268 OETHOPTERA. 



spined, the tarsi comparatively long and heavy, the second joint a little longer than the first and about 

 equal to the third. 



General colour above very dark oil-green modified by flavous, below pale greenish-yellow, the latter tints 

 forming rather plain longitudinal bands on the disc of the pronotum and tegmina. Hind lobe of the 

 pronotum and hind femora mostly dull ferruginous, the latter with the knees and a prseapical band dusky. 

 Hind tibise deep plumbeous, becoming paler at the sides towards the base. Antennae dark brown or dull 

 black, a few joints with very narrow pale tips, but scarcely noticeable to the unaided eye. 



Length of body, $ , 18 ; of pronotum 3-15, of tegmina 11, of hind femora 10-5, of antennae 13 millim. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Pozo Azul (M. A. Carriker). 



This insect must be a fairly common one, as several specimens were taken in 

 company with Anniceris meridionalis during a few minutes of casual collecting. 



2. Leioscapheus variegatus, sp. n. (Anniceris variegata, Tab. III. figg. 15, 

 15 «, $ .) 



A somewhat larger and more robust species than the preceding. It differs from that insect also in being 

 lighter coloured, in having heavier antennae, longer wings, and a comparatively longer and more strongly 

 punctured pronotum, in which the transverse sulci are less profoundly impressed. The hind tibia? and 

 tarsi, as well as the antenna?, are more or less tinged with dull red, while the quadrivittate colour- 

 pattern of the whole insect is much more pronounced than in L. graciUcornis. 



Length of body, $ , 23 ; of pronotum 4*4, of tegmina 14, of hind femora 13 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Schumann), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer). 

 Two females. 



3. Leioscapheus annulicornis, sp. n. 



Of about the same size and general structure as L. graciUcornis, but differing from it in having shorter 

 annulate antenna? and in lacking the vittate markings of the pronotum and tegmina. 



The general colour is dull olive-green, with a ferruginous tinge on the face, sides of the pronotum, mesothorax, 

 and the base of the anterior and middle legs. There is also a darker longitudinal median area on the 

 occiput and pronotum. The punctuation of the head and the pronotum is somewhat coarser and more 

 marked than in the species to which it has just been compared, while the surface is less glabrous than 

 in that insect. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Isidro, 1600 feet, Pacific slope (Champion). 



The only specimen at hand is mutilated to the extent of lacking both hind legs. 



ANNICERIS, Stal. 

 Anniceris, Stal, Bihang till K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. no. 4, p. 37 (1878). 



While Anniceris was first characterized as a South-American genus, the material at 

 hand seems to indicate that it is also well represented north of the Isthmus of Panama 

 to at least as far as the State of Vera Cruz in Mexico. The centre of distribution, 

 however, appears to be in Costa Rica, where three species occur. The various forms, 

 so far as known, are very similar in size and general colour, the latter being dilute 

 olive-green. The different species may be separated by the annexed table. 



