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3. CyCLOPTERA PAVONIFOLIA. 



Foem. Viridis ; prothorax tuberculalus ; oviduclus scrralus, ahdomine 

 vix brevior ; femora sublus spinosa ; alee anticce latisnima, apice 

 acuta, albo et parce nigro punctata, striyulis transversis submar- 

 ginalibus albis, lunula discoldali maculaque subapicali atris, ilia 

 extus rufo marginata, maculis duabus subapicalibus albis, casta raldc 

 rotundata, margine exteriore postice excavaio ; alee postictc ulbidce, 

 breviores, apice virides albo punctatce, ocello subapicali e lunula 

 coccinea apice antice atra slrigisque nonnullis albis coccineo margi- 

 nalis. Mas. — Minor ; alec anlicce apice attenuatce. 



Male and female. Green. Under side, abdomen and legs whitish 

 green. Antennae stout. Prothorax tuberculate ; lateral keels distinct. 

 Oviduct curved, almost as lon<j as the abdomen ; upper side very thinly 

 serrated till near the tip, where il is thickly serrated with three rows of 

 teeth ; under side thickly serrated for half the length from the base to the 

 tips, where there are many rows of teeth. four anterior femora spined 

 beneath ; hind femora hardly spiny. Fore wings very broad, with a few 

 black points and with many while points ; some little transverse white 

 streaks along the exterior border : a deep black lunule in the disk beyond 

 the middle diffusedly bordered with red on the outer side; a deep black 

 spot nearer the tip, accompanied by a white maik at each end; veins 

 whitish; cosla much rounded ; tips acute, attenuated in the male; exterior 

 border exca\ated along its hinder part. Hind wings whitish ; tips green, 

 with white points; subapical ocellus composed of an incomplete crimson 

 lunule which is deep black at its fore end of a few white criuisun-bordered 

 streaks of various sizes. Length of the body 8 — 12 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 40 — 48 lines. 



a — d. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' bollection. ' 



4. Cycloptera speculata. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) speculata, Sloll, Saut. et Grijll. pi. 3, f. 6. — Plerochroza 

 speeulata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. G9<n. 



Surinam. 



a. Villa Nova. Fiom Mr. Bates' collection. 



6. Cycloptera falcifolia. 



Mas. Viridis; antennce fulvte ; prothoracis discus convexus , vix tuber- 

 culalus, postice lutescens ; pedes inermes ; alee anticce latissiiuee, pos- 

 tice falca tee, punctis nonnullis rufis albido notatis, cosfa inordinatim 

 rotundata, venis paucis deviis ; alee posticee breviores, diuphance, 

 albo venosee. 



Male. Green. Antennee tawny, stout. Disk of the prothorax con- 

 vex, very slightly tuberculate, widening very much hiudward; lateral keels 

 well defined. Abdomen testaceous. Legs stout, unarmed. Fore wmgs 

 very broad, falcate between the interior border and the costa, the latter 

 extremely rounded; no exterior border; space between the cosla and the 

 scapular much broader than that between the scapular and the interior 



