210 



or blackish points. Wings pellucid ; veins l>lack, pale-yellow at the base and 

 along the interior border. 



Length of body, 1.33 inches ; expansion of elytra, 2.76 ioches. 



Oajaca, Mexico (Walker). 



S. variegata, Fisch., Orth. Europ., 358, PI. 16, Fig. 2. 



Syu., , Stoll., Saut. et Grill., PI. 106, Fig. 36. 



Gryllus, variegatus, Sulz., Abgek. Gesch., 84, PI. 9, Fig. 4. 



cothurnatus, Creutzer, Ent. Versuch., 139, PI. 3, Fig. 32. 

 Gompliocerzis cothurnatus, Biirm., Haudb. Ent., II, 047. 

 (Etlixmda (Arcyptera) eothurnata, Serv., Hist. Ortbop., 743. 

 Arcyptera eothurnata, Fisch. de W., Ortb. Ross., 333, PI. 22, Figs. 1 aud 2. 

 CaUiptamus morio, Serv., Eev. Metb., 94. 



Body greenish-yellow ; the head of this color, smooth, shining, thick, 

 especially in the female ; antennal foveoljB profound ; the four carinse of the 

 face somewhat obliterated. Proiiotum of a blackish-brown, a little downy or 

 velvety ; the disk much contracted anteriorly ; the three carinas greenish, the 

 median reaching from the front to the posterior border ; the sides compressed, 

 spotted with greenish. The prosternum has, in the middle, a slight swelling. 

 Elytra much longer than the abdomen ; rounded at the apex, contracted at 

 the base ; anterior margin dilated in both sexes, but much more so in the 

 male than in the female ; transparent in the center ; the two parts strongly 

 reticulated, forming a peculiar net-work ; the base and extremity less trans- 

 parent, of the same brown color as the wings; nervules of the ordinary form; 

 internal border of a greenish-yellow. Wings as long as the elytra, trans- 

 parent, of a clear brown throughout, with a violet reflection. Legs the color 

 of the body ; the inner face of the posterior femora and some large spots on 

 the external face black ; lower sulcus of a coral-red ; the lower border of 

 the inner face also of the same color. Posterior tibiae of a shining black at 

 the base, immediately below which there is a broad, yellow annulation ; the 

 rest of a coral-red ; the tips of the spines black. Sub-anal plate of the male 

 long and pointed. 



Length, $ 1.2 to 1.25 inches ; s 0.92 to 1 inch. 



Walker (Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV, 781) gives North America as the 

 locality from which a number of his specimens were obtained. It is a 

 European s^^ecies, and I therefore consider it doubtful whether he is correct, 



