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tricarinate ; the median carina somewhat acute, and the lateral 

 rather obtuse, sub-parallel, or slightly divergent posteriorly ; the 

 three transverse furrows undulate, the posterior only cutting the 

 median carina ; the sides marked more or less with impressed 

 lines. Prosternum Avitli an obtuse tubercle. Wings and wing 

 covers perfect in both sexes, or slightly abbreviated in the female. 



Stetheophyma line ATA. Scuddcr. 



Dark brown. A narrow, curved, dark line extends from the 

 upper border of the eyes to the lateral carinas of the pronotum, 

 and is the upper limit of a broad, brownish-yellow band extending 

 from the eye to the lateral carinse, whence it continues backward 

 along the carinje ; below this, upon the upper border of the side, 

 extends another broad black band from the eye to the hind edge 

 of the pronotum ; median carina, black. Costal edge of wing 

 covers dark, with a yellow streak beneath extending from the base 

 to the costal border at about two-thirds the distance to the apex ; 

 beneath this is a band, narrow and black at the base, broadening 

 till it occupies the whole width of the wing covers, becoming 

 brown toward the tip, while the inner border is yellowish brown. 

 Wings dusky, the internal half with a yellowish tinge. Legs 

 dark brown ; hind femora black on the outer and inner surfaces, 

 reddish brown above, coral red below, with a white spot near the 

 apex ; tip black. Hind tibiae yellow, with black spines ; the base 

 and tips black, and a dusky aunulation below the knee. Length, 

 from one inch to one and one-fourth. 



Mr. Scudder has described two other species, — gracilis and pla- 

 typtera; but they ai'e thought to be varieties of lineata. 



Synopsis of the CEdipodince. 



, f Median carina of the pronotum with a single notch ... 2. 

 I Median carina of the pronotum witli two notches ... 7. 

 ' Mesosternal lobes of the female twice as distant as the meta^ 



sternal lobes .......... 3. 



Mesosternal lobes of the female not more distant than the 



metasternal lobes 5. 



"Wings brightly colored Aiphia. 



transparent, faintly colored 4. 



. / Pronotum wrinkled Encoptolophus. 



2.-! 



g r Wmgs bri 



\ "Wings tra 



f Pronotum 



I Head and pronotum smooth or granulated . . . Chortophaga. 

 - f Median carina of the pronotum even throughout . Camnula. 



\ Median carina of the pronotum iri'egular <5. 



„ / Median carina of pronotum nearly obsolete on hind lobe, Hippiscus. 



I Median carina of pronotum higli and arched on hind lobe, Dissosteira. 



