370 CATALOGUE OF 



5. MlCROCENTHUM TOLTKCUM. 



Pbylloptera Tolleca, Sauss. Rev. Zoo/. 1859, 203. 

 Mexico. 



Var. ? Fcem. Viride, robustum ; caput prothorace. angustius, verticis 

 carinula lata sulcula aquali antics subincisa, labro antice albo ; pro- 

 thorax subscaber, linea longitudinali lineolisque duabus transversis 

 impresses, margine postico subrotundato ; pedes sat validi, alee anlicce 

 latiusculce, pallido punclatce,femoribus posticis duplo longioribus. 



Female. Grass-green, smooth, shining, stout. Head rather narrower 

 than the prothorax ; keel on the fore part of the vertex broad, furrowed, of 

 equal breadth, slightly notched on the fore border; elongation of the front 

 between the antennae conical; labium white in front. Eyes brown, round, 

 prominent. Antennae brown. Prothorax somewhat scabrous ; disk flat, 

 widening hind ward, with one longitudinal and two transverse impressed 

 lines; of the latter the first is curved and the second angular; lateral keels 

 well defined ; sides with a somewhat conical outline; hind border slightly 

 rounded. Mesosternum and melasternum deeply notched, Oviduct not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the abdomen. (Jerci lanceolate, 

 straight. Legs rather stout ; spines small ; hind femora about half the 

 length of the fore wings. Fore wings rather broad, very minutely reticu- 

 lated, with numerous paler points, shorter by about one line and a half than 

 the hind wings; the greatest breadth at somewhat before the middle; large 

 areolets irregular; custa rounded, except towards the tip. Hind wings 

 pellucid; apical patch green. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 44 lines. 



a. Mexico, From Mr. Glennie's collection. 



6. MtCIlOCENTRUM TARASCUM. 



Plnlloptrra Tarasca, Sauss. Rev. Zoo/. 1859, 203. 

 Mexico. 



West Indies. 



7. MICRO-CENTRUM SUFREMUM. 



Fccm. Viride ant testaceum ; caput aibidum,verlicis carina conica trun- 

 cata striasemittente, fronte inter antennas conica subincisa ; prothorax 

 carinis laleralibus postice margin f (j ue postico nigris ruynsis ; oviductus 

 abdominis dimidio brevior ; pedes cram ; al<e anticcc /.atiusculte^ 

 femoribus poslicis duplo lottgiore&j vtna anali slrigaque. basali niyris ; 

 alee poslicce diaphance, paullo longiores^ slriga apicali lala viridi uut 

 testacea. 



Female. Testaceous or green; smooth, stout. Head whitish, a little 

 narrower than the fore border of the prothorax ; vertex with a truncated 

 conical keel, which is a little broader than the first joint of the antennae and 

 whose furrow emits short striae on each side ; front between the eyes conical, 

 slightly notched on the fore border; labrum testaceous. Eyes round, pro- 

 minent. Disk of the prothorax flat, widening much landward, with one 



