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Genus AGANACRIS. 



Feem. Corpus grauile. Caput breve, convexum; fasligiura bicari- 

 natum ; frons erecta, non carinata. Oculi prominuli. Prothorax brevis, 

 postice latescens et bicarimitus; margo posticus rotundatus. Vagina valde 

 arcuata, abdominis dimidio longior. Pedes gracillimi ; femora postica 

 abdotnine longiora, sublus uniseriatim spinulosa, basi incrassata; tibia) 

 posticae longiores, biseriatim spinulosae. Ala? anticse corpore paullo 

 longiores. Ala? posticae adbuc longiores. 



Female. Body slender. Head sbort; vertex convex; tip with two 

 well-defined approximate keels, which are continued between the sockets of 

 the antennae ; front erect, without keels. Eyes elliptical, prominent. 

 Prothorax short; disk widening bindward, with a short keel on each side 

 near the hind border, which is rounded. Sheath of the oviduct much 

 curved, more than half the length of the abdomen. Legs very slender; 

 hind femora longer than the abdomen, incrassated near the base, with a 

 row of minute spines beneath; hind tibiae rather longer than the hind 

 femora, with two rows of minute spines. Fore wings a little longer than 

 the body, moderately broad. Hind wings ample, extending beyond the 

 fore wiugs. 



1. Aganacris micans. 



Foem. Nigra, glabra ; fades testaeea ; femora postica albo bifasciata ; 

 alee anticce subcupreo nigra. 



Female. Black, smooth, shining. Face testaceous. Eyes tawny. 

 Hind femora with two irregular white bnnds on the outer side before the 

 middle. Fore wings shining, with a slight cupreous tinge. Hind wings 

 blackish. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the hind wings 

 28 lines. 



St. Paul, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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 Valna nigropicta. 



Fcem. Albida ; caput pun c lis fascia vittisque duabus nigris ; antenna 



nigro annulata ; prothorax lineis duabus angulatis nigris; vagina 



recta, abdominis dimidio cequilonga ; pedes nigro notati, femoribus 



quatuor posterioribus spinis arcuatis armatis ; ala brevissimce. 



Female. Whitish, rather stout. Head with a few black points on the 



vertex, with a black band between the eyes and with a black stripe 



between each eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex porrect, furrowed, 



conical. Eyes tawny, round, very prominent. Antennae with black rings. 



Prothorax somewhat saddle-shaped, with two transverse impressed lines and 



with two black angular longitudinal lines, which widen towards the hind 



border; two slight transverse ridges near the hind border terminating in 



knobs; fore border arched; sides and hind border nearly straight. 



Sheath of the oviduct straight, about half the length of the abdomen. 



Legs irregularly marked with black; four posterior femora armed beneath 



