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Synopsis of the Species of Anniceris. 



A 1 . Fastigiurn of the vertex strongly declivous. 



b l . Genicular portion of the hind femora reddish ; the tegmina about 



as long as the pronotum. Hind tibiae 6-spined externally . . . [1. geniculatus, Stal.] 

 b 1 . Genicular portion of the hind femora black ; the tegmina at least 



half the length of the abdomen. Hind tibiae 7-spined externally. 2. viridulus, sp. n. 

 A 2 . Fastigium of the vertex horizontal or subhorizontal. 



b 1 . Tegmina and wings almost twice the length of the pronotum, the 



tegmina with the radial veins on apical half black 3. nigrinervis, Stal. 



b 2 . Tegmina and wings greatly abbreviated, little, if any, longer than 

 the pronotum, the tegmina of uniform colour throughout. 



c\ Face without lateral carinae 4. olivaceus, Gig.-Tos. 



c 2 . Face provided with more or less well-defined lateral carinae. 

 d\ Abdomen green or greenish, very similar in colour to the rest 

 of the insect. Genicular area of hind femora tinged with 



ferruginous 5. meridionalis, sp. n. 



d 2 . Abdomen varicoloured, but not green or greenish. 



e\ Knees of hind femora blackish, the femora robust. Abdomen 



beneath cinnamon-brown 6. truncatus, Rehn. 



e 2 . Knees of hind femora deep verdigris-green, the femora more 

 slender. Abdomen beneath greenish-yellow, tip of abdo- 

 men red 7. apicalis, sp. n. 



[l. Anniceris geniculatus, Stal. 



Anniceris geniculatus, Stal, Bihang till K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. no. 4, p, 82 (1878) \ 

 Hab. South Ameeica, Peru 1 . 



This species is included because it is the type of the genus, and not because it 

 is liable to be taken within the limits of the region covered by the present work.] 



2. Anniceris viridulus, sp. n. (Tab. III. figg. 16, <j ; 17, 17 a, $ .); 



General colour of legs, pronotum, and tegmina olivaceous. The occiput, cheeks, back of eyes, upper edges of 

 sides of pronotum, pleura, apex of hind femora, and apical portion of abdomen more or less varied with 

 black. Entire insect glabrous. 



c? . Head prominent, considerably broader than the front edge of the pronotum; eyes unusually large and 

 prominent, somewhat elongate, fully twice the length of the infra-ocular portion of the genas, separated 

 above by a space scarcely as broad as the diameter of the elongate, filiform antennas, which are moderately 

 coarse as compared with those of either A. meridionalis or A. apicalis (infra) ; fastigium rather strongly 

 deflexed, faintly sulcate, truncate in front and separated from the frontal costa by a blunt transverse 

 carina ; frontal costa prominent above the ocellus only, gently and broadly sulcate at its upper extremity, 

 viewed laterally rounded between the antennas, below the ocellus rather indefinite ; face sparsely and 

 coarsely punctate, viewed in profile strongly oblique, the lateral carinas present, but blunt ; antennas 

 coarse, nearly or quite twice as long as the head and pronotum taken together. Pronotum glabrous, the 

 anterior lobe but sparsely punctate, its sides nearly parallel ; hind lobe shorter than the anterior one, 

 closely and finely punctured, expanding posteriorly ; the transverse sulci profound ; front margin rather 

 prominent, gently rounded and advanced in the middle upon the occiput, hind margin subangulate. 



