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green. Alxlomen above bluish, except for a median longitudinal line 

 which, with the inferior surface, is dull yellowish. Limbs dull yellowish- 

 green sprinkled with blackish ; posterior femora with the imbrications 

 distinctly outlined with black, genicular region with a crescent of black; 

 tibiae glaucous, the spines with their apical half l^lack. 



Measurements. 



Length of body, 22.5 mm. 



Length of pronotum 5.5 " 



Greatest width of pronotum 5 " 



Length of tegmina 4.8 " 



Greatest width of tegmina 3 " 



Length of posterior femora 14.2 " 



The type is the only specimen examined. 



Family TETTIGONID^. 



Genus HOEMILIA Stdl. 



1873. Hormilia Stal, Ofversigt af K. Vetensk.-Acad. Forhandlingar, XXX, 

 No. 4, p. 41. 



Type. — Phaneroptera tolteca Saussure. 



Hormilia prasina Saussure and Pictet. 



1897. Hormilia prasina Saussure and Pictet, Biol. Cent-.Amer., Orth., I, 

 p. 319, tab. XV, fig. 14. [Mazatlan, Sinaloa; Guerrero.] 



Guadalajara, Jalisco. August 24, 1903. (McClendon.) One male. 



This individual fully agrees with the original description, except 



that the posterior margin of the pronotum is centrally emarginate. 



Genus AKETH.ffi;A Stdl. 



1876. Areihcea Stal, Bihang till K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handiliigar, Bd. 4, 

 No. 5, p. .55. 



Type. — Ephippitytha graciUpes Thomas. 



Arethaea gracilipes (Thomas). 



1870. E[phippitijtha] gracilipes Thomas, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1870, 

 p. 76. [Southern Colorado.] 



Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. September, 1902. (Dr. W. E. Hughes.) 

 Two adult males, two immature females. 



These specimens are badly shriveled and faded, having*loeen collected 



in spirits, but they apparently belong to this species. 



Arethsea carita Scudder. 



1902. Aretlma carita Scudder, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sciences, IX, p. .52, 

 PI. 4, fig. ,5. [Mesilla Park, New Mexico.] 



Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. September, 1902. (Dr. W. E. Hughes.) 



One female. 



This specimen fully agrees with Scudder's description and figure. 



