552 CATALOGUE OF 



South America. 



5. CVETACAXTHACRIS CRIBRATA. 



Aciidiutn ciibiatum, Serv, Hist. Orlh. 648. 

 Brazil. 



6. CyRTACANTHACRIS SUBSPURCATA. 



]Ma>. Fulra, caput et prothorax villa lata pallide lutea ; caput verlice 

 anlicn piano, vitlis duabns lateratibus niyris lancenlalis luteo pallida 

 mar<]inatis ; antenna: apices versus nigra ; femora intermedia nigra 

 gutlala ; femora pasliea exlus picea ; aUe anticcc cinerea, niaculis 

 gutlisque nonnullis nigra venosis ; alee poslicce pallide cinerecB, 



Male. Tawny. Head and prothorax with a broad equal pale luteoiis 

 stripe. Head smooth, with a black lanceolate stripe on each side, extending' 

 Iroin the eye towards the mouth and broadly bordered with pale luteous; 

 cone in front of the eyes flat; front slightly rounded, nearly erect, with four 

 indistinct keels. Eyes piceous, oblique, elonjrate-oval. Antennae slender, 

 (iliforu), black for half the leuulb (rom the tips. Prothorax finely scabrous, 

 with a very slight ridge and with four slisjht transverse impressed lines, the 

 foremost line widely interrupted in the middle; breadth slightly increasing 

 from the hindmost line to the base of the fore wings; fore border very 

 slightly rounded; sides nearly straight; hind border much rounded. 

 Piosternal spine pale testaceous, thick, curved, elongate-conical, extending 

 Id the fore border of the mesostcrnuni. Middle femora with black dots. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, mostly piceous above and 

 on the outer side. Hind tibis rather shorter than the hind femora ; spines 

 with black tips, those ou the inner side longer than those on the outer side. 

 Fore wings cinereous, ratlier longer than the hind wings, with several spots 

 and dots of various size formed by black veins: three discoidal spots near 

 the base larger and nrure determinate than the others, the spots being 

 there larirer. Hind wings pale cinereous; veins white. Length of the 

 body 22^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 44 lines. 



The prosiernal spine is much paler and much stouter than that of 

 C. inscripit. 



a. Guayaquil. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



7. Cyiitacanthackxs subvittata. 



Fcem. Cervina, gracilis ; caput vertice nigro-bivitlaio antice depresso 

 subconico, vitlis duabus obli(/uis nigris ; prothoracis marge posticus 

 subanyulalus ; alic anlicce apices versus maculis nonnullis e venis 

 nigricantibus ; alee posticce cinerea, apices versus pallide fuscescentes. 



Female. Fawn-colour, slender. Head smooth, with two slender black 

 stripes extending from the hind border on each side of the fore part, which 

 is depressed and somewhat conical ; a black oblique stripe on each side 

 between the eye and the mouth; front punctured, slightly oblique, with 

 four distinct keels, the outer pair diverging much more than the inner pair 

 towards tiie face. Eyes lusiform. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a slight 



