328 HEMIPTERA. 



punctate; lateral angles produced into short, blunt processes, 

 slightly recurved at the apex. Scutellum with the apex some- 

 what acute. Coriaceous portion of the elytra very thickly and 

 finely punctured ; membrane brown, shining, brassy. Margins of 

 the abdomen yellow ; abdomen beneath bright chestnut-brown, 

 smooth and shining, very finely punctured on the sides ; the disc 

 with a large pale patch on each side of the central keel ; the 

 sutures, and a short transverse line near each of the stigmata, 

 black. Breast concolorous with the abdomen, with the sutures 

 and a transverse line across the antepectus, and a similar one on 

 each side the medipectus, black ; antepectus rather thickly punc- 

 tured. Legs and rostrum pale chestnut. Antennae yellowish 

 white, with the two basal joints pale tawny ; fifth joint wanting ; 

 second joint much shorter than the third. 



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



21. EDESSA dentata, n. s. 



E. supra olivaceo-fulva, nigro-punctata ; humeris prominentibus, 

 obtusis; abdominis marginibus flavo nigroque variegatis; 

 corpore subtus flavo, fusco transversim lineato ; antennis pe- 

 dibusque ferrugineis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 10, lat. hum. 6. 



Above brownish fulvous, tinged with olive. Head with the 

 lateral lobes rugose, the vertex with a few fine punctures disposed 

 in two rows. Thorax thickly but not very strongly punctured 

 with black ; the lateral angles prominent, obtuse ; the lateral 

 margins with a strong black line. Scutellum rather coarsely 

 punctured with black at the base, more finely and thickly to- 

 wards the apex; apex very acute. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra very thickly and finely punctured with dark brown ; mem- 

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

 with a strong acute spine at the posterior angle of each segment ; 

 banded with black and yellow, the centre of each segment being 

 yellow. Abdomen beneath yellow, smooth, shining and impimc- 

 tate ; the margins spotted with black ; the sutures, and a short 

 transverse line near each of the stigmata, brown. Breast yellow, 

 with the sutures, a transverse line on the antepectus, and another 

 on the medipectus, brown. Legs bright ferruginous, with the 

 thighs yellowish, especially towards the base. Rostrum fulvous. 

 Antennae bright ferruginous ; the two apical joints pale ; second 

 joint a little longer than the third. 



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



22. EDESSA lurida, n. s. 



E. virescens, nigro-punctatissima ; humeris spinosis, spinis bre- 



