432 CATALOGUE OF 



91. EDESSA HAM ATA. 



Testacea, nigro punctata ; caput nigra quadrivittatum ; antenna nigra; 

 thorax aspere punctatus, cornubus acutis subaseendentibus vix 

 recur cis apices versus nigris latitudine basali plus duplo longioribus ; 

 scutellum valde attenuatum; pectus nigro plagiatum et macula turn ; 

 venter viltis duabus latissimis alomariis lineisque duabus exterioribus 

 macularibus nigris, spinis apicalibus longis ; pedes fulvi. 



Testaceous; punctures black. Head with four black stripes, minutely 

 punctured, mostly smooth between the eyes, which are piceous. Antenme 

 black ; second joint longer than the third ; fourth more than twice longer 

 than the third. Thorax and scutellum rather roughly and hardly thickly 

 punctured. Thorax with a smooth transverse space in front; horns acute, 

 smooth and black towards the tips, slightly ascending, hardly curved back- 

 ward, more than twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum 

 much attenuated and very acute. Pectus with some black patches and 

 spots. Abdomen beneath with two very broad stripes of black speckles and 

 with two exterior lines of black spots; hind angles of the segments suc- 

 cessively more acute, those of the apical segment forming two long spines, 

 which are black above and have black tips beneath. Legs tawny. Fore 

 wings thickly and minutely punctured, with unspeckled veins; membrane 

 aeneous-brown. Length of the body 7^—8 lines. 



Most allied to E. lungispina, but very distinct from thai species. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



92. Edessa antica. 



Prasina, sublus lutea; caput antice lestaceo pallida marginatum; antennce 

 nigra;; thorax subtiliter punctatus, antice teslaceus, cornubus sub- 

 aseendentibus antice subflexis latitudine basali duplo longioribus 

 apice nigris et rotundatis ; abdominis spina apice nigra; pedes lulei, 

 tibiis anticis jhnorib usque viridibus, tarsis anlicis piceis ; alee 

 antica lestaceo pallida varia. 



Grass-green, luteous beneath. Head thinly punctured, bordered with 

 pale testaceuus on each side in front. Eyes piceous. Antenna; black; 

 second joint a little shorter than the third. Thorax rather minutely and 

 thinly punctured, with a smooth transverse mostly pale testaceous space in 

 front; horns slightly ascending and inclining forward, black towards their 

 tips, which are rounded, slightly notched along the hind borders, twice 

 longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum attenuated, acute, more 

 finely punctured than the thorax. Sutures of the pectus and of the under 

 side of the abdomen green. Hind angles of the abdominal segments suc- 

 cessively more acute, those of the apical segments forming two spines with 

 black tips. Legs luteous; femora and fore tibiae green; fore tarsi piceous. 

 Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured, irregularly varied with dull 

 pale testaceous; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 9J lines. 



Much resembles E. cervus, but the costa of the fore wings is not 

 yellow. 



i<. Amazon Region. From .Mr. Bales' collection. 



