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the posterior half; meso- and metanotum resembling the abdominal 

 segments, unprovided with wings; the thoracic sterna exteriorly, and 

 the coxae internally bearing small, short, blunt spines. Legs slender, 

 the posterior femora rather short. Ovipositor broad at base, pointed 

 at tip (?), curved pretty strongly; anal cerci very short, conical. 



12. A. acuta nov. sp. 



Whole upper surface, from the tip of the vertical spine to the ovi- 

 positor, testaceous, with a median, blackish, frequently obsolete line 

 from the base of the vertical spine to the penultimate abdominal seg- 

 ment; the sides bordered above with a dark fuscous streak from the 

 eyes to the tip of the abdomen ; under surface of vertical spine, and 

 the space between and around the antennas blackish; first joint of 

 antennae obscurely fuscous, the remainder luteous, distantly and nar- 

 rowly annulated with fuscous. Legs luteous, banded and blurred 

 with blackish fuscous; femora armed externally and internally at the 

 tip, with a sharply pointed spine. Ovipositor reddish; anal cerci 

 pale, rapidly tapering, pointed, sparsely pilose. Length of body .62 

 in.; of pronotum .17 in.; of vertical spine .07 in.; of hind femora 

 .38 in. ; of anal cerci .04 in. One 9 . Between Quito and Napo. 



ACRYDH. 



13. Proscopia bulbosa nov. sp. 



Of a nearly uniform griseous color. Head somewhat hour-glass 

 shaped, above the jaws tapering, but a little swollen, to a constricted 

 neck, above which and just below the eyes the head expands again; 

 vertex short, as long as the width of the head below the eyes, taper- 

 ing a little to a rounded apex; surface scabrous with distant elevated 

 points, the back with a median furrow between the eyes and upwards 

 to the tip of the vertex with a slight median carina; front, between 

 the lower edges of the eyes, with a long, lozenge shaped hollowing, con- 

 taining a median carina. Prothorax swollen next the head and like 

 the mesothorax scabrous with large, irregular, distant, raised points. 

 Legs very slender, the hind femora greatly swollen at the base, rough 

 with longitudinal rows of greatly elevated points; hind tibiae with 

 very minute spines. Length of head, exclusive of the vertex .28 in.; 

 of vertex .04 in, ; of prothorax .42 in. ; of hind tibias 1.06 in.', breadth 

 of hind femora at base .09 in. One <J . Napo or Marauon. 



14. Proscopia sajax nov. sp. 



Greenish brown, the legs paler, with dusky tips to the femora; the 

 head with a small testaceous spot just above the base of the mandi- 



