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Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Sides of the head, of the thorax 
and of the abdomen while. Head thinly and minutely punctured. Eyes 
piceous. Thorax and sciUellum thickly and rather minutely punctured. 
Thorax with a transverse smooth space in front; horns acute, slightly 
curved backward, black towards the tips, longer than their breadth at the 
base. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Hind angles of the apical abdominal 
segment forminy: two moderately long spines. Legs testaceous. Fore 
wings thickly and minutely punctured; membrane aeneous-brown. Length 
of the body lines. 
Much resembles E. sex dens and E . inconspicua ; the scutellum is 
less attenuated and the apical spines of the abdomen are shorter than those 
of E. sexdens, and the thoracic spines are rather stouter than those of 
E. inconspicua. 
a. Amazon Eegion. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
98. Edessa megaspila. 
Prasina, subtus testucea ; caput pallide lestacewn ; antennce rufescentes ; 
thorax testaceo plagiatus, subtiliter punctatus, cornubus nigris acutis 
postice subrecurvis basi paUidis latitvdine basali longioribus ; pectus 
et venter viridi interrupte bivittata ; abdominis spina: duce apicales 
longiusculce, apice nigrce ; pedes testacei ; alee antica: ferrvgincce, 
venis pallide testaceis. 
Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Head pale testaceous, mostly 
smooth. Eyes testaceous. Antennae reddish; second joint shorter than 
the third ; fourth nearly twice the length of the third. Thorax and 
scutellum with testaceous patches, rather thickly and minutely punctured. 
Thorax mostly smooth in front; horns acute, black except towards the 
base, slightly curved backward, longer than their breadth at the base. 
Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus and under side of abdomen with a 
very irregular and much interrupted green stripe on each side. Hind 
angles of the abdominal segments successively more acute and elongated, 
those of the apical segment forming two rather long spines, which have 
black tips. Legs testaceous. Fore wings ferruginous, thickly and minutely 
punctured; veins pale testaceous ; membrane cupreous-brown. Length of 
the body 6^ lines. 
The spines of the thorax are more acute than those of E. inconspicua. 
a. Columbia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell’s collection. 
99. Edessa aciculata. 
Ochracea, subtus testacea ; caput testaceo pallida varium ; thorax subtiliter 
punctatus, antice testaceus, cornubus ferrugineis acutis basi pallidis 
postice vix recurvis latitudine basali longioribus; abdominis spina: 
duce apicales longiusculo: ; pedes testacei. 
Ochraceous, testaceous beneath. Head smooth, mostly pale testaceous, 
minutely punctured in front. Eyes piceous. Antennae very minutely 
pubescent; second joint longer than the third; fourth more lhan twice 
longer lhan the third; fifth as long as the fourth. Thorax and sculelium 
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