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defined, dusky, oblique bands, the tibiae also decidedly infuscated 



near the middle and at the apex 1. admirabilis, Uhl. 



b'\ Hind femora with the outer face of the basal half uniformly 



dusky, the tibiae less decidedly infuscated leucocera, Stal (?). 



A 2 . Lateral carinas of pronotum more decidedly bowed. Tegmina 

 showing no decided mottling in the discal area. Wings dark 

 fuliginous, in most cases nearly black. Sides of face and thorax 

 not greatly varied with dirty white or testaceous. 

 b l . Larger. Legs more or less green. 



c 1 . Hind femora on the outer face not dusky ; disc in outer half 



of tegmina occasionally occupied by faint dusky maculations. [8. acuticornis, Bruner.] 

 c 2 . Hind femora with the outer face on basal half occupied by 

 dusky. 

 d 1 . Apical third of hind femora deep transparent green, the 



knees not much infuscated [6. fuscovittata, Thorn.] 



d 2 . Apical third of hind femora dull dirty green 3. montezuma, Sauss. 



b 2 . Smaller. Legs either infuscated or uniformly light-coloured. 

 c 1 . Form robust : general colour black, varied with green on head 



and thorax 5. eslavce, Rhen. 



c 2 . Form slender : general colour greenish, varied with testaceous 



and ferruginous [9. modesta, sp. n.] 



1. Syrbula admirabilis, Uhler. 



Stenobothrus admirabilis, Uhler, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 553 (1864) l ; Walk. Cat. Dermapt. 



Salt. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 753 (1870) 2 ; Glover, Illustr. N. Amer. Ent., Orthopt. t. 4. fig. 13 



(1872) 3 . 

 Syrbula admirabilis, Thomas, Rep. Ent. Illinois, ix. pp. 88, 93, 100-102 (1880) 4 ; Bruner, Bull. 



Washb. Lab. Nat. Hist. i. p. 131 (1885) 5 ; McNeill, Proc. Dav. Acad. Nat. Sci. vi. p. 222 



(1879) 6 . 

 ? Syrbula leucocera, Stal, Recens. Orthopt. i. pp. 102, 103 (1873) 7 ; Thomas, Rep. U.S. Geogr. & 



Geol. Surv. W. 100th Merid. v. Zool. p. 869 (1875) 8 . 



Hab. Noeth Amekica 1 ~ Q i United States, chiefly southward.— Mexico, San Rafael in 

 Vera Cruz {coll. Bruner). 



In the collection of the writer there are several males from San Rafael, Vera Cruz, 

 which differ but little from others taken in Florida. Perhaps the S. leucocera of 

 Stal may be identical with these Mexican specimens. No females have been examined 

 from Mexico. 



2. Syrbula pacifica, sp. n. 



General colour grass-green ; the pronotum with the lateral carinse nearly straight, its disc laterally marked 

 with longitudinal dark bands. Tegmina provided with a row of large circular dusky spots along the 

 discal field, occasionally running together as in S. admirabilis and several of the other species. "Wings 

 only faintly clouded or fuscous. JEEead of moderate size ; the occiput short, about two-thirds as long as 



