HEMIPTEUA HETEEOPTEKA. 4^3 



23. Edessa trifurc'a. 



Prasina, subttis pallide testacea ; antenna; fulvm, apices versus nigrce ; 

 thorax aapere punctatus, margine liturisque anlicis transversis pallide 

 testaceis, angulis posticis vix cornutis ; scutelluni margine aniico 

 vittaque trif areata testaceis; abdomen apice vix spinosurn ; pectus 

 viridi slrigatiim ; venter villa slrigisc/ue transivrsis fuscis ; ahe 

 antica rufce, apud costam testacea. 



Grass-gieei). Head beneath and pectus pale testaceous. Eyes tes- 

 taceous. Antennee tawny, minutely setulose ; second joint rather more 

 than half the length of the third; fourth black, pale testaceous towards the 

 base, longer than the third; fifth waniino-. Thorax roughly and thinly 

 punctured, with some smooth transverse pale testaceous marks in front and 

 with a pale testaceous slightly elevated rim on each side in front ; hind 

 angles prominent, hardly horned, forming slightly rounded right angles. 

 Scutellum testaceous along the fore border, with a testaceous stripe, which 

 emits an ol)lique branch on each side, and with a pale testaceous slightly 

 rounded tip. Pectus with transverse pale green streaks on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath with a brown stripe, which is abbreviated hindward, and 

 with transverse brown streaks and with brown sutures ou each side; hind 

 angles of the segments acute ; those of the last segment slightly elongated. 

 Le::s testaceous. Fore wings red, thickly and minutely punctured, tes- 

 taceous along the costa ; a slight oblique pale testaceous streak in the 

 disk; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



Much resembles E.fasciaia, but the hind angles of the thorax are 

 less acute. 



a. Mexico, Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



West Indies. 



24. Edessa AcANTHAtus. 



Cimex Acanthnris, Linn. Sysl. Nat. i. 710; Broum, Jamaic. 434, pi. 44, 

 f. 11. Sulz. Gesch. Ins. 96, pi. 10, f. 8. 



Jamaica. Brazil. 



South America. 

 25. Edessa corxuta, C. H. 319. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Tapayos. P":om Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. d. Amazon Regiim. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 e. Archiduna. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2(1. Edessa Ceevus, C. H. 320. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



b — d. Brazil. P'rom Mr. Mornay's collection. 



e — g. Brazil. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



h, i. Brazil. 



/, k. Cayenne. Piesmtcd by \V. W. Saunders, Escj. 



I. Amazon liegion. Presented i)y W. W. Saunders, Emj. 



