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labrum whitish, black towards the lip. Eyes tawny, nearly round. Pro- 

 thorax finely tuberculate, with a very broad piceous stripe, with two 

 impressed transverse lines, and with an abbreviated slightly impressed 

 longitudinal line; fore border and hind border black. Abdomen beneath 

 mostly piceous. Oviduct very slightly curved, black above and beneath 

 except towards the base, as long as the abdomen. Legs stout; spines 

 black ; hind femora nearly two-thirds of the length of the fore wings. 

 Fore wings cinereous, narrow, longer by one line and a half than the hind 

 wings; veins testaceous; reticulation whitish; areolets large, regular; 

 scapular vein and externo-medial approximate to each other till near the 

 tip, where they are ramose. Hind wings cinereous; veins testaceous. 

 Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wood. 



12. MERONCIDIUS ARENOSUS. 

 Acanthodis arenosa, Burnt. Handb. Enl. ii. 700. 

 Bahia. 



13. MERONCIDIUS OCHRACEUS. 



Locusta ochracea, Stall, Saut. et Grill, pi. 13, f. 52 Locusta reticulata ? 



Fa.br. Ent. Syst. ii. 40 Locusta falconaria ? Deg. Ins. iii. pi. 39, f. 4 



Acanthodis ochracea, Burm. Handb. Enl. ii. 701. 

 Brazil. 



Var. Fcem. Testaceus, subtus flavus ; prothorax lineis duabus trans- 

 versis bene delerminatis sulcisque quatuor obliquis nigro marginatis, 

 margine postico subascendente ; pedes robusti ; alee antica anguslce ; 

 alee poaticce obscure cinerece, apud costam pallide cinereee, venis 

 testaceis, secloribus transversis fuscis. 



Female. Testaceous, yellow beneath. Head smooth, with an 

 elongaie-couical furrowed keel which is contiguous to the lanceolate 

 part of the front between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes brown, promi- 

 nent, nearly round. Prothorax slightly rugulose, with two strongly 

 impressed transverse lines which are irregularly bordered with black; two 

 short oblique furrows on each side also bordered with black; hind border 

 somewhat elevated. Cerci setose, slightly curved. Oviduct very slightly 

 curved, black at the tip, as long as the abdomen. Legs stout ; spines with 

 black tips; hind femora rather less than two-thirds of the length of the fore 

 wings. Fore wings narrow, longer by four lines than the hind wings ; 

 areolets large, irregular. Hind wings dark cinereous ; longitudinal veins 

 testaceous; transverse veins brown; costal space pale cinereous, with large 

 areolels and with pale testaceous veins. Length of the body 24 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 79 lines. 



a. America. 



14. MEEONCIDIUS MARMORATUS. 

 Acanthodis inarmorata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 701. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 c, d. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



