SPECTRUM FEMORATUM. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Apterous ; intermediate thighs dilated, augu- 

 lated, and with the posterior thighs armed with 

 a spine near the tip beneath. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Male. Body greenish-brown, without any 

 rudiment of hemelytra: head yellowish with 

 three dilated fuscous vittai ; antennx brown : 

 anterior thighs unarmed, simple, bright green ; 

 tibia dull green, tip and tarsus testaceous ; inter- 

 mediate thighs dilated, angulated, pale ochreous, 

 annulated with brown, the inferior angulated 

 lines slightly serrated; a prominent, piceous, 

 acute, robust spine beneath near the tip ; tibiae 

 greenish, slightly serrated on the inner side; 

 tarsus testaceous; posterior thighs brownish, 

 ochreous, with a prominent, piceous, acute, ro- 

 bust spine near the tip beneath. 



Female. Body cinereous, more robust than 

 that of the male; thighs nearly equal, inter- 



PLATE 37. 



