HEMIPTERA. 327 



corpore subtus virescenti-luteo, suturis nigris ; pedibus anten- 

 nisque fulvo-testaceis. $ $ . 

 Long. lin. 6, lat. hum. 4i. 



Head, thorax and scutellum green. Head somewhat rugose 

 anteriorly, the vertex with a few fine punctures. Eyes brown ; 

 ocelli reddish. Thorax thickly punctured, with the lateral angles 

 produced into short, acute, slightly recurved, black spines. 

 Scutellum rather strongly and sparingly punctured on the base, 

 more finely and thickly towards the apex ; apex very acute. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra brown, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured, with the outer margin and the costal nervure pale yellow, 

 and a small whitish spot close to the costal nervure a little be- 

 hind the middle ; membrane transparent, brownish, brassy, dark 

 brown at the base. Margins of the abdomen green, with a mi- 

 nute brownish spine at the posterior angle of each segment; 

 apical spines brown. Body beneath greenish testaceous. Abdo- 

 men very minutely punctured towards the sides, with the sutures, 

 and a short transverse line near each of the stigmata, dark brown. 

 Antepectus rather thickly punctured ; sutures of the breast dark 

 brown. Legs, rostrum and antennae pale tawny ; the latter with 

 the second joint rather longer than the third. 



Var. j3. Paler than the above; head, thorax and scutellum 

 yellowish ; sutures and lines of the under side pale brown. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



18. EDESSA inconspicua, n. s. 



E. praecedenti valde affinis, differt praecipue, thoracis spinis 

 magis prominentibus ; corpore subtus sine lineis transversis 

 fuscis ; antennarum articulo secundo tertio multo breviori. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6-6^, lat. hum. 4. 



a. Cayenne. Presented by M. Audinet Serville. 



19. EDESSA lutea. 



Edessa lutea, Hope, Cat. 28 (1837). 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



20. EDESSA leucocera, n. s. 



E. fulvo-olivacea, punctata; humeris prominentibus, obtusis; 

 corpore subtus castaneo-fulvo, suturis nigris, pedibus concolo- 

 ribus ; antennis albidis, articulis 2 basalibus fulvescentibus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8f , lat. hum. oi. 



Above tawny olive. Head with the lateral lobes wrinkled, the 

 vertex with a few fine punctures. Thorax rather finely rugose- 



