H EMIPTEUA HETKROPTEHA. 
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121 . EdESSA STRIGICEPS. 
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Prasina, sublim pallide testacea ; caput testacevm, nigra aexlincatum ; 
thorax testaceus^ aspere punctatus, antice rugiilosus, cornubus lati- 
tudine basali rnulto brevioribus apice nigris rotundatis ; scutellum 
testacea varium ; pectus et venter nigra punctata ; abdomen apice sex- 
spinosum ; pedes testacei, femoribus nigra conspersis apice nigris, 
tarsis piceis. 
Grass-green, pale testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, with six 
irregular black longitudinal lines. Eyes brown. Thorax and scutellum 
somewhat roughly punctured. Thorax testaceous, smooth and transversely 
rngulose in front; horns much shorter than their breadth at the base, with 
black rounded lips. Scutellum attenuated, acute, partly tinged with tes- 
taceous. Pectus and under side of abdomen thickly and minutely black- 
punctured. Pecttis dark cinereous about the odorific apertures. Hind 
angles of the ajiical abdominal segment forming two short spines; four 
intermediate black-tipped spines. Legs testaceous; femora minutely black- 
speckled, with black tips; tarsi piceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely 
punctured; membrane seneous-brovvn. Length of the body 10 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are a little longer than those of E. dentata, 
and the scutellum is much less attenuated and acute. 
a. Amazon Eegion. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
122. Edessa congrua. 
Fulva, subtus lutea ; caput transverse striatum; antennee rufee ; thorax 
conferte et subtiliter pnnclatus, antice glaber, lateribus transverse 
striatis, cornubus latitudine basali cequilongis apice rotundatis; 
pectus et venter suturis nigris, ilium cinereo biplagiatnm ; abdomen 
apice sexspinosum, lateribus nigro maculalis ; pedes rufescentes. 
Tawny, luteous beneath. Head transversely and finely striated, with 
an elevated border on each side and with a slight keel. Eyes tawny. 
Antennae red ; third joint somewhat longer than the second, very much 
shorter than the fourth. Thorax thickly and minutely punctured, mostly 
smooth in front; sides transversely striated ; horns as long as their breadth 
at the base, directly diverging, rounded at the tips, hardly excavated on 
the hind side. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus and under side of 
abdomen with black lines on the sutures; a cinereous patch on each side 
of the pectus. Abdomen with black spots along each side and with six 
short apical spines. Legs reddish. Fore wings thickly and very minutely 
punctured; membrane aeneous-browm. Length of the body 8 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are less globose at the tips than those of 
E, suturata. 
a, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
