442 CATALOGUE OF 



Var? Foem. Fulvus, testaeeo ant iridescente varius ; frons snb- 

 sulcala ; antenna picecp, testaeeo fusciatw ; prothorax niijro indeter- 

 minate bivittdtus ; oviductus basi pireus, apicem versus ferrvgineus ; 

 pedes teslacei, nigrieante varii ; alee anticce testaeeo reticnlatce, fulvo 

 venoste, nigrieante vonfertim nolalce ; alee posticce nigra, pallida 

 maculatcE. 

 Female. — Tawny, here and there testaceous or greenish. Front with 

 a very slifjhl longitudinal furrow. Eyes ferruginous, round, prominent. 

 Antennae piceous, testaceous at the base and with many testaceous bands. 

 Prothorax with two slender irregular black stripes and with two strongly 

 marked transverse impressed lines. Oviduct ahiiost straight, piceous at the 

 base, ferruginous towards the tip, somewhat longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous, stout, irregularly mottled with blackish; spines wholly 

 testaceous. Fore wings with numerous blackish marks adjoining the veins, 

 longer by two lines than the hind wings, tapering from the base to the lips ; 

 veins tawny; reticulation pale testaceous; areolets mostly large and 

 regular; scapular vein parallel and approximate to the exlerno-medial till 

 near the tip, where it diverges and is ramose. Hind wings black, with 

 very numerous pellucid spots which form irregular bands; space along the 

 exterior border blackish with black-clouded veins ; longitudinal veins tawny. 

 Length of the body 18 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 62 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 



3. .MeRONCIDIDS HUMILIS. 



Acanth( dis humilis, Serr. Hist. Orth. Abb. 

 Brazil. 



4. MeRONCIDIUS SI'ECUEARIS. 



Locusta specularis ? Fabr. Enl. Syst. ii. 38 — Acanthodis specularis, Serv. 

 Rev. 54 — Acanthodis immaculipennis, Serv. Hist. Orth. 453. 



Brazil. 



Var.? Foem. Fulvus ; caput antice riridescens, vertice nigro-strigato, 

 carina albida ; prothorax subtuberculatus, picco scplemvittatiLi ; 

 abdominis segmenta piceo fasciata ; oviductus niger, basi fulvus ; alee 

 anticce albido 7'eticulatce, testaeeo venosa, nigra maculalce ; alee posticce 

 nigricantes. 



Female. Tawny, rather stout. Head with some irregular longitudinal 

 black streaks on the vertex; keel between the antennie whitish; fore part 

 greenish. Eyes testaceous, round, prominent. Antennte brown, whitish 

 at the base beneath. Prothorax thinly and minutely tubercuiate, with 

 seven irregular piceous stripes, of which ihe two inner pair are incomplete. 

 Abdomen with piceous bands on the hind borders of the segments. Oviduct 

 black, tawny towards the base, almost straight, as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs stout, partly clouded with piceous; spines wbiii.sli towards the lips, 

 which are black; hind femora live-eighths of the length of the fore wings. 

 Fore wings longer by two lines than ihe hind wings, tapering from ihe 

 base to ihe tips, with many black spots adjoining the testaceous veins; 

 reticulation whitish testaceous; areolets mostly large and regular; scapular 



