150 Mr. ^Y. L. Distant on the 



Hab. Calabar, W. Africa. 



Allied to C. azurea Fabr. and C. hipartita Sign. Differs 

 in its larger size, and different colour of the head above. 

 The head is also much shorter than C. bipartita, and the 

 legs and head different colour to C. azurea. 



Caura marginata, n. sp. (Plate V., fig. 5). 



Above green, lateral borders of pronotum and basal 

 border of corium luteous. Head green, very thickly 

 punctured ; pronotum and scutellum finely and densely 

 punctured, somewhat rugulose ; the colour of the head, 

 pronotum, and scutellum is shiny, that of the corium 

 opaque and very finely punctate. Membrane pitchy opaque, 

 margins fuscous. Underside of the body luteous, vrith a 

 sub-marginal row of blueish spots, one on prosternum, one 

 on mesosternum, one on metasternum, and one on each 

 abdominal segment. Legs green, shiny. Antennas green, 

 first joint narrowly luteous at base, second joint slightly 

 longer than third (remainder mutilated). Rostrum luteous, 

 clouded with fuscous. 



Long. 15 millims. Lat. pronot. angl. 10 millims. 



Hab. Calabar district, W. Africa. 



Allied to preceding species, but less ovate, lateral 

 borders of pronotum more strongly reflexed, colour also 

 different. 



Edessa inchjta, "Walk. Cat. Het. pt. iii. p. 445, 118, 

 (1868). "Walker describes this species as having the 

 "abdomen above black." In all the specimens in my 

 collection, which have been carefully compared with the 

 type, the dorsal colour is dull red. The general colour 

 also varies from olive green to castaneous. 



Hab. Bogota, Demerara. (Coll. Dist.) Amazons ; Obydos, 

 Ega. (Coll. Oberthur.) 



Oncoscelis antennatus, n. sp. (Plate V., fig. 6). 

 Above purplish, with luteous markings ; head hiteous, 

 central lobe margined with fuscous, and an obscure fuscous 

 patch on front of each ocellus : ocelli red, eyes black, lateral 

 borders strongly reflexed, antennae red ; fourth joint, ex- 

 cepting base and apex, black ; second joint longest ; third 

 very short, not equal to first ; fourth slightly longer than 

 fifth. Pronotum purplish, with the frontal and lateral 

 margins ; a broad central longitudinal fascia, and a narrow 

 obscure line at base luteous ; within the hitcral luteous 



