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West Indies. 



A. Fasiiirium aculum. ascendens. 



B. Fasiigium obtusum. 



a. Alae anticse fusco guttatae. ----- guttatus. 



b. Alae antic* nun guttata-. 



* Prothorax bivittaius. - bilinea'tus. 



** Prothorax non vitiatus. _ . - - . occideutalis. 



11. CONOCEPHALL'S GUTTATUS. 



guttatus, Serv. Hist. Oith. 518. 

 Cuba. 



a, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



c. Jamaica. 



d. West Coast of N. America Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 



Wood. 



12. CONOCEPHALUS OCCIDENTALIS. 



occidentals, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1859, 207. 

 Haiti. 



13. CONOCEPHALUS ASCENDENS. 



Foam. Viridis ; caput et pro thorax subtiliter punctata, albido bivittata ; 

 fastigium lanceolatum,subascendens, supra sulcatum basi subtus den- 

 tatum ; oviductus valde arcuatus, abdominis dimidix longior ; pedes 

 sat graciles, coxis anticis unispinosis,femoribvs uniseriatim spinosis, 

 femoribus posticis tibiisque quatuor anterioribus biseriatim spinosis ; 

 ala corpore longiores ; alee posticae diaphance, pallido venosee. 



Female. Green. Head and prothorax finely punctured. Cone of 

 the head lanceolate; acute, furrowed above, obliquely ascending, a little 

 longer than the breadth between the eyes, testaceous except towards the 

 base, dentate at the base beneath ; a whitish stripe extending from the eye 

 to the hind border of the head and extending along the keel on each side 

 of the prolhorax; front slightly and transversely rugulose ; labrum and 

 mandibles whitish. Prothorax with the sides of the flat dorsum parallel. 

 Mesosternum and raetasternum with a much rounded lobe on each side of 

 the hind border. Oviduct much curved upward, a little more than half the 

 length of the abdomen; sheath very broad. Femora wiih a single row of 

 minute spines; four anterior tibias with two rows of minute spines ; hind 

 tibiae with four rows ; a spine on each of the fore coxa?. Fore wings longer 

 than the body. Hind wings pellucid, rather shorter than the fore wings ; 

 veins pale. Length of the body 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 42 lines. 



It cannot be ascertained from the specimen described whether the 

 prosiernum is armed with spines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



