ACRIDID^. 521 



4. XlPHOCERA TRICRISTATA. 



Xiphicera tricristata, Serv. Hist. Orth. 613. 

 Colombia. 



5. XlPHOCERA OCTOLUNATA. 



Xiphicera octolunata, Serv. Hist. Orth. 615. 

 Colombia. 



6. XlPHOCERA TRILINEATA. 



Xiphicera trilineata, Serv. Rev. 81 ; Hint. Orth. 614, pi. 14, f. 2 Xiphocera 

 trilineata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 614. 



a. Brazil. 



b. ? From Mr. Birch's collection. 



c. d. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



7. XIPHOCERA VINDICATA. 



Xiphicera vindicata, Serv. Hist. Orth. 614, pi. 24, f. 3. 

 Bueuos Ay res. 



8. XlPHOCERA UORSALIS. 



dorsalis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 613. 

 Bahia. . 



J>. XIPHOCERA AURORIPENNIS. 

 auroripennis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 613. 

 Surinam. 



10. XIPHOCERA OCTOMACULATA. 



Xiphicera octomaculata, Scuddet\ Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Napo or Maranon. 



11. XIPHOCERA FUNESTA. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; caput antice longi-conicum el sulcatnm ; antennee 

 picetc, lanceolata ; prothorax scaber, nigro quadriviltatus, carina 

 media vix conspicua, carinis duabus lateralibus bene delcrminalis, 

 margine postico angulato ; abdomen piceum ; femora postica supra 

 spinulosa ; alee antica apice rotundatce, abdomine breviores ; ales 

 posticcB pallide lutece. 



Female. Ferruginous. Head smooth, forming an elongated furrowed 

 cone in front of the eyes; front minutely punctured, with the usual four 

 keels. Eyes tawny, elliptical, prominent. Antenna? piceous, lanceolate, 

 longer than the prothorax. Prothorax scabrous, with a hardly elevated 

 middle line in the flat disk, which is bordered by two well-defined keels; 

 four black stripes, the outer pair very incomplete; hind border angular. 

 Prosternum with a stout erect spine. Abdomen piceous. Hind femora 

 above with a row of very minute spines ; spines of the hind tibia? very short 



