ACRIDID.E. 053 



Male. Testaceous-Rveen. Head and pvothorax with a whitish green 

 stripe on each side. Eyes livid. AnteiiusB tawny. Wings pellucid. 

 Fore wings with green veins. Veins of the hind wings black, glaucous 

 towards the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 10? 

 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



a. St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 24. GLAPHYBACRIS. 



Mas, Corpus gracillimnm, fere cylindricuni. Caput longiusculum; 

 fastigium parvum, subtetragonale ; frons valde retracta, carinis quatuor 

 bene determinatis. Oculi elliptici, obliqui, prominuli. AnlennjB tiliformes, 

 gracilliniae, corporis diniidio multo longiores. Prothorax subtiliter scaber, 

 non carinalus, margine antico perparum excavato, margine postico rotun- 

 dato. Prosterni spina transversa, obtusa. Femora postica abdomine 

 breviora. Alae anticae angustte, corpore vix breviores. 



Male. Body very slender, nearly cylindrical. Head smooth, elon- 

 gate; tip of the vertex depressed, small, subtetragonal, prominent ; front 

 very much retracted, with four distinct keels; inner keels very near to- 

 gether; outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes elliptical, oblique, 

 prominent. Antennae filiform, very slender, much more than half the 

 length of the body. Prothorax finely scabrous, not keeled ; the usual four 

 transverse impressed lines distinct ; two smooth calli on each side ; fore 

 border very slightly rounded, its middle part very slightly excavated; 

 sides straight; hind border rounded. Prosternal spine transverse, obtuse, 

 its breadth about four times its thickness. Hind femora shorter than the 

 abdomen ; hind tibice much shorter than the hind femora. Fore wings 

 narrow, nearly as long as the body. 



1. Glaphvracris nigricans. 



Mas. Picea ; antenncB nigra, apice fulvcB ; palpi teslacei ; abdomen 

 saturate riifum ; alee postica; fuscm. 



Male. Piceous. Eyes ferruginous. Antennae black, tawny at the tips. 

 Palpi testaceous. Abdomen dark red. Hind tibiaj with black spines. 

 Hind wings brown; veins black. Length of the body 15 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 27 lines, 



a. Nanta, Amazon Region. From M. Degand's collection. 



Genus 25. CHARIACRIS. 



Mas, Corpus sat gracile, fere cylindricum. Caput convexum, pro- 

 thorax latins; fastigium conicum, planum, inmctatum ; frons punctata, 

 carinis intermediis brevissiinis. Oculi elliptici, valde prominuli. Antennae 

 filifonnes, gracillimas, corpore breviores. Prolhorax brevis, non carinatus, 

 lineis quatuor transversis im])ressis distinctis, margine antico subinciso, 

 margine postico producto subangulalo. Prosterni sj>ina longa, sat gracilis, 

 subacuta. Femora postica abdomine breviora. Alas antics angusts", 

 corpore paullo breviores. 



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