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3. ACERATODES fulvicornis. 



Edessa fulvicornis, Fab. S. R. 152. 28 ? (1803). 



a. Montevideo. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



4. ACERATODES carnosa. 



Edessa carnosa, Hope, Cat. 29 (1837). 



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



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



5. ACERATODES marginalia, n. s. 



A. pallide fuscus, fusco-punctatus ; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 fuscis; abdominis marginibus supra subtusque, antennisque 

 albidis. 9 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Ovate, pale brown, thickly punctured with brown. Head pale, 

 with the margins testaceous. Thorax with the lateral margins 

 whitish. Coriaceous portion of the elytra somewhat olivaceous, 

 rather more finely punctured than the rest of the surface, with 

 the base of the outer margin whitish ; membrane nearly black, 

 somewhat brassy. Margins of the abdomen yellowish white, 

 rather finely punctured. Body beneath brown, with the margins 

 yellowish white. Abdomen thickly and rather strongly punc- 

 tured on the sides. Breast rather thickly punctured, with a large 

 dull patch on each side. Legs dark brown. Rostrum pale 

 brown, with the tip black. Antennae yellowish white. 

 a. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



6. ACERATODES fulvipes, n. s. 



A. niger, nitidus, punctatus, elytris seneo-nitentibus ; pedibus 

 rostroque fulvis ; antennis pallide fulvis vel testaceis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Rather elongate, deep black, shining. Head with the vertex 

 thickly punctured, the lateral lobes transversely wrinkled, the 

 lateral margins much elevated. Thorax and scutellum thickly 

 and rather strongly rugose-punctate ; thorax with two smooth 

 transverse spots close to the anterior margin. Coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra slightly tinged with brassy green, very thickly 

 and rather finely punctured, with the outer margin very coarsely 

 rugose ; membrane blackish brown, shining, with a steel-blue 

 tinge. Abdomen beneath faintly punctured, somewhat obscure, 

 with the centre smooth and shining. Breast coarsely rugose- 

 punctate, with a large dull patch on each side. Legs fulvous. 

 Rostrum fulvous, with the tip black. Antennae pale fulvous, or 

 testaceous. 



