ACRIDIDJ*:. 581 



interior border. Length of the body 23 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 48 lines. 



The dorsal ridge of this species is hijiher than that of A. sculellare, 

 and is notclied by the transverse impressed lines. 



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



West Indies. 



14. ACEIDIUJM VARIPES. 



Foem. Futvum ; vertex fusco bislrigalus, anlice hexagonalis ; prothorax 

 pallida trivittatus ; prosterni spina testacea, robusta, subobliqua ; 

 femora poslica nigra nolata ; tibia, posticce rufescenies, spinis albidis • 

 alee anlivcB diaphance, guttis subcostalibus maculis discoidalibus aut 

 fasciis indeterminatis nigro-venosis : alee po/tticce nigra venosa. 

 Female. Tawny. Head smooth; vertex with a brown oblique streak 

 on each side, its fore part hexagonal ; front with four well-detined keels 

 the inner pair parallel, the outer pair slightly diverging. Eyes piceous 

 elongate-elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, with three paler abbreviated 

 stripes, with a slight dorsal keel and with the usual transverse impressed 

 lines; fore border slightly rounded; sides nearly straight; hind border 

 rounded. Prosternal spine testaceous, stout, straight, slightly oblique. 

 Hind femora with some black marks on each side, as long as the abdomen 

 a little longer than the hind tibiae. Hind tibia reddish ; spines whitish 

 with black tips. Fore wings a little shorter than the body, pellucid, with 

 several subcostal dots and discoidal spots or incomplete bands which are 

 distinguished by black veins; veins elsewhere pale testaceous. Hind 

 wings pellucid; veins black. Length of the body 231^ lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 44 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



South America. 



15. ACRIDIDM LONGIPENNIS. 



longipenne, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 632. 

 Brazil. 



16. ACRIDIUM FLAVOFASCIATUM. 



flavofasciatum, Deg. Ins. iii. 488, pi. 40, f, 8. Serv. Hist. Orth. 663- 

 vitlatum, Oliv. Enc. Melh. vi. 221. 



South America. 



17. ACRIDTUM CARNEIPES. 



carneipes, Serv. Hist. Orth. 665. 

 Brazil. 



