322 HEMIPTERA. 



wards, the apex somewhat clavate, buttonlike, pitchy black, 

 Scutellum with the basal portion of the disc rather coarsely and 

 sparingly punctured, the lateral margins and the apical portion 

 more finely and closely. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly 

 and rather finely punctured, with the nervures a little paler than 

 the rest of the surface. Abdomen beneath chestnut-brown, with 

 the centre of the disc very smooth and impunctate, the sides rather 

 thickly and finely punctured ; on each side of each segment is 

 an orange line, which runs from near the stigma towards the 

 middle of the abdomen, where it is dilated into an ovate patch. 

 Antepectus pale olive-green, thickly and rather finely punctured ; 

 medi- and postpectus nearly entirely occupied by a large, dull 

 brown, wrinkled patch on each side ; sternal keel pale yellowish 

 brown. Legs tawny ; hinder thighs brownish ; claws black. 

 Antennae wanting. 

 a. . 



/. EDESSA Vitulus. 



Edessa Vitulus, Fab. S. R. 146. 3 (1803). 

 Stoll, Pun. 139. pi. 36. fig. 252. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



b. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



8. EDESSA maculata, n. s. 



E. olivacea, punctata; humeris apice nigro-fuscis ; elytris testa- 

 ceis, fusco-punctatis, fascia media, apiceque fuscis, antennis 

 albis. $ 9 . 



<? Long. lin. 9-10, lat. hum. 6f-8. ? Long. lin. 10-11, lat. 

 hum. 7i-8. 



Head, thorax and scutellum pale olive, tinged with yellow. 

 Head finely and rather sparingly punctured. Thorax finely 

 punctured, with the lateral processes stout, truncated at the ex- 

 tremity, with their anterior angles rounded; posterior angles 

 acute, blackish brown. Scutellum rather thickly punctured with 

 brown, with the apex acute. Coriaceous portion of the elytra, 

 with the base, the outer margin and a transverse band behind 

 the middle, pale testaceous, thickly punctured with dark brown, 

 a dark brown patch on the disc about the middle and another at 

 the apex ; membrane dark brown, shining, brassy. Margins of 

 the abdomen testaceous, finely punctured, with the apical spines 

 black. Body beneath pale yellowish olive. Abdomen punctured 

 with black, except on the central keel, which is very smooth and 

 shining ; second and third segments with a large whitish patch 

 on each side close to the central keel. Breast rather thickly 

 punctured, with a large, dull, wrinkled patch on each side. Legs 



