to E.fasciata, but is much smaller, the antennse 

 and the horns of the thora.^ are black, and the under side is very 

 diff'erent. 

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



124. Edessa rectangulata. 



Prasina, sublus pallide lulta ; caput transverse striatum, margine antico 

 laleribusque teataceis ; antenna rufescentes ; thorax aspere punctatus, 

 margine aniico lateribusque testafeis glabris; scutellum valde altenu- 

 atum, peracutum ; abdomen apice sexspinosum ; pedes fulvi ; alee 

 anlicw picetc, venis duabus anlicis duabus posticis vnaque discoidali 

 brevi furcata testaceis. 



Grass-green, pale luteous beneath. Head transversely and finely 

 striated, testaceous in front and on each side. Eyes piceous. Antennae 

 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 a'neous-brown. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



