150 CATALOGUE OJj' 



ami thinly punctured, with a slight smooth transverse ridge near the fore 

 border; sides transversely striated in front; lateral angles prominent and 

 rectangular. Scutelium attenuated, acme, more finely and towards the tip 

 much more thickly punctured than the thorax. Abdomen with six very 

 short apical spines. Legs testaceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely 

 punctured; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Cayenne. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



128. Edessa senilis. 



Pallide lutea ; caput transverse striatum ; antennae pallide testacete ; thorax 

 subtili let nigro punctalus, angiitis posticis rotundatis ; scutelium sub- 

 acutum, fusco nebulosum; abdomen apice bidenlalum ,• alee anticee 

 viridi saturato svjf'usce, apud costam aspere punctata et luleo 

 notatce. 



Pale luteous. Head transversely and finely striated. Eyes dull red. 

 Antennae pale testaceous; second joint much shorter thau the third; 

 fourth about twice the length of the third, rather shorter than the fifth. 

 Thorax thickly and minutely black-punctured ; a smooth band near the 

 fore border; lateral angles rounded, not prominent. Scutelium attenuated, 

 slightly acute, punctured like the thorax, mostly clouded with brown. Ab- 

 domen with the hind angles of the apical segment elongated and acute, 

 but hardly forming spines. Legs luteous. Fore wings suffused with deep 

 green, very thickly and minutely punctured, except along the costa, where 

 they are roughly punctured and have some luteous marks; membrane dark 

 greenish brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



In this species and in E. hamata, E. melanocera and Aceratodes 

 privata the forks of the pectoral keel are parallel to each other or nearly 

 so; in the other species of the two genera they diverge much from each 

 other. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



129. Edkssa consentanea. 



Pallide lutea; caput pallide fluvum, transverse striatum ; thorax sparse ct 

 subtili ter punctalus, fascia antica Jlava glabra, angulis posticis sub- 

 rotundatis ; scutelium sat dense punctatum, vix acutum ; abdomen 

 spinis duabus apicalibus brevissimis; aim anticee fusco punctata et 

 in bulosa. 



Pale luteous. Head pale yellow, finely and transversely striated. 

 Eyes dull red. Antennae pale luteous; third joint much longer than the 

 second, rather shorter than the fourth ; fifth a little longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax thinly and finely punctured, with a smooth pale yellow band near 

 the fore border; lateral angles slightly rounded, not prominent. Scutelium 

 slightly attenuated, hardly acute, more thickly and minutely punctured 

 than the thorax. I ?ind angles of the apical abdominal segment forming 

 two very short spines; no intermediate spines. Legs pale luteous, 

 pubescent. Fore wings thickly and minutely brown-punctured, mostly 

 (loaded with brown; membrane seneous-brown. Length of the body 

 ."»! lines. 



a. Tcjuca. Presented by the Rev. II. Clark. 



