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Measurements. 



Length of body 



Length of pronotum. . . . 



I>ength of teginen 



Length of caudal femur 



26.8 



5.5 



21.5 



14 



A paratypic male (October; in campo) has also l)een examined. 

 It does not differ appreciabl}' from the type. 



ZONIOPODA TARSATA (Serville). 



1831. Acridium tarsatum Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat., XXII, p. 283. [Brazil.] 



Rio (le Janeiro, Brazil. December. (H. H. Smith.) One male, 

 one female. 



These specimens are perfectly typical of the species, the cephalic 

 and median femora being blackish with a broad median and a very 

 narrow proximal incomplete annulus of red, the tibia? blacldsh with 

 a median annulus of orange. 



Genus TROPIDACRIS Scudder. 



1869. Tropidacris Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc Nat. Hist., XI I, )>. 346. 



Type, as here designated T. dux (Drury) [Gryllu.s {Locusta) dux 

 Drury]. 



TROPIDACRIS GRANDIS (Thunberg). 



1824. Gr[ylhis] grandis Thunbero, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pctensbourtj, IX, 

 p. 403. [Locality not stated.] 



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (H. H. Smith.) One male, one female. 

 The uniform green tegmina are quite characteristic of this species. 



TROPIDACRIS CRISTATA (Linnsus). 



1758. [Gryllus (Locusta)] cr l.slaf us liAK^.KVii,i>yi^t. Nat,, lOlh cd., ]>. 431 . [Amer- 

 ica; Arabia; Asia.] 



Para, Brazil. June. (H. II. Smith.) One male, three females. 



Marajo, State of Para, Brazil. Februaiy, 1001. (J. B. Steere.) 

 One female. 



Bonito, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. January 4 and Fe])ruary, 

 1883. (A. Koebele.) Two males, two females. 



One Para male has the tegmina distinctly pinkish. Information 



with one of the Bonito individuals is to the effect that it was taken 



*'on cotton." 



Genus LEPTYSMA Stal. 



LEPTYSMA OBSCURA (Thunberg). 



Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil. August, September. (PI. H. 

 Smith.) Two males, three females. 



Bonito, Pernambuco, Brazil. February 18, 1883. (A. Koebele.) 

 One damaged individual, probably a male. 



