464 CATALOGUE OF 



border; some red points, a few of which have whitish disks; veins few, 

 irregular. Hind wings pellucid, shorter by three lines than the fore wings; 

 veins white; costa entire. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 33 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Genus 144. TYPOPHYLLUM. 

 Typophyllum, Serv. Hist. Orth. 439. 



1. TYPOPHYLLUM EBOSUM. 



Gryllus (Tettigonia) erosa,*Stotf, Saut. et Gryll. pi. 6 a, f. 18 Typo- 

 phyllum erosum, Serv. Hist. Orth. 440 -Pterochroza erosa, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 696. 



Surinam. 



2. TYPOPHYLLUM SCISSIFOLIA. 



Fosm. Viridis, gracilis ; antenna fulvce ; prothoracis discus planus vix 

 tuberculatus, postice sublatescens ; oviductus arcuatus, apicem versus 

 serratus^ abdomine paullo longior ; pedes breviusculi, femoribus sub- 

 foliaceo spinosis ; ala antica macula guttisque punctisgue nonnullis 

 rufo-fuscis aut nigricanlibus, costa recta apicem versus rotundata 

 deinde deflexa apice attenuata, margine postico curvato ; alee poslicce 

 albidce, contracts. 



Female. Green, slender. Eyes brown, small, round, prominent. 

 Antennae tawny, stout. Disk of the prothorax flat, hardly tuberculate, 

 widening slightly near the hind border; lateral keels sharply defined. Ovi- 

 duct curved, serrated above and beneath towards the tip, a little longer 

 than the abdomen. Legs rather short; femora with slightly foliaceous 

 spines; middle tibiae dilated as usual towards the base; hind tibiae with a 

 few spines above. Fore wings with a few reddish brown and two or three 

 blackish dots and points, and with a discoidal spot of the former hue; costa 

 dilated at the base, straight from thence to the tip, where it is rounded, 

 abruptly deflexed from thence to the end of the scapular, where the wing is 

 attenuated and conical ; interior border forming a curve with the exterior ; 

 veins few, irregular. Hind wings whitish, contracted, about three-fifths of 

 the length of the fore wings. Length of the body 9 lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 30 lines, 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



3. TYPOPHYLLUM EROSIFOLIA. 



Fcem. Fuscum ; caput vix tuberculatum ; antennee robustce ; prothoracis 

 dorsum planum, tuberculatum, postice latescens ; abdomen quinque 

 cristatum ; oviductus abdominis dimidio aquilongus, apicem versus 

 serratus ; femora subtus foliaceo spinosa ; alts anticce apice acuta, 

 e punclis diaphanis parce plagiata^ costa fere recta apicem versus 

 rotundata et abrupte declivi, margine exteriore vatde inciso ; alee 

 posticce breviores, pallidissime ochracece. 



