HEMIPTERA. 323 



pale olive, thickly covered with fine brown points. Rostrum 

 testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae yellowish white; the 

 three first joints sprinkled with brown dots. 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. . 



9. EDESSA obtusa, n. s. 



E. fulvo-olivacea, punctata ; humeris obtusis rotundatis ; abdo- 

 mine fulvo, suturis fuscis ; pedibus testaceis, femoribus, apice 

 exceptis, castaneis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9, lat. hum. 6^-7. 



Above pale brownish olive ; head, thorax and coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra rather strongly rugose-punctate; scutellum 

 coarsely punctured at the base, rather more finely towards the 

 apex, which is somewhat obtuse. Thorax with the lateral pro- 

 cesses obtuse, rounded, and black or brown at the apex. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra dark brown, shining, slightly brassy. Mar- 

 gins of the abdomen of the same colour as the rest of the body ; 

 apical spines a little darker. Abdomen beneath tawny, rather 

 thickly and finely punctured with brown ; the central keel smooth 

 and marked with a brown line; the sutures, and a short trans- 

 verse line on each side of each segment, near the stigmata, dark 

 brown. Breast of the same colour as the upper surface, but 

 rather paler, rather thickly and finely rugose-punctate, and with 

 a large, dull, wrinkled, brown patch on each side. Thighs chest- 

 nut-brown, with their tips testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi testaceous. 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the extreme tip black. Antennae fer- 

 ruginous ; apical joint wanting. 

 a. . 



10. EDESSA phcenicopus, n. s. 



E. fulva, punctata ; humeris obtusis ; abdomine fusco, fulvo 

 coccineoque maculato ; pedibus rostroque castaneis ; antennis 

 albidis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9, lat. hum. 6. 



Above tawny, thickly and not very coarsely punctured. Tho- 

 rax with the lateral processes short, blunt, slightly emarginate 

 behind the apex. Scutellum with the apex obtuse. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with the nervures bright orange ; membrane 

 very dark brown, shining, brassy. Margins of the abdomen 

 brownish. Abdomen beneath with a broad, dark brown line down 

 the middle and a line of the same colour along each of the 

 sutures ; an irregular paler brown band runs down each side on 

 the line of the stigmata, and there is a large scarlet spot on the 

 lateral margins of each segment. The anal plate is dark brown. 



