324 HEMIPTERA. 



with two red spots at the base. Breast pale olive, rather thickly 

 and finely punctured, with a large dull spot on each side ; the 

 lateral margins of the postpectus with a round red spot ; sternal 

 keel brownish. Legs bright chestnut. Rostrum chestnut. An- 

 tennae yellowish white. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



11. EDESSA suturata, n. s. 



E. fulva, punctata ; humeris obtusis, fuscescentibus ; abdominis 

 marginibus supra subtusque fulvo nigroque variegatis ; corpore 

 subtus concolori, suturis lineisque nonnullis utrinque trans- 

 versis abbreviatis, nigris ; pedibus antennisque fuscescentibus. 

 <??. 

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



Bright fulvous, veiy finely and thickly punctured. Thorax 

 with the lateral processes rather short, obtuse, slightly recurved 

 at the apex, tinged with pale chestnut. Scutellum rather acute 

 at the apex. Coriaceous portion of the elytra finely punctured 

 with brown, with the nervures impunctate ; membrane brownish, 

 semitrarisparent. Margins of the abdomen with the posterior 

 angles of each segment slightly spinous, banded with black and 

 orange, the suture and middle of each segment being of the latter 

 colour. Abdomen beneath sparingly punctate towards the sides, 

 with the central keel very smooth and marked with a brown 

 longitudinal line ; the sutures of all the segments are marked 

 with black lines interrupted in the middle, and there is a short 

 transverse black line on each side of each segment, close to 

 the stigmata; the lateral margins are spotted with black, two 

 spots on each segment. Breast rather thickly punctured, with 

 black transverse lines on the sutures and a transverse line on 

 each side of the ante- and medipectus. Legs and antennae pale 

 fulvous brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



b. . 



12. EDESSA ovina, n. s. 



E. fulva, punctata ; humeris nigris ; membrana nigro-fusca ; ab- 

 domine fusco-lineato. c? . 

 Long. lin. 7i lat. hum. 5. 



Above bright fulvous, thickly and rather finely punctured. 

 Thorax with the lateral process short, obtuse, black at the apex 

 and slightly recurved. Scutellum not very acute. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra very thickly and finely punctured, with the 

 outer margin strongly punctured and somewhat rugose ; mem- 

 brane dark brown, coppery. Margins of the abdomen fulvous, 



