138 CATALOGUE OF 



blackish. Thorax thickly and finely punctured, mostly smooth and 

 testaceous in front; sides testaceous, transversely striated in front; bonis 

 shorter than their breadth at the base, very slightly curved backward, black 

 towards the tips, which are slightly rounded; scutellum much attenuated, 

 very acute, much more thickly and finely punctured towards the tip than 

 towards the base. Pectus with »;i' ee n bands. Abdomen with six short 

 apical spines ; under side green along the sutures and about the stigmata. 

 Legs greenish. Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured ; membrane 

 anieous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines. 



In structure it closely resembles E. iurida, but differs much from it in 

 colour, and the fore wings are more finely punctured. 



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



104. Edessa insckipta. 



Testacea,nigro punctata ; caput magnum, nigro quadrilinealum ; antenna 

 pallide lestaceaz, arti culis basalibus nigra conspersis ; thorax aspere el 

 sparse punctatus, cornubus acutis antice nigris laiitudine basali non 

 longioribus ; abdomen apice bispinosum; pedes nigro dense con- 

 spersi ; aim anticce ferruginece, costa venis ramosis liluraque sub- 

 apicali pallide testaceis. 



Testaceous; punctures black. Head, thorax and scutellum roughly 

 and thinly punctured. Head with four little black lines, two curved 

 towards each other between the ejes and two anterior and straight and 

 converging towards each other in front. Eyes tawny. Antennas pale tes- 

 taceous; first, second and third joints minutely speckled with black; 

 second joint much shorter than the third; fourth much longer than the 

 third. Thorax with a slight transverse furrow in front; horns acute, black 

 in front, not longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum acute, 

 slightly attenuated. Hind angles of the abdominal segments successively 

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

 moderately long spines. Legs slightly pubescent, thickly and minutely 

 black-speckled. Fore wings ferrugiuous ; costa, ramose veins and an 

 irregular subapical mark pale testaceous; membrane seneous-brown. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



The large head, the thinly punctured thorax aud the very slightly 

 attenuated scutellum sufficiently distinguish this species. 



«. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



105. Edessa innotabilis. 



Testacea, viridi varia ; caput glabrum, lateribus oblique strialis ; thorax 

 aspere punctatus, cornubus acutis laiitudine basali brevioribus ; abdo- 

 men apice sexspinostim, dorso nigro, lateribus testaceis; a/rc anlica 

 rufcsccntes, costa marginequc postico leslaceo conspersis, vena discoidali 

 testacca furcata. 



Testaceous. Head, thorax and scutellum varied with grass-green. 

 Head smooth, finely and obliquely striated on each side in front. Eyes 

 piceous. Second joint of the antenna shorter than the third; fourth much 

 longer than the third, very little shorter than the fifth. Thorax and 



