ACRIDlDiE 623 



Male. Testaceous, modeialely stout. Head short, smooth; tip of the 

 vertex convex, finely punctured, taperin<f to the front between llie antennce, 

 wlicre it forms two slight parallel keels, which extend to the face; outer 

 keels nearly parallel ; front punctured. Eyes elliptical, rather Hat. Pro- 

 ihorax short, widening hiudward, thickly punctured, with six broad piceous 

 stripes; keel extremely slight; transverse impressed lines slight; fore 

 border nearly straight ; sides rounded; hind border more rounded. Pro- 

 sternal spine long, slender, oblique, compressed, not extending to the 

 mesosternum. Abdomen with black marks along each side. Hind femora 

 longer than the abdomen, with three black spots on the outer side and with 

 two on the inner side. Fore wings cinereous, as long as the body ; veins 

 testaceous. Hind wings cinereous; veins black, tawny towards the base 

 and along the interior border. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 26 lines. 



a. Monte Video. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



ACRIDIUM PANTHEEINUM. 



liuleum, ffracile, nigra gullatum ; fastigium nigro marginatum ; prolhorax 

 suhscaler, non carinatus, postice vix latior ; proslerni spina gracilis, 

 acuta ; pedes pallide virides, femoribus Ivteis nigro guttatis, tibiis 

 quatuor anterioribus nigro fasciatis; alee anticce diaphance, pallido 

 venosce, corpore paullo breviores. 



Luteous, slender. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex hexagonal, 

 bordered with black; front with six well defined black-dotted keels, the 

 four inner keels diverging towards the face. Eyes testaceous, elliptical. 

 Prothorax slightly scabrous, irregularly black-dotted, hardly wider hind- 

 ward; keel not apparent; transverse impressed lines well defined; fore 

 border and sides almost straight ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 pine slender, acute. Legs pale green. Femora luteous, black-dotted ; 

 hind femora as long as the abdomen ; four anterior tibitc with black 

 bands; spines of the hind tibia; with black tips. Wings pellucid; veins 

 pale green or pale testaceous. Fore wings a little shorter than the body. 

 Length of the body 13 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by J, Taylor, Esq. 



ACRIDIUM? DAMNIFICUM. 



damnificum, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiii. 164. 

 Tennessee. 



Africa. 



A. Hind wings with a band. 



a. Prothorax spotted. . - . - . moestum. 



b. Prolhorax not spotted. . _ _ . indecisum. 



B. Hind wings not banded. 



a. Hind wings rosy at the base. 



* Prothorax with one keel. - - seplcmfusciatuui. 



