l<;o Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi.xiv. 



coarsely granulose, very faintly tuberculate in front, the transverse sulci rather pro- 

 found, especially the posterior one ; lateral lobes with the lower edge very strongly 

 bordered. Tegmina surpassing the tips of hind femora and nearly reaching the apex 

 of the ovipositor, their posterior edge faintly brownish piceous, otherwise testaceous. 

 Wings ample, infumate, the cross-veins fuscous. Ovipositor not unusually heavy or 

 long, its apical third tapering, the apex slender and gently upcurved, black, the 

 basal part testaceous. Last ventral segment or subgenital plate broadly bilobed, the 

 middle deeply emarginate, the apex of the lobes truncate. Disk of ovipositor with- 

 out any distinct ruga;. 



Length of body, 9, 42, of pronotum, 9, of tegmina, 48, width 

 of tegmina, 11, length of anterior femora, 14, of hind femora, 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Island of Trinidad, 1 £ , W. E. Broadway, collector. 



There is before me a second 9 specimen taken by the same 

 person, which lacks the spines on the anterior femora as well as all 

 traces of the auditory apparatus. Otherwise, the two are the same in 

 every respect. It is possible that this second insect met with an 

 accident very early in its life which resulted in the removal of auditory 

 apparatus and spines. Not only the spines on the legs but a space 

 about their base is likewise black. 



87. Bliastes insularis, new species. 



Size medium or small. General color pale testaceous. Occiput provided with a 

 large triangular black patch, the apex of which is directed anteriorly ; the fastigium 

 and down middle of face to ocellus shiny black ; base of the clypeus and lower face, 

 together with the labrum, black. Antenna; pale testaceous throughout. Pronotum 

 granulose, the posterior lobe shortest and having the lateral angles and hind marg n 

 blackish ; last transverse sulcus back of the middle, quite profound. Tegmina 

 rather narrow, their apex rounded, all the veins and veinlets pale testaceous, near the 

 base with a faint greenish tinge, the background pale brown giving these members a 

 slightly speckled appearance where the veinlets are missing or further apart than 

 usual. Wings likewise pale, a very little infuscated apically. Anterior femora 

 4-spined ; intermediate 3-spined ; hind pair with 5-7 pale-colored ones that are 

 black-tipped. Genicular lobes of hind femora both internally and externally 

 rounded. Anterior and middle tibia; above without spines, the former somewhat 

 fuscous on upper side save at auditory apparatus which is testaceous, giving to it a 

 banded appearance. Ovipositor gently curved, dark piceous, the base and a longi- 

 tudinal median line testaceous. 



Length of body, V, 34; of pronotum, 6; of tegmina, 36; of 

 hind femora, 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Island of Trinidad, West Indies, January, two females, 

 H. D. Chipman, collector. 



88. Diophanes perspicillatus Stoll. 



Perspicillata Stoll, Kept. Spect., etc., pi. VIII, a, figs. 23, 24 (17N7 . 



