CATALOG UE OF 
91 . Edessa hamata. 
I'estacea, nigro punctata ; caput niyrn (juudrivittatui/i ; antenna: nigrut ; 
thorax aspere punctatns, cornubns acntis subascendent ibus vix 
recunis apices versus nigris latitudine basali plus dnplo longioribus ; 
scutellum valde attenuatum; pectus nigro plagiutuin et maculatum ; 
venter viitis duabus latissimis atomariis lineisque duabus exterioribus 
macularibus nigris, spinis apicalibus longis ; pedes f aid. 
'I'estaceous; punctures black. Head with four black stripes, minutely 
punctured, mostly smoolb between the eyes, wbich are piceous. Antenme 
i) lack ; second joint longer than the third; fourth more than twice longer 
than the third. Thorax and scutellum rather roughly and hardly thickly 
punctured. Thorax with a smooth transverse space in front; horns acute, 
smooth and black towards the tips, slightly ascending, hardly curved back- 
ward, more than twice longer tlian their breadth at the base. Scuteliunj 
much attenuated and very acute. Pectus with some black patches and 
spots. Abdomen beneath with two very broad stripes of Idack speckles and 
with two exterior lines of black spots; hind angles of the segments suc- 
cessively more acute, those of the apical segi lent forming two long spines, 
which are black above and have black tips beneath. Legs tawny. Fore 
wings thickly and minutely punctured, with unspeckled veins; membrane 
anieous-brown. Length of the body 7^—8 lines. 
Most allied to E. longispina, but very distinct from that species. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
92 . Edessa antica. 
Prasina,subtus lutea; caput untice testaceo pallidu marginatum; antenna: 
nigra:; thorax subtiliter punctatus, anlice testaceus, cornubns sub- 
ascendentibus antice subjiexis latitudine basali duplo longioribus 
upice nigris et rotundatis ; abdominis spina: apice nigra: ; pedes lutei, 
tibiis anticis femoribusque viridibus, tarsis anticis piceis ; alee 
antica: testaceo pallido varice. 
Grass-green, luteous beneath. Head thinly punctured, bordered with 
pale testaceous on each side in front. Eyes piceous. Antennae black; 
second joint a little shorter than the third. Thorax rather minutely and 
thinly punctured, with a smooth transverse mostly pale testaceous space in 
front; horns slightly ascending and inclining forward, black towards their 
tips, which are rounded, slightly notched along the hind borders, twice 
longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum attenuated, acute, more 
linely punctured than the thorax. Sutures of the pectus and of the under 
.side ol the abdomen green. Hind angles of the abdominal segments suc- 
cessively more acute, those of the apical segments forming two spines with 
black tips. Legs luteous; femora and fore tibiic green; fore tarsi piceous. 
Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured, irregularly varied with dull 
j) ale testaceous; membrane seneous-browu. Length of the body 9.^ lines. 
Much resembles E. cervus, but the costa of the fore wings is not 
yellow. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Hates’ collection. 
