HEMIPTERA HETKROPTERA. 449 



Larger lliaii E. fasciala and uitlioiit tlie mark in llie disk of the lore 

 wings which distinguishes thai species. 



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



125. Edessa contermina. 



Liitea, nigro punctata; caput pallide prasinum^ lutescenle inarginatiiin ; 

 tliorax el sculeltum uapere punclatn ; titorax aiitice fnibrugidosia, 

 augulis posticis reclaiujulatis bene delerminatis ; abdumen apice sex- 

 spinosum ; pedes ruft'scentes ; alee anlica ferruginece, alomis basalibus 

 et siibcoslalibiis venisque albidis. 



lAiteous, with black punctures. Head grass-green above, almost 

 smooth ; sides and middle lobe pale luteous. F.yes reddish. Anteuiue 

 luteous; second joint a little shorter than liie third; fourth very much 

 longer than the third, a little shorter than tiie fifth. Thorax and scutellum 

 somewhat roughly and thinly punctured. Thorax with two slight smooth 

 ridges along the loie border, the first continued along each side ; lateral 

 angles not forming horns, but rectaujiular and slightly prominent. Pectus 

 and under side (jf the abdomen with black sutures. Abdomen red above 

 and on each side beneath ; a row of black spots along each side above ; six 

 short apical spines. Legs reddish. Fore wings ferruginous, thickly and 

 minutely punctured, with whitish veins and vviih some wliiiish speckles 

 towards the base and along the costa ; membrane a-neous-brown. Length 

 of the body 3j lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



126. Edessa rutilans. r i u P i ^<'i\'k'. 



Ochracea ; caput transverse striatum ; autenme pallide testacecc ; thorax 

 aspere el sparsissime puuctatus, angulis posticis snbprodactis rectan- 

 gulatis ; scutelli dimidium apicale dense et siibtiliter punclatuin ; 

 abdomen apice sexspinosum ; pedes ruji. 



• Ochraceous. Head transversely and finely striated. Eyes blackish. 

 Antennae pale testaceous ; second joint rather shoiter than the third ; fourth 

 about twice the length of the third. Thorax .roughly and very thinly 

 punctured ; lateral angles not forming horns, but prominent and rec- 

 tangular. Scutellum attenuated, acute, ruufihly and very thinly punctured 

 from the base to the middle, much more thickly and minutely punctured 

 from thence to the tip. Abdomen with six short Ujiical spines. Lej;s red. 

 Fore wings very thickly and minutely punctured ; mcuiiirane Eeueous-brown, 

 l-enfi;th of the body \0^ lines. 



a. Brazil. P'rcni xMr. Vigors' collection. 



127. Edessa ruiiPis. 



Fulva,snbtus viridi-lestacea; caput transverse striatum, untice latiusculum ; 



thorax aspere punctattis, lateribus aniicis transverse striaiis, angulis 



posticis subproduclis rectangululis ; scutellum apice in versus dense et 



subtilitcr puuclatuui ; abdomen spinis sex apicalibus brevissimis. 



Tawny, greenish testaceous beneath. Head transversely ami finely 



striated, somewhat broad in Ironl. Eyes dull lest.iceous. Thorax roughly 



