ACRIDID/E. 701 



55. SxENOBOTHnUS ARCTATUS. 



Viridis ; caput et prothorax vit/is diiabus latis nigricanlibus ; fastiglum 



lorigi-conicvm, svlcis laleralibus fere linearibiis, fronle perobliqua ; 



antenna graciles,Jiliformes ; prothorax carinis laleralibus albixflexis, 



murgine poslico rotundato ; femora poslica fascia sulapicali pallida ; 



tibite posticce basi nigricanles etjlaro unifascialte ; alee anticce fuscw, 



villa poslica lanceolala viridi, margine poslico exleriore cinereo ; alee 



poslicte cinerea, apice fuscescenles, slriga costali nigra. 



Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax on each side 



with a broad blackish stripe which is partly on the inner side of the stripes 



of the prothorax towards the hind border. Tip of the vertex flat, elungate- 



conical ; furrow on each side nearly linear; front very oblique, with four 



slight diverging keels; inner keels connected and forming a ridge between 



the sockets of the antennaj. Antennae slender, filiform. Proihorax with 



three very slight keels; lateral keels white, slightly converging from the 



fore border to the first transverse furrow, diverging from thence to the hind 



border, which is rounded. Legs testaceous. Hind femora with a paler 



band near the tips, which are blackish. Hind tibiae blackish tovvards the 



base, near which there is a pale yellow band. Fore wings brown, with a 



grass-green lanceolate stripe along the hind border; exterior part of the 



latter cinereous. Hind wings cinereous, brownish about the tips, with a 



black costal streak; veins black, testaceous at the base and along the 



interior border. Length of the body 8? lines; expansion of the fore wings 



15 lines. 



The abdomen of the specimen described is mutilated. The converging 

 lateral keels of the prothorax distinguish it from S, concinnulus and from 

 S. rugulosus. 

 a. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's coUecliou. 



56. SXENOBOTHRUS VIRIDISSIMUS. 



Foem. Prasinus ; caput et prothorax lineis duabus albidis fiisco sub- 



marginalis ; prothorax carinis lateralibiis subarcualis, margine 



postico rotundato; abdomen paliide lestaceum ; aUe anlica pallida 



rosete, vitta costali viridi lanceolala ; alcc poslica diaphanw. 



Female. Vivid grass-green. Head and prothorax on each side with 



a whitish slightly brown-bordered line. Head with a linear and very 



narrow furrow on each side of the tip of the vertex; front with foin- slight 



diverging keels, the inner pair nearly contiguous where they join the tip of 



the vertex. Prothorax with three very slight keels; tlie lateral pair very 



slightly curved inward, bearing the lines before mentioned; hind border 



rounded. Abdomen pale testaceous, a little shorter than the hind femora. 



Hind tibiae shorter than the abdomen, their spines with black tips. Fore 



wings pale rose-colour, this hue diminishing towards the tip ; a green 



lanceolate costal stripe which does not extend to the tip ; costa rounded 



near the base. Hind wings pellucid; veins black. Length of the body 



9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



