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CATALOGUE OF 
blackish. Thorax thickly and finely punctured, mostly smooth and 
testaceous in front; sides testaceous, transversely striated in front; horns 
shorter than their breadth at the base, very slightly curved backward, black 
towards the tips, which are slightly rounded ; scutellum much attenuated, 
very acute, much more thickly and finely punctured towards the tip than 
towards the base. Pectus with green bands. Abdomen with six short 
apical spines ; under side green along the sutures and about the stigmata. 
Legs greeuisli. Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured ; membrane 
aeneous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines. 
In structure it closely resembles E. lurida, but differs much from it in 
colour, and the fore wings are more finely punctured. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
104. Edessa inscripta. 
Testaeea,7iiffro punctata ; caput magnum, nigro quadrilineatum ; antenna: 
pallide testacea,articulis basalibus nigro conspersis ; thorax aspere et 
sparse punctatus, cornubus acutis antice nigris latitudine basali non 
longioribus ; abdomen apice bispinosum; pedes nigro dense con- 
spersi ; ala antica ferruginea, costa venis raniosis lituraque sub- 
apicali pallide teslaceis. 
Testaceous; punctures black. Head, thorax and scutellum roughly 
and thinly punctured. Head with four little black lines, two curved 
towards each other between the ejes and two anterior and straight and 
converging towards each other in front. Eyes tawny. Antennae pale tes- 
taceous; first, second and third joints minutely speckled with black; 
second joint much shorter than the third; fourth much longer than the 
third. Thorax with a slight transverse furrow in front; horns acute, black 
in front, not longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum acute, 
slightly attenuated. Hind angles of the abdominal segments successively 
more elongated and acute, those of the apical segment forming two 
moderately long spines. Legs slightly pubescent, thickly and minutely 
black-speckled. Fore wings ferruginous; costa, ramose veins and an 
irregular subapical mark pale testaceous; membrane aeneous-brown. 
Length of the body 7 lines. 
The large head, the thinly punctured thorax and the very slightly 
attenuated scutellum sufficiently distinguish this species. 
a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 
105. Edessa [nnotabilis. 
Testacea, viridi varia ; caput glabnim, lateribus oblique striatis ; thorax 
aspere punctatus, cornubus acutis latitudine basali brevioribus ; abdo- 
men apice sexspinosum, dorso nigra, lateribus tesiaceis ; ala antica 
rufesce7ites, costa margineque postico testaceo conspersis, vena discoidali 
testacea furcata. 
Testaceous. Head, thorax and scutellum varied with grass-green. 
Head smooth, finely and obliquely striated on each side in front. Eyes 
piceous. Second joint of the antennae shorter than the third; fourth much 
longer than the third, very little shorter than the fifth. Thorax and 
