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scutellum rather thinly and roughly punctured. Thorax smooth in front, 

 where it is transversely striated on each side; a blackish hand bordered 

 with dull ochraceous on the hind side, very near the hind border, occupying 

 the hind side of the horns ; horns slightly acute, slightly curved backward, 

 about as long as their breadth at the base. Scutellum lutescent-green, 

 attenuated, acute, finely punctured on the apical half. Abdomen with four 

 apical spines, the outer pair a little longer than the inner pair. Legs tes- 

 taceous. Fore wings reddish, thickly and minutely punctured, with some pale 

 greenish patches; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It most resembles E.melacantha, but the thorax is much more roughly 

 and thinly punctured. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



102. Edessa palltcornis. 



Prasina, subtus pallide testae ea ; caput testaceo varium, nigro quadri- 

 lineatum ; antenna albidcc, articulis basalibus nigro conspersis ; 

 thorax subtiliter punctatus, antiee teslaccus, cornubus latis subacutis 

 apice nigris latiludine basa/i non longioribus ; pectus nigro con- 

 spersum, piceo biplagiatum ; venter luteus, vitlis duabus latissimis e 

 atomis nigris; abdomen apice bispinosum ; pedes sordide testacei, 

 femoribus apices versus nigricantibus. 



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

 partly and minutely punctured, with four black lines. Eyes piceous. 

 Antennae whitish; first, second and third joints minutely speckled with 

 black; second rather longer than the third ; fourth much more than twice 

 the length of the third; fifth as loug as the fourth. Thorax and scutellum 

 rather thickly and minutely punctured. Thorax mostly smooth and pale 

 testaceous in front ; horns broad, slightly acute, not longer than their 

 breadth at the base, black towards the tips. Scutellum acute, hardly 

 attenuated. Pectus thickly speckled with black and having a large piceous 

 patch on each side. Abdomen beneath luteous, with two extremely broad 

 stripes of black speckles; hind angles of the segments successively more 

 acute and elongated, those of the apical segment forming two short 

 spines. Legs dingy testaceous, selulose; femora blackish towards the 

 tips. Fore wings much more thickly and minutely punctured than the 

 thorax ; membrane aeneous-brown. Length of the body 9 lines. 



It is somewhat like E. lurida in structure, but the horns of the thorax 

 are broader and more obtuse. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



103. ElJESSA ORAM1NOSA. 



Prasina, subtus pallide lutea ; caput testaceum, transverse striatum ; 

 thorax subtiliter punctatus, lateribus spaliogue untico lestaceis, illis 

 transverse strialis, cornubus perparum recurvis latiludine basalt 

 brcvioribus apice nigris subrotundatis ; scutellum valde attenuatum 

 el acuminatum; pectus viridi fasciatum ; abdomen apice sexspino- 

 sum ; pedes viridesccntes. 



Grass-green, pale luteous beneath. Head testaceous, transversely 

 and very finely striated. Eyes blackish. Antennae mutilated; first joint 



