APPENDIX— -CULEOl'TEU A. 63 _ 



lung giey hairs. Auteuu;r iiitcliy red, the clul) darker and tlothed with grey 

 pubescence. Prothorax slightly liruader than long, somewhat constricted 

 lioth in front and behind, very sparingly and not very closely punctured ; 

 the sides regularly arcuate. Scutelhuu small, sides oblitjuely rounded, covered 

 with dirty white scales. Elytra abimt (jne and a half times as long as the 

 head (including the rostrum) and prothorax together, moderately strongly 

 sti'iate-punctate, the interstices broad and impunctate ; the shoulders not veiy 

 prominent ; the sides arcuate. Underside pitchy black, very obsoletely 

 punctured ; the last two abdominal segments red, scaleless, covered with 

 lather long grey pubescence. Legs pitchy red, the femora covered with scales : 

 the anterior legs much longer than the others ; the femora crassate, very 

 broad, of a rather darker i)itchy colour, with a strong tooth on the inner 

 margin near the apex ; the tilii;e with a smaller tooth near the l>ase and a 

 row of short sharp teeth on the inner margin towards the apical half In 

 the female the elytra are much broader liehind than in the male. 



A very distinct species allied t(j Pandeletius tibialis, Bohem., from ^lexico ; 

 ditfeis in colour, in having the anterior femora toothed and the prothorax 

 broader. 



Length, c? 6i ; $ 7 mm. 



6. Pohjdacris, sp. 



A single imperfect si:)ecimen. 



Hah. Camp at Corredor Machai, Sara-urcu (12,700 feet). 



7. Compiius JJliijinperi, sp. n. 



Hab. Ambato (8000 feet) ; Penipe to Kiobamba (9000 feet). 



Ovate, narrower in front than behind, convex, dull black, finely setose 

 and sparingly covered with dirty \\liite pubescence. Head smooth ; rostrum 

 with a moderately strong groove on each side extending from the apex nearly 

 to the eyes and approximating behind ; median line not very strongly maiked. 

 Antenme covered with veiy tine dirty white scales and pubescence. Pi-othoiax 

 longer than broad, somewhat naiiuwed in front, rather strongly rugose, with 

 two strong approximate ridges on the disc, the space between these ridges 

 nearly smooth and impunctate ; sides feebly arcuate. Scutellum very 

 small. Elytra ovate, convex, at the base much broader than the prcj- 

 tliorax, liroader Ijehind the middle, rather strongly and irregularly I'ugose- 

 punctate, the depressions lather strong on the disc, stronger near the sides 

 wdiere they are like small pits, with a moderately strong irregular lidge 

 on each side of the sutuie, usually in the third interstice, commencing 

 at the base and ilisaiipearing l)ehind the middle ; humeral angles somewhat 

 produced. Umlerside dull blark, extremely finely rugose, very sparingly 



