PLECTOPTERA. 85 



[3. Plectoptera krugi, sp. n. 



P.poeyi paulo minor, fulvo-rufescens ; frontis linea transversa pallida; occipite obscuro. Pronoti discus 

 aurantius, maculis 2 rufis (nonnunquam conjunctis) ; margines laterales late, anterior anguste, flavido- 

 pellucentes. Elytra rufeseentia, venis flavidis, ae multifarie subtilissime flavido punctulato-lineolatis, 

 area basali costali testacea. Pedes testacei, tibiis posticis apiee fuscis. Abdomen infuscatum. 



Yar. a. Pronoti disco flavido ; elytrorum lineolis flavidis obsoletis. — b. Minor, statura P. pulicarice. — c. Ely- 

 trorum campo anali maculaque in parte obtecta elytri dextri rufldis. J . — d. Color magis ochracea. 



$ . Long. 5-5-6 ; latit. 3-3-2, long, elytr. 4-4-1 ; tf. Long. 4-6 millim. 



Hal. Antilles, Cuba (Br. Krug ; Mus. Dresdense et Mus. Genavense). 



The elytra often seem to be yellowish or rufous ; viewed under a rather strong lens 

 they appear to be covered with yellow lines running in various directions, and formed 

 by small yellow punctures.] 



4. Plectoptera picta, sp. n. (Tab. in. fig. 9.) 



$ . Albescens. Caput nigrum, vitta frontali infra oculos albida. Antennae luteae. Pronotum luteum, 

 macula discoidali transversa nigra antice et utrinque incisa. Elytra cornea, sulco anali nullo, subtilissime 

 nigro-punctulata, ad sulcum analem (bypot.) nigro- maculata vel oblique fasciata, ultra medium nigro vel 

 griseo umbrata, ad marginem griseo-punctata. Alae illis P. poeyi similes, campo appendiculari et venis 

 campi antici pallide aurantiis, campo posteriore leviter iufuscato, campi margin alis venulis costalibus et 

 stigmate corneo infuscatis. Coxae piceae. Abdomen subtus luteum, segmentis l°-4° utrinque macula 

 obliqua nigra ; ultimum segmentuin rufeseens. 



Long, cum elytr. 6 ; pronot. 1'3, latit. pronot. 2 millim. 



Hal. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann). 



5. Plectoptera circumcincta, sp. n. 



2 . P. circumdatce simillima, sed paulo minor, flavo-testacea. Antennae flavo-testacese, apice obscuriores 

 Caput rufeseens, vitta frontali inter-antennali lutea, vertice rufo, a fronte per lineam inter-ocularem 

 nigram separato. Pronotum rufo-castaneum vel rufum, circumcirca flavido-limbatum ; disco rufo 

 elliptico. Elytra testacea, leviter rufeseentia, ad sulcum analem (obliteratum) rufo-umbrata, margine 

 costali basi testaceo. Alae ut in specie laudata, campo marginali apice minus fusco, margineque minus 

 calloso. Pedes testacei. Abdomen testaceo-rufescens, superne fuscescens. 



Long. 5-3 ; pronot. 1-5, latit. pronot. 2-2, elytr. 5-2 millim. 



Hal. Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (H. H. Smith). 

 This may prove to be a small pale variety of P. circumdata % 



[6. Plectoptera micans, Bolivar. 



Plectoptera micans, Bolivar, Orthopt. de Cuba, in M£m. Soc. Zool. Fr. i. p. 129 (1888). 

 Hah. Antilles, Cuba. — Species P. picta? affinis.] 



[7. Plectoptera porcellana, Sauss. 



Blaita porcellana, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1862, p. 164. 



