224 



Prosternal spine enlarged at the apex, transversely compressed, lamelliform. 

 Frontal costa flat, punctured, not sulcate. Foveola of the vertex scarcely dis- 

 tinct ; margins somewhat elevated or carined ; and occiput sub-carinate. 

 Pronotum flat above, everyw^here punctate, without any white, glabrous spot 

 on the side ; posterior margin yellow, with black points. On each side of 

 the thorax there are two oblique, yellow stripes. Tibiae blue, yellow at the 

 base, spotted with black. Sub-anal lamina of the male not eniarginate. 



Length, 0.75 inch. 



Mexico temperata (Saussure). 



P. uiexieana, Brunn., Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ver. "Wien, XI, 224. 



Female. — Fuscous-brown. Carinse of the face obtuse. Pronotum eniar- 

 ginate posteriorly ; the three carinse distinct ; the third transverse sulcus 

 situated a little behind the middle ; a median, indistinct, yellow spot on the 

 sides. Posterior femora beneath and posterior tibise red. 



Length, 1 inch ; elytra, 0.2 inch ; hind femora, 0.48 inch. 



Mexico (Brunner de.Wattenwyl). 



OMMATOLAMPIS, Bni-iu. 



1. Thorax selliform, more or'less excavated; body slender. Elytra as 

 long as the abdomen ; male abdomen armed with a forceps. {Proctolahrus), 

 (Sauss.) 



O. luexicana, Sauss., Rev. et Mag. Zool., XI, 393. 



Male. — Obscure olive-color. Face spotted with testaceous; pronotum 

 with a longitudinal testaceous stripe ; meso- and meta-notum with white spots 

 on the sides. Posterior femora with a white interruption on the upper mar- 

 gin. Abdomen crimson, varied with black. Elytra as long as the abdomen, 

 reddish-green ; wings roseate. 



Length, 1.15 inches. 



Toluca, Mexico (Saussure). 



CAI.,OPTE]VUS, Btiriu. 



C. fasciatiis, Walk., Cat. Dermap. Salt., IV, 680. 

 Syn., Acridium fasciatum, Barnston, MSS. 



Male and female. — Piceous, moderately stout, tawny beneath. Head and 

 pronotum with two broad )>lackish stripes ; exterior part tawny. Head short, 



