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cJ . Alarum campus anterior campum posfceriorem leviter superans. Lamina supra-analis minus producta, 



parum incisa, a cercis superata. Vertex inter oculos eorum latitudine sequalis. 

 $ . Long. 31 ; elytr. 26*5, pronot. 6*75, latit. pronot. 8*5 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Vera Paz (Champion). — Guiana, Cayenne. 



This species has the pronotum very finely punctured with brown, as in E. caraibea. 

 1$. caraibea^ however, is much smaller than E. conspersa, and the head is not densely 

 punctured with brown in the same way. 



Var. ? $ . Antennae, caput, pedes et cerci nigra (anne fortuito ?). Elytra tenuissime rufo-tessellata, fere ufc 

 in E. caraibea, sed obsoletius. Long. 23 ; elytr. 25, pronot. 5-75, latit. pronot. 8 millim. 



Hab. Panama, near the city (Champion). 



It is somewhat doubtful whether this variety ( 6 ) belongs to E. conspersa, the eyes 

 being less distant, and the elytra having a different sort of fine maculation. Its black 

 head and legs may be the result of discoloration in the dried specimens. 



6. Epilampra azteca, Sauss. 



Epilampra azteca, Sauss. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, p. 356. 12 ( d ) ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. 

 p. 82. 5, t. 2. fig. 45 (pars). 



$ . Elavo-testacea, facie punctis 2 vel 4 et linea media fuscis. Erons cum pictura frequenter lineas 2 ad 

 occipitem emittente necnon maculis 2 ad oculos, fuscis. Oculi quam ocelli seque remoti. Pronotum 

 paulo latius ac brevius quam in E. caraibea et E. latifronte ; postice bisinuatum, utrinque grosse sparse 

 fusco-punctatum ; disco pictura magna marmorata fusca, distinctissima, haud fusco-punctulata, notato. 

 Elytra fulvescentia, omnino crasse, remote, fusco-punctata ; linea in vena humerali elongata fusca ad 

 basin evanida, maculaque basali campi analis ad venam analem fusca. Alae leviter infuscatae, margine 

 costali fulvescente. Campus anterior angustus, apice leviter truncatus vel rotundatus, campum posticum 

 vix superans. Incisura apicalis inter campos nulla ; apex alae inter campum anticum et posticum aream 

 membranaceam intercalatam angustam praebens. Abdomen supra testaceo-flavum, segmentis posterioribus 

 utrinque castaneo-umbratis, angulis leviter prominulis, subacutis, 7° segmeuto leviter prominulo, angulis 

 leviter productis, rotundatis. Venter castaneus, limbo et basi luteis, sparse fusco-punctatis. Lamina 

 supra-analis $ longiuscula, paulum prominula, retro attenuata, rotundata, leviter incisa, bilobata, basi 

 fusca. Ultimum segmentum ventrale inter cercos productum, margine valde arcuato, subtruncato. 

 Cerci modice longi, testacei, laminam supra-analem baud longe superantes, apice anguste attenuato, baud 

 nigro. 



Long. 18 ; elytr. 17*5, pronot. 4-25, latit. pronot. 6-5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Eastern Cordillera (Saussure), Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 



Saussure formerly included specimens from Cuba and others from South America 

 under E. azteca ; these are here separated under the names E. caraibea and E. lati- 

 frons respectively. 



[7. Epilampra caraibea, sp. n. 



E. aztecw simillima, at minus fusco-picturata. Caput ubique sparse fusco-punctatum, fronte infra antennas 

 vitta angusta transversa flavida ; vertice inter oculos nigro, saltern pictura nigra. Caput superne 

 flavidum, occipite fusco-binotato. Pronotum omnino subtilissime fusco-punctulatum, in disco densissime, 

 utrinque sparsius, necnon ad margines laterales punctis majoribus fuscis; pictura lyrata fusca nulla. 



biol. centr.-amek., Orthopt., November 1893. Kk 



