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6. Taeniopoda superba, Stal. 



Monachidium superbum, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1855, p. 352 \ 



Taniopoda superba, Stal, Recens. Orthopt. i. p. 50 (1873) 2 ; Pict. et Sauss. Cat. Acrid, i. p. 17 

 (1887) 3 ; Kehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 12 (1902) 4 (in part.). 



Eab. British Honduras 1-3 , Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Panzos in 

 Vera Paz (Champion). 



Specimens from Costa Eica differ from the Honduras and Guatemalan form in the 

 points given in the table for separating T. superba and T. maxima. 



7. Taeniopoda maxima, sp. n. 



About the same size as, or even a trifle larger than, T. superba, but differing from that species in the narrower 

 and shorter tegmina, which are dull black, with brownish-testaceous nervures, instead of largely yellowish 

 mottled with black and with the apex also black. The wings of T. maxima are also much smaller, and 

 have the black and red portions more in contrast than in T. superba. The legs and abdomen of T. maxima 

 are also much darker-coloured than in the more northern form. 



Length of body, <$ 44, $ 68 ; of pronotum, <$ 18, $ 26 ; of tegmina, d $ , 44 ; greatest width of 

 tegmiua, <3 $ , 14 ; length of hind femora, c? 25, $ 30 millim. 



Eab. Costa Rica, Limon (M. A. Carriker: 6 $ ). 



The specimens in the series before me are similar in size, wing-length, and colour, 

 and illustrate local variation, at least, if not specific distinction. 



8. Taeniopoda gutturosa, Bolivar. 



Taniopoda gutturosa, Bolivar, Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 1901, pp. 265, 268 \ 

 Eab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion), Escuintla 1 . 



The collection before me contains several specimens of both sexes that seem to 

 belong here. They vary somewhat in wing-length, as well as in the amount of dusky 

 mottling on the tegmina, which is produced by some of the interspaces between the 

 nervures being slightly infuscated. The head is varied more or less strongly on the 

 occiput and facial carina with orange. There are also other examples at hand marked 

 simply " Guatemala " (coll. U.S. Nat. Mus.) that indicate a well-marked variety, if not 

 a good species. Their measurement is much greater, while their colour is largely 

 ferruginous, orange, and crimson about the head and thorax. In structure, however, 

 they do not greatly differ from Bolivar's description. They measure as follows : — 

 Length of body, $ , 47 ; of pronotum 17*5, of tegmina 31, of hind femora 25 millim. 

 The name T. aurantia, Bruner, can be used for them, if they prove to be distinct. 



9. Taeniopoda obscura, sp. n. (Tab. II. figg. 21, 21 a, 3 .) 



A large, robust species, the prevailing colour of which is brown and dull black, even the tegmina partaking of 

 these tints to a great extent. The pronotum is unusually broad and flattened on the disk of the hind 

 lobe, making the shoulders or lateral carinse appear very prominent ; the anterior lobe is fully as long as, 

 or longer than, the hind lobe and markedly higher than it. The colour of the tegmina, as stated above, 



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