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A. Spines of the legs inconspicuous, those of the posterior femora colored similarly 

 to the femora themselves; size smaller victoria, p. 306 



A'. Spines of the legs large and conspicuous, those of the posterior femora piceous, 



strongly contrasted with the color of the femora themselves; size large 



spinosa, p. 307 



REHNIA VICTORIA, new species. 



Description. — Male, female unknown. — Head deeply inserted into 

 the pronotum which is .slightly flared anteriorly to receive it; inter- 

 ocular space three times as broad as one of the eyes; face broad 

 and flat, not strongl}^ convex ; eyes round and very prominent; 

 antennae long and .slender, the basal two segments much enlarged. 

 Pronotum smooth and dorsally evenly rounded, the posterior margin 

 very slightly but abruptly elevated, where the lateral carinj^ are very 

 obscurely indicated; anterior and posterior margins of the pronotal 



FiG.ll— Rehma vktori.k. Adii.t male. 



disk subtruncate or very gently rounded; prosternal spines moder- 

 ately long, slender, and ver}" sharp. Elytra a little longer than the 

 wings, not quite two times as long as the pronotum. Legs long and 

 quite stout, all the femora armed below on both margins for nearly 

 the entire length with stout triangular spines; posterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae spined above and below on both margins, those of the 

 former shorter than the tibial depth those of the latter equal to or 

 greater than the tibial depth; anterior tibite armed below on both 

 margins with spines longer than the tibial depth, above on the outer 

 margin onl}^ with five spines about as long as the tibial depth. 

 Abdomen plump, rounded, without dorsal carina; cerci but little longer 

 than the last abdominal segment (fig. 15), the slender apical portion 

 produced as a long incurved tooth; terminal styles of the .subgenital 

 plate about three times as long as the basal breadth. 



General color green; head paler on the face, the two first segments 

 of the antennti? pale green, the rest reddish brown; eyes reddish brown; 



