)80 CATALOGUE OF 



12. ACRIDIUM VICABICM. 



Fcem. Testaceiim, sat gracile ; caput slriyis ditabus lateralibu.i flavis, 

 vertice anlicu piano hnxagonali ; antenncB fulvte ; prolhorax sub- 

 riifiscens, vix eurinatus, margine postico produclo valde rotundalo, 

 plagis duubus pallide fmcescentiius Jlavo unislrigatis ; prosterni spina 

 albida, sat gracilis; alee antiae pallide cineretB, maculis plurimis 

 cinercis nigro-venosis ; ala posticce diaphana:, nigra venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, raiber slender. Head smooth, with two yellow 

 stieaks between each eye and the uioutb; fore part of the vertex flat, 

 hexajjonal; front punctured, with four keels, the inner pair most approxi- 

 mate in the middle, the outer pair diverging lotturds the face. Eyes 

 fusiform. Antenna? tawny. Prolhorax finely scabrous, hardly keeled, with 

 the usual fdur transverse impressed lines ; fore border and sides very slightly 

 rounded; hind border elongated, much rounded; disk partly reddish ; a 

 pale brownish patch on each side including a yellow streak. Prosternal 

 spine whitish, ralhcr slender. Hind femora shorter than the abdomen, 

 lonj^er than the hind tibiae; spines of the latter wiiilish, with black tips. 

 Fore wings pale cinereous, longer than the body, with numerous cinereous 

 black-veined spots ; veins elsewhere pale. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 black, pale towards the base. Length of the body 21 — 23 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 48 — 50 lines. 



The hind part of the prolhorax is a little less widened than that of 

 A. peregrinum, which it closely resembles. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



Var. /3. — Head with a ferruginous lanceolate streak from each eye to 

 the mouth. Prolhorax with four piceous slender parallel abbreviated 

 lines. 



b. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



13. ACRIDIUM STRENDUM. 



Focm. Testaceum, sat robustum ; vertex antice planus, hexagonalis ; 

 antennce fulva ; spina pectoralis robusta ; tibice posticce rufescentes ; 

 al<£ anlicce cinerea, fulvo venosce, corpora vix breviores ; alee posticcB 

 diaphana, nigra venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, rather stout. Head smooth ; fore part of the 

 vertex flat, hexagonal ; front with four well-defined keels, the inner pair 

 hardly diverging, the outer pair much diverging towards the face. Eyes 

 tawny, elongate-ellijjtical. Antennae tawny. Prolhorax finely scabrous, 

 with a distinct dorsal keel and with transverse impressed lines; fore border 

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

 spine stout. Hind femora stout, as lony; as the abdomen, a little longer 

 than the hind tibice; the latter reddish, their spines with black tips. Fore 

 wings cinereous, very nearly as loug as the body; veins tawny. Hind 

 wings pellucid; veins black, pale towards the base and towards the 



