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streak behind the largest dot and a deep black spot near the tip, which is 

 lanceolate ; a few small intermediate whitish marks with purple reticulation, 

 hinder part with several whitish points ; a green linge and a few transverse 

 white streaks along the exterior border; costa much rounded, slightly 

 undulating towards the tip; exterior border excavated along its hind part. 

 Hind wings whitish; reticulation purple, irregular; apical space ocbra- 

 ceous, with an incomplete deep black ringlet and with six or more white 

 purple-bordered streaks or dots. Female. Larger. Markings of the wingjs 

 much like those of the male. Oviduct curved, rather shorter than the abdo- 

 men. Length of the body 9 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 31 

 50 lines. 



a c. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 d. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



Genus 143. CYCLOPTERA. 



Cycloptera, Serv. Hist. Orth. 439. 



1. CYCLOPTERA AUBANTIFOLIA. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) auranlifolia, Stall, Saut. et Gryll. pi. 3 a,f. 5 Piero- 

 chroza (Cycloptera) aurantifolia, Serv. Hist. Orth. 439 Pterochroza 

 aurantifolia, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 696. 



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

 c. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



2. CYCLOPTERA TILI^FOLIA. 



Foera. Viridis ; antennas picece ; prothorax subtuberculatus ; disco pos- 

 tice dilat.ato ; abdomen basi cristatum ; oviduclus fulvus, apice 

 serratus, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes fulvi, tibiis posticis femoribus- 

 que spinulosis ; alee posticce latissimce^ apice acutce^ venis pallidis apud 

 marginem niyricantibus, macula discoidali alba maculaque pellucida 

 nonnunquam obsoletis, costa valde rotundata, margine exteriore brevi 

 subexcavato ; alee posticce albidce, diaphanoe, multo breviores. 



Female. Green. Antennae piceous, stout. Prothorax thinly tuber- 

 culate; disk widening much hindward, with two transverse impressed 

 lines; lateral keels strongly marked. Second abdominal segment crested. 

 Oviduct tawny, curved, serrated above and beneath at the tip, nearly as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs stout, tawny ; femora with two rows of minute 

 spines; hind tibiae with a few very minute spines. Fore wings very broad, 

 longer by six lines than the hind wings ; veins pale, blackish about the ex- 

 terior part of the costa and of the interior border and about the exterior 

 border; a variable white spot in the disk beyond the middle and a variable 

 pellucid vitreous spot near the end of the exterior border; costa very much 

 rounded; tips acute; exterior border short, slightly excavated. Hind 

 wings whitish, pellucid; veins white; costa not excavated. Length of the 

 body 16 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 50 52 lines. 



This species, like C. pavonifolia, differs from C. aurantifolia in the 

 irregularity of the veins between the scapular and the costa. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



