440 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale testaceous-green, pale testaceous beneath. Head transversely 

 and finely striated. Eyes pale testaceous. Antennas reddish ; second and 

 third joints about equal in length; fourth very much longer than the third. 

 Thorax and sculellum thickly and minutely punctured. Thorax with the 

 usual transverse smooth space in front and with an extremely slight keel ; 

 horns much longer than their breadth at the base, nearly cylindrical, 

 slightly inclined forward, black towards their tips, which are curved back- 

 ward and much rounded. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus with a 

 black stripe and with three black bands, the third band broad and 

 including on each side a testaceous streak and a testaceous spot. Abdomen 

 dingy testaceous above; under side with a black stripe and with black 

 bands on the sutures of the segments, each band connected on each side by 

 a black spot with a hinder black streak; hind angles of the apical segment 

 forming two spines, between which there are four other spines. Legs 

 luteous. Fore wings grass-green, thickly and minutely punctured ; mem- 

 brane aeneous-brown. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 8h lines. 



Much like E. capra, but the horns of the thorax are slightly curved at 

 the tips, and the costa of the fore wings is not yellow. 



a. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



108. Edessa eem oralis. 



Fulva,sublus pallide lutea; caput transverse striatum; antennae picece ; 

 thorax aspere punctatus, lateribus transverse striatis, cornubus antice 

 vix Jlexis, latiludine basali mutto longioribus apice nigris et rotun- 

 datis ; pectus nigricanle unifasciatum; abdomen apice bidentalum ; 

 pedes rufescentes, femoribus piceis ; alee anlicce picea;, lineis quatuor 

 pallide luteis, 4a discoidali brevif areata. 



Tawny, pale luteous beneath. Head transversely striated. Eyes 

 piccous. Antenna? piceous; third joint longer than the second. Thorax 

 and scutellum roughly and hardly thickly punctured. Thorax with a trans- 

 verse smooth space in front; sides transversely striated; horns tapering, 

 very slightly inclined forward, much longer than their breadth at the base, 

 black towards their tips, which are much rounded. Scutellum attenuated, 

 acute. Pectus with an irregular blackish band. Hind angles of the 

 apical abdominal segment slightly dentate. Legs reddish; femora piceous 

 except at the base. Fore wings piceous, thickly and minutely punctured, 

 with four pale luteous lines ; first line subcostal ; second and third near the 

 hind border: second continued along the outer border to the first; fourth 

 extending from the disk, where it is forked to the outer border; fringe 

 ameous-brown. Length of the body 9 lines. 



Much like E. Antilope, but the horns of the thorax are not excavated 

 on the hind side, and the colour of the fore wings is quite different. 



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



109. EOESSA HILARIS. 



Prasina, subtus pallide lutea ; caput transverse striatum, striga latcri- 

 butque pallide luteis; antenna pallide lulem ; thorax aspere. punc- 

 tatus, Intro pa/lido varius, cornubus antice subflexis latiludine 



