538 CATALOGUE OF 



3. Rhomalea gigantea. 

 gigantea, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 619 — Dictyophorus leticulalus? Thunb. 

 Mem. Imp. Acad. St. Pet. v. 259. 



Brazil. 



a. Missouri. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



4. Rhomai.ea miles. 



Gryllus (Locusta) miles, Drury, Ins. ii. pi. 42, f. 2. Stoll, Saut. et Grill. 

 pi. 16 b., f. 60 — Rhomalea miles, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 621. 



Brazil. 



5. Rhomalea eques. 

 eques, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 620. 



a, b. Honduras. 



c. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



d. i' Presented by the Entomological Club. 



6. Rhomalea picticornis, 



Mas. Saturate viridis ; antennce rufcE aut Jlavce, nigra multicincla ; 

 prolhorax carina murgineque poslico teslaceis ; abdominis dorsum 

 ■nigrum; alee antica pallide virides, nigra guttata; et punctat(B ; alee 

 poslica nigi'ce, margine interiore plagaque subapicali rujis. 



Male and female. Deep green. Head minutely punctured, with two 

 keels which converge between the antennae and are approximate and 

 parallel on the front. Eyes piceous, elliptical, prominent. Antennis 

 bright red or yellow, black at the base and towards the tips ; joints with 

 black tips. Prcthorax thickly punctured, with a distinct testaceous keel 

 and a prolonged and acute testaceous hind border. Abdomen black ; 

 under side and pectus greenish. Hind tibiae with two equal rows of spines. 

 Fore wings pale green, with very numerous black dots and points of various 

 size. Hind wings black, more or less bright red towards the interior 

 border, this hue extending to a patch in the disk near the tip. Length of 

 the body 18 — 24 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 — 39 lines. 



Most allied to R. miles, which may be distinguished from it by the 

 spots on the prothorax. 



a. Mexico. Presented by Mrs. Rouquette. 



b, c. Oajaca. From M. Salle's coUeotion. 



7. Rhomalea adricornis. 



Mas et foem. Lutea, fusco plus minusve varia; antenna: flavce, apices 

 versus nigree ; abdomen fasciis duabus latis maculisque cxlerioribus 

 nigris ; pedes nigra muculali et vittati ; alee antica: nigra confertim 

 guttata ; ala: poslico: coccinete, cinereo univiltata:, tessellis sub- 

 marginalibus margineque nigris. 



