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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[June, 



Turrialba, Costa Rica. (Schild and Burgdorf.) [U. S. N. M.j One 

 male. 



This beautiful species can readily be recognized by the coloration, 

 the blood-red abdomen, dull yellow genicular areas and the bluish- 



Fig. 18. — Copiocera specidaris Gerstaecker. Male. Lateral view. 



hyaline base of the wing. Some variation exists in the intensity of the 

 color of the abdomen, several individuals being very dull gray brown 

 with hardly any reddish tint, while others are fully colored. The 

 colored base of the wing is more greenish than bluish in one female 

 individual. 



(EDAL0MET0P0N5 n. gen. 



Type. — 0. 'petasatum n. sp. 



Apparently allied to Bucephalacris Giglio- 

 Tos, but the whole structure has a different 

 aspect, the form heavier, more inflated and 

 quite different when taken in detail. 



Head with the fastigium considerably pro- 

 duced; face subconcave when viewed laterad. 

 Pronotum sulDselliform with the transverse 

 carinae strongly impressed, caudal portion 

 produced and rounded. Tegmina and wings 

 present. Prosternal spine very blunt and low. 

 Interspaces between the mesosternal and 

 metasternal lobes subequal cephalad, the 

 metasternal interspace strongly narrowed 

 caudad. Caudal femora inflated, strongly 

 carinate and all carinoe serrato-dentate, genic- 

 ular region inflated ; caudal tibiae with apical 

 spines on both sides; caudal tarsi elongate, 

 more than two-thirds the length of the tibiae, 

 arolia present. 

 (Edalometopon petasatum n. sp. 



Type: 9 ; Carrillo, Costa Rica. [Hebard 

 collection.] 



Fig. . 19.— (Edalo7neto- 

 pon petasatum n. gen. and 

 sp. Type. 



' Oi6a2.eoVj swelling; /ietuttov^ forehead. 



