ACRIDIDJE. 493 



Female. Dark brown. Head bardly punctured, a little more than 

 half the length of the prothorax, much broader at its base than the fore 

 border of the prothorax, lanceolate in front from thence, elongate-conical 

 in front of the eyes, which are elliptical and prominent and longer than the 

 cone above mentioned. Prothorax cylindrical, very minutely tuberculated, 

 slightly dilated on the hind border and rather more so on the fore border. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax very minutely tuberculated. Abdomen 

 smooth, very much longer than the anterior part of the body : apical part 

 slightly narrower than the fore part and broader than the prolhorax ; 

 appendages as usual. Legs long, slender; fore femora 8^ lines in length ; 

 middle femora and four anterior tibiae 1\ lines. Length of the body 

 48 lines. 



The thicker prothorax distinguishes it from the two preceding 

 species. 



The specimen described has been deprived of the hind legs, 

 a. Columbia. 



32. PROSCOPIA BULBOSA. 



bulbosa, Scudder, Proc. Bast. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Napo or Maranon. 



33. PROSCOPIA SAJAX. 



sajax, Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Napo or Maranon. 



Genus 2. ASTROMA. 

 1. ASTROMA FILIFOBMIS. 



Proscopia (Astroma) filiformis, Sauss. Rev. Zool. 1861, 313. 

 Chili. 



Genus 3. CEPHALOCJiMA. 

 Cephalocsema, Serv. Hist. Orth. 577. 



I. CEPHALOC^MA SICA. 



Proscopia (Cephalocaeraa) sica, Serv. Hist. Orth. 577 , pi. 14, f. 1. 

 Campos Geraes, Brazil. 



2. CEPHALOC^MA ACUMINATA. 

 acuminata, Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Between Quito and Napo. 



