HEMIPTERA. 319 



membrana nigro-fusca, cupreo-nitenti ; corpore subtus fulvo- 

 rufo ; antennis nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 13, lat. hum. lin. 9. 



Head, thorax and scutellum green. Head nearly impunctate, 

 but with the lateral lobes rather coarsely wrinkled. Eyes pitchy; 

 ocelli red. Thorax rather thickly and coarsely punctured, espe- 

 cially on the anterior portion, where it has a distinct transverse 

 impression; lateral spines not thickened at the apex, black. 

 Scutellum with the base brownish, coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures becoming finer towards the apex, which is very acute. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra dark chestnut-brown, very 

 thickly and rather finely punctured, with the nervures dark, and 

 the outer margin pale, orange ; membrane dark brown, with a 

 strong coppery tint. Margins of the abdomen green ; the base 

 and apex of each segment with a few coarse punctures. Body 

 beneath deep orange-red, with the lateral margins green. Abdo- 

 men smooth and impunctate, with the sutures, a short transverse 

 line on each side of each segment, close to the stigmata, and a 

 longitudinal central line, not reaching the base, black. Breast 

 with a large dull brown patch on each side of the medipectus ; 

 sternal keel pitchy. Anterior and intermediate legs orange-red ; 

 posterior legs reddish brown ; claws black. Rostrum dull red, 

 with the tip black. Antennae longer and more slender than in 

 the other species, pitchy black, with the basal joint pale red. 

 a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



3. PEROMATUS nodifer. 



Edessa nodifera, Hope, Cat. 23 (1837). 



Genus 2. EDESSA. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 



Edessa, p., Fab. Syst. R. (1803) ; Hahn, Wanz. ii. (1834) ; Burm. 



Handb. ii. (1835). 



Pentatoma, p., LeP. fy Serv. Enc. Meth. x. (1825). 

 Dorypleura, Hypoxys, Edessa et Pygoda, Am. <?jr Serv. Hem. 



(1843). 



* Lateral angles of the thorax produced into long, acute horns. 

 (DORYPLEURA, A. fy S.) 



1. EDESSA cornuta. 



E. thorace spinis longissimis, acutis, violaceis, fascia antica flava ; 

 elytris castaneo-nigris margine exteriori flavo ; subtus testaceo, 



