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Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Sides of the head, of" the thorax 

 and of the abdomen white. Head thinly and minutely punctured. Eyes 

 piceous. Thorax and scutellum thickly and rather minutely punctured. 

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

 curved backward, black towards the lips, longer than their breadth at the 

 base. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Hind angles of the apical abdominal 

 segment forming two moderately long spines. Legs testaceous. Fore 

 wings thickly and minutely punctured; membrane seueous-brown. Length 

 of the body 6^ lines. 



Much resembles E. sex dens and E. inconspicua ; the scutellum is 

 less attenuated and the apical spines of the abdomen are shorter than those 

 of E. sexdens, and the thoracic spines are rather stouter than those of 

 E. inconspicua. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



98. Edessa megaspila. 



Prasina, subtus lestacea ; caput pallide testaceum ; antenna rufescenles ; 

 thorax teslaceo plagiatus, subtiliter punctatus, cornubus nigris acutis 

 postice subrecurvis basi pallidis laliludine basali longioribus ; pectus 

 et venter viridi interrupte bivittata ; abdominis spina duce apicales 

 longiuscuUe, apice nigra;; pedes testacei; alw anticcc ferruginece, 

 venis pallide testaceis. 



Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Head pale testaceous, mostly 

 smooth. Eyes testaceous. Antenna? reddish; second joint shorter than 

 the third; fourth nearly twice the length of the third. Thorax and 

 scutellum with testaceous patches, rather thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Thorax mostly smooth in front; horns acute, black except towards the 

 base, slightly curved backward, longer than their breadth at the base. 

 Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus and under side of abdomen with a 

 very irregular and much interrupted green stripe on each side. Hind 

 angles of the abdominal segments successively more acute anil elongated, 

 those of the apical segment forming two rather long spines, which have 

 black tips. Legs testaceous. Fore wings ferruginous, thickly and minutely 

 punctured; veins pale testaceous ; membrane cupreous-brown. Length of 

 the body 6^ lines. 



The spines of the thorax are more acute than those of E. inconspicua. 



a. Columbia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, E>q. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



99. Edkssa acicclata. 



Ochracca, subtus lestacea ; caput testaceo pallida varium ; thorax subtiliter 

 punctatus, antice testaceus, cornubus ferrugimis acutis basi pallidis 

 postice vix recurvU latiludine basali longioribus; abdominis spina 



dua apicales longiuscula- ; pedes testacei. 



Ochraceous, testaceous beneath. Head smooth, mostly pah- testaceous, 

 minutely punctured in front. Eyes piceous. Antennae very minutely 

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

 longer than the third ; fifth as long as the fourth. Thoruji ami scutellum 



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