112 CATALOGUE OF 



111. Edessa bimaculata. 



Olivacea, subtus pallide viridi-flava ; caput transverse striatum, luteo 

 pallido marginatum; antennce pallide testacece ; thorax subtililer 

 punclalus, lineis duabus lateralibus luteis, cornubus latitudine basalt 

 paullo longioribus apice nigris rotunda/is ; pectus el venter slrigis 

 transversis laleribusque rufescentibus, Mo callis duobus pallide Jiavis ; 

 abdomen apice bispinosum ; pedes rufescentes ; alee anticce picece, 

 luteo quadrilinealce. 



Olive-green, pale greenish yellow beneath. Head transversely and 

 finely striated, pale luteous alona; each side. Eves piceous. Antenna) pale 

 testaceous; second joint a little longer than the third; fourth full twice the 

 length of the second, hardly shorter than the tilth. Thorax and scutellum 

 thickly and rather finely punctured. Thorax with a transverse smooth 

 space in front and with a pale luteous line along each side; horns directly 

 diverging, a little longer than their breadth at the base, black towards 

 their tips, which are rounded. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus and 

 under side of abdomen irregularly dull red along each side and will) trans- 

 verse streaks of the same hue. Pectus with a large pale yellow callus on 

 each side near the odorific orifice. Hind angles of the apical abdominal 

 segment forming two stout spines; no intermediate spines. Legs dull red. 

 Fore wings piceous, thickly and minutely punctured, with four pale luteous 

 lines; first line subcostal; second and third near the hind border; fourth 

 exteudinjr from the disk to the outer border ; membrane aeneous-brown. 

 Length of the body 6^ lines. 



Very closely allied to E. humeralis ; the horns of the thorax are 

 shorter. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



112. Edessa caliginosa. 



Picea, subtus saturate rufa; antenna saturate rufee; thorax sat aspere 

 punctalus, laleribus transverse striatis, cornubus postice subrecurvis 

 latitudine basali paullo longioribus apice rotundatis; abdomen 

 bispinosum, dorso purpureo-nigro ; pedes saturate ruji. 



Piceous, deep red beneath. Head finely punctured. Eves brownish. 

 Antennas deep red ; second joint rather longer than the third. Thorax 

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

 verse smooth-bordered furrow in front ; sides transversely striated ; horns 

 slightly curved hindward, a little longer than their breadth at the base, 

 much rounded at their lips. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Abdomen 

 purplish black above; hind angles of the apical segment forming two 

 short spines; no intermediate spines. Legs deep red. Fore wings thickly 

 and minutely punctured; membrane dark aeneous-brown. Length of the 

 body i)-i lines. 



It most resembles E. vilulus ; in the latter the horns are hardly 

 concave on the hind side. 



'/. Brazil? From Mr. Saunders' collection. 



