310 OETHOPTERA. 



closely and rugosely punctate on the disc above, more distantly and coarsely so on the front lobe, while 

 on the hind one the punctuation is close and fine ; front edge rounded, hind margin truncate, the 

 transverse sulci rather profound, continuous, median carina fairly prominent. Tegmina lateral, twice 

 as long as broad, extending a little beyond the first abdominal segment, the veins prominent, pale. 

 Abdomen plainly carinate above, the apex in the d gently clavate ; last ventral segment short, bluntly 

 acuminate, the apex entire ; supra-anal plate triangular, somewhat rounded at the sides, rather deeply 

 but narrowly sulcate in the centre basally ; marginal apophyses of the preceding segment in the form 

 of small, cylindrical, attingent fingers that are about twice as long as broad and project into the basal 

 part of the sulcus of the plate ; cerci moderately broad, flattened, and gently tapering, a little more 

 than twice as long as their basal width, the posterior apical edge obliquely docked. Prosternal spine 

 pyramidal, rather long, robust, subquadrate, straight, the apex roundly acuminate ; interspace between 

 the mesosternal lobes about twice as long as wide. Posterior femora moderately robust, somewhat 

 hirsute ; hind tibiae also hirsute, provided with ten spines in the outer row. Abdomen likewise hirsute, 

 especially apically beneath. 



General colour as described above. Antennae pale testaceous basally, becoming ferruginous apically. Occiput, 

 posterior edge of cheeks narrowly, a conspicuous band along each side of the disc, three conspicuous 

 patches on the sides and alternating dashes along the front margin throughout, and the hind margin of 

 the disc of the pronotum, bright yellow. There are likewise oblique dashes of this same colour on the 

 pleura and several dots along the lower external carina of the hind femora. Abdomen above dark 

 fuscous-olive, darkest basally, the segments marked with inverted < -shaped testaceous patches, the 

 basal ones most apparent. Legs greenish, the lunate arcs of the apices of the hind femora piceous, the 

 genicular lobes whitish apically ; tibiae as described above. 



Length of body, c? , 19 ; of pronotum 4-5, of tegmina 3, of hind femora 11, of antennas 9-5 milliin. 



Hab. Mexico, Victoria in Tamaulipas (0. W. Barrett, in coll. L. Bruner). 



2. Calotettix flavopictus, sp. n. 



A robust insect in which the hind femora are conspicuously marked across the upper edge and along the 

 carinae of their outer face with flavous. Hind tibiae for the most part red, only the immediate base 

 glaucous. 



Head as broad as the front edge of the pronotum ; vertex a trifle wider than the diameter of the first antennal 

 joint, the lateral edges of the fastigium flavous ; frontal costa broad and coarse, very shallowly sulcate, 

 impunctate ; lateral carinae of the face strongly divergent. Antennae no longer than the combined 

 length of the head and the pronotum. Eyes not prominent, somewhat acuminate above, the front edge 

 nearly straight, one-third or one-half longer than the infra-ocular portion of the cheeks. Pronotum 

 strongly divergent posteriorly, the transverse sulci profound ; hind lobe closely, the front one sparsely 

 punctate, anterior edge strongly margined ; the posterior lobe a little shorter than the anterior one. 

 Tegmina about twice as long as broad, rather closely veined, the veins pale, interspaces dusky, reachiug 

 the hind margin of the first abdominal segment. Hind femora robust, not reaching the tip of the 

 abdomen by a space equal to their greatest breadth. Valves of the ovipositor slender, of medium length, 

 rather strongly hooked. Prosternal spine smaller than in G. bicolorijjes ; space between the mesosternal 

 lobes quadrate, about as long as wide. 



General colour greenish, varied with yellow. The yellow lines on the sides of the disc of the pronotum 

 ending at the last transverse sulcus. The inverted < -shaped marks prominent on the dorsum of the 

 three basal segments of the abdomen, obliterated beyond. Hind femora deep olive, crossed above and 

 internally by three yellow bands, the carinas of the outer face conspicuously marked with elongate 

 flavous dashes. Antennae yellowish. 



Length of body, § , 27 ; of pronotum 6, of tegmina 3-35, of hind femora 14 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Montelovez, Coahuila (E. Palmer ; colls. S. H. Scudder and L. Bruner). 

 Three females. 



