LOCUSTID^E. 4C5 



Female. Brown. Head hardly tuberculate. Eyes round, prominent. 

 Antenna; slout. Disk of the prothorax flat, tuberculale, wider towards the 

 hind border, which is slightly rounded ; lore border straight ; lateral keels 

 sharply defined. Abdomen with five dorsal prests. Oviduct curved, 

 serrated towards the lip, about half the length of the abdomen. Legs 

 stout; femora wilh foliaceous spines beneath ; four anterior tibiae dilated ; 

 hind tibiae slightly dilated near the base. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 reticulated, longer by four lines than the hind wings, with a few irregular 

 clusters of pellucid vitreous points ; space in front of the scapular and 

 externo-medial hardly narrower than that behind it ; primary veins 

 connected with these two veins few, irregular ; secondary areolets nume- 

 rous ; costa nearly straight, slightly truncated, rounded on the exterior part 

 and slanting very abruptly to the acute tip; exterior border deeply notched. 

 Hind wings very pale ochraceous ; veins brown ; some of the areoiets irre- 

 gular. Length of the body 12 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 32 lines. 



The prothorax is longer and less widened hindward than that of 

 T. truncatifolia, and the shape of the fore wings is different. 



a. Nanta, Amazon Region. From M. Degand's collection. 



4. TYPOPHYLLUM TKUNCATIFOLIA. 



Foem. Obscure fuscum ; caput tuberculatum ; antennae robusta ; pro- 

 thoracis discus planus, tuberculatus, postice latescens ; abdomen 

 quadricristatum ; oviductus abdomine brevior, subtus apicem versus 

 et supra serratus ; femora foliaceo spinosa ; alee anlicce upice acutce^ 

 macuiis punctisque paucis diaphanis, costa subrotundata subincisa, 

 margine exteriore subexcavalo, margine interiore apicem versus exca- 

 vato ; alts posticce breviores, pallide ochracece. 



Female. Dark brown, rather stout. Head and prothorax tuberculale. 

 Eyes round, prominent. Antenna stout. Disk of the prothorax flat, with 

 two transverse impressed lines ; fore border straight; hind border rounded ; 

 lateral keels sharply defined. Abdomen with four dorsal crests. Ovidiic^t 

 curved, rather shorter than the abdomen, serrated above and towards the 

 tip beneath. Legs stout j femora with foliaceous spines beneath ; four 

 anterior tibia? slightly dilated ; hind tibia much dilated near the base. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings longer by five lines than the hind wings, with 

 a few pale vitreous spots and points in the disk ; primary veins and areolets 

 few, irregular; secondary areoleis numerous; costa irregularly rounded, 

 slightly notched; tips acute; exterior border slightly excavated ; interior 

 border excavated in the outer part. Hind wings pale ochraceous ; veins 

 tawny; areolets mostly irregular. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 32 lines. 



a. Napo River, South America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



5. TYPOPHYLLUM MUTILATUM. 



Mas. Ferrugineum, sat gracile ; caput vix tuberculatum ; antenna; 

 graciles, lonyissimce ; protkoracis discus planus, tuberculatus, postice 



