462 CATALOGUE OF 



Streak behind the largest dot and a deep black spot near the tip, which is 

 lanceolate; a few small intermediate whitish marks wiih purple reticulation, 

 hinder part with several whitish points ; a green linge and a few transverse 

 white streaks along the exterior border; costa much rounded, slightly 

 undulating towards the tip; exterior border excavated along its hind part. 

 Hind wings whitish; reticulation purple, irregular; apical space ochra- 

 ceous, with an incomplete deep black ringlet and with six or more while 

 piirple-hordered streaks or dots. Female. — Larger. Markings (tf tiie wings 

 much like those of the male. Oviduct curved, rather shorter than the abdo- 

 men. Length of the body 9 — 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 31 — 

 50 lines. 



a — c. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 d. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



Genus 143. CYCLOPTERA. 



Cycloptera, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 439. 



1. Cycloptera aukantifolia. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) aurantifolia. Stall, Saut. el Grifll. pi. 3 a,f. 5 — ^Ptero- 

 chroza (Cycloptera) aurantifolia, Serv. Hist. Orlh. 439 — Pterochroza 

 aurantifolia, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 696. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 c. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



2. Cyclopteka tili^folia. 



Fcein. Viridis ; anlennce picece ; prolhorax subluberculafus ; disco pos- 

 tiee dilatuto ; abdomen basi crislalum ; oviductus fulvus, apice 

 serratns, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes fulvi, libiis posticis femnribus- 

 que spinulosis ; alee posticcE latissimcB, apice acutce, venis pallidis apud 

 mnrginem nit/ricaniibus, macula discuidali alba maculaque pellucida 

 nonnunquam obsolelis, costa valde rotundala, margine exteriors brevi 

 subexcavato ; alee poslicce albidic, diaphanw, mullo breviores. 



Female. Green. Antennae piceous, stout. Prolhorax thinly tuber- 

 culate ; disk widening much hindward, with two transverse impressed 

 lines; lateral keels strongly marked. Second abdominal sej;ment crested. 

 Oviduct tawny, curved, serratefl above and beneath at the tip, nearly as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs stout, tawny; femora with two rows of minute 

 spines; hind libiaMvith a few very minute spines. Fore wings very broad, 

 longer by six lines than the hind wings ; veins pale, blackish about the ex- 

 terior part of the costa and of the interior border and about the exterior 

 border; a vaiiable white spot in the disk beyond tiie middle and a variable 

 pellucid vitreous spot near the end of the exterior border; costa very much 

 rounded; tips acute; exterior border short, slightly excavated. Hind 

 wings whitish, ])ellucid; veins while; costa not excavated. Length of the 

 body 16 — 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 50 — 52 lines. 



This species, like C pavoiiifolia, differs from C. aurantifolia in the 

 irregularity of the veins between the scapular and the cosla. 



a. Para. From .Mr. Bales' collection. 



b. Villa Nova. From xMr. Bates' collection. 



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