136 OETHOPTEEA. 



The males of A. mexicana are not certainly identified, but the following forms 

 probably belong to it : — 



3 . Mares sequentes ad A. mexicanam pertinere videntur : Var. inquinata. (Tab. VI. fig. 10.) 



Scutellum faciale obsoletius tripartitum, frequenter planulum, superne obtusangulatum. Elytra lata, fusco- 



nebulosa, macula stigmatica fusca majuscula ; campo anali et tertia parte campi diseoidalis, macula 



media ad venam principalem vittaque transversa prseapicali fuscis ; campo marginali prasino-coriaceo. 



Alee fusco-nebulosae, dimidia parte basali magis infuscata, margine interiore subhyalino, apiceque anterius 



leviter infuscato ; margine costali et ima basi sanguineis. J • 

 Var. Elytra angustiora. 

 Long. 21-5 ; pronot. 5 - 5, femor. ant. 5, elytr. 21*5, latit. elytr. 5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova in Vera Cruz (Edge), Acapulco and Acaguizotla in Guerrero 

 (H. H. Smith). 



Var. quadrimaculata. (Tab. VI. fig. 8.) 



A. mexicance var. inquinatce simillima. Elytra et alae hyalina, baud inquinata ; elytra macula anali fusca, 

 stigmate fusco minore, ad ilium macula minuta nebulosa. Alae fere ad basin campi postici fasciam latam 

 irregularem transversam fuscam (a vena dividente ad angulum posticum percurrente), marginem internum 

 liberante, instructae. c? • 



Long. 20'5 ; pronot. 5*6, femor. ant. 5, elytr. 21'25, latit. elytr. 4-75 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Lanquin in Vera Paz (Champion). 

 [6. Acontista multicolor, Sauss. 



Acontista multicolor, Sauss. Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 229 ( ? ) (1870) ; Mem. Mex., Mantid. 

 p. 37. 4; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 23. 



5 . Minuta, prasina, crassiuscula ; elytris abdominis longitudine, viridibus, fasciis 3 transversis arcuatis 

 pallidis, apice pellucido, stigmate fusco ; alis lateritiis, postice et apice fuscis albo-lineatis, margine externo 

 albido-vitreo. 



Long. 19-5 ; pronot. 5, elytr. 11*8, latit. elytr. 4, campi marginalis 1 millim. 



Hab. Antilles, Guadeloupe (Mm. Parisiense) . 



A. multicolor is closely allied to, and possibly a small variety of, A. mexicana ; but it 

 has the facial shield more rounded superiorly, and the elytra wider, more like that of 

 A. concinna.] 



7. Acontista fraterna, sp. n. 



5 . A. mexicance simillima at pronoto graciliore, insigniter gracili. Scutellum faciale tripartitum, margine 

 superiore arcuato-angulato, angulo minus acuto. Elytra ut in specie laudata, pallide trifasciata, stigmate 

 fusco. Alae ut in A. paraensi, fuscae, campo anteriore et ima basi campi posterioris lateritiis, margine 

 apicali latiuscule hyalino, campo anteriore ante apicem macula fusca. Abdomen gracilius, fusiforme. 



Long. 22 ; pronot. 6'25, femor. ant. 6-2, elytr. 14-5, latit. elytr. 4*25 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Cache (Bogers). 



A. vitrea may prove to be the male of this species. 



[8. Acontista cayennensis, sp. n. 



2 . Prasina, prsecedentibus gracilior. Scutellum faciale ut in A. concinna, angustum, transversum, planum, 

 indivisum, margine supero medio truncato. Elytra valde angusta, apice attenuata; parte apicali, et 



