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of the face prominent. Pronotum shagreened, the transverse furrows shght; 

 dorsal carina very feeble, covei'ed by a ray following suit to that of the head, 

 and of the same color. Elytra straight, opaque at the base ; rest transparent, 

 of a uniform olive-brown, bordered posteriorly by a yellowish band, largest at 

 the base. Wings transparent, uncolored, tinged with clear greenish at the 

 base ; nervules brownish. Dorsal plates of the abdomen of a clear shade 

 posteriorly, frequently with spots of black in this part ; terminal pieces short. 

 Legs of the color of the body ; the posterior femora having their external 

 face between the two carinte whitish, intersected by pinnate green nerves, a 

 black arc on the laminae of the knees, with the center part ocher-yellow. 

 Posterior tibiee bluish above; spines whitish at base, black at the tips. 

 Antennae greenish. 



Length, 2.5 inches (and 1.25 inches) (?). 



Cuba (ServiUe). 



Remark (ServiUe). — Two other females, marked as from North America 

 hy Lati'eille, differ only in being not more than half the size of the one de- 

 scribed. 



I am inchned to think this is but a variety of ^. alutaceum, Harr. (Thomas). 



LiOPHACISIS, Sctidd. 



Head large, full ; space between the eyes equal to or surpassing the 

 shorter diameter of the eyes ; median frontal ridge broader than the length 

 of the first joint of the antennae ; breadth of the labrum equal to the dis- 

 tance from the edge of the clypeus to the upper limit of the median frontal 

 ridge, or one and a half times the longer diameter of the eye, or broader 

 than long ; lateral angles (carinas) of the front (face) not very distinct, barely 

 divergent. Pronotum tapering but little, the anterior breadth being to the 

 posterior as 1 to 1.13 ; angle of the posterior border a right angle ; median 

 crest forming a regular curve from the front to the hind edge, but rather more 

 prominent anteriorly ; prosternal spine stout, straight, blunt, rather short, and 

 not compressed laterally. Elytra a httle more than four times as long as 

 broad; costal edge narrow; outer border not so obliquely docked as in Tropida- 

 cris and Titanacris ; secondary veins indistinct. Wings short and broad, im- 

 maculate. Abdomen heavy ; terminal segment of the male somewhat pro- 

 duced, broad, swollen beneath at the base ; much broader at the base than at 

 the tip ; compressed on the apical half into a dull carina. Outer surface of 

 the hind femora swoUen. 



