ACBIDID^. 539 



Male and female. Luteous. Head thinly punctured, occasionally 

 with a brown patch on each side. Eyes piceous, elliptical, prominent. 

 Antennae bright yellow, black towards the tips. Prothorax thickly punc- 

 tured, more or less tinged with brown on each side, in structure like that of 

 R.eques- the keel with three notches, of which the hinder one is broad 

 and deep. Abdomen with two broad black bands and with exterior black 

 spots. Femora and tibia3 black on the inner side; four anterior with a row 

 of black spots on the outer side ; hind femora with two rows of black spots 

 on the outer side ; hind tibia3 with black spines ; tarsi black towards the 

 tips. Fore wings with numerous black dots of various size, extending 

 nearly to the tip of the abdomen in the male, rather shorter in the female. 

 Hind wings crimson, tessellated with black along the black border ; a cine- 

 reous stripe in the disk. Length of the body 18 22 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 2628 lines. 



a c. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 

 rf, e. Vera Cruz. From M. Salle's collection. 



ft Antennarum articuli teretes. 



Fam. 5. PHYMATID^E. 

 Phymatidae, Scudder. 



A. Antennae 17- aut 18-articulaiae. 

 a. Prothorax tuberculatus. 



Genus 1. PHYMATEUS. 



Dyctiophorus, Thunb., Z2rM//e Phymateus, Serv. Hist. Orth. 624 

 Pcecilocera, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 621. 



1. PHYMATEUS MOEBILLOSUS. 



, Roes, Ins. ii. Loc. pi. 18, f. 6. Herbst, Fuess. Arch. 7, 8, 195, 



pi. 54, f. 1 Gryllus (Locusta) morbillosus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 700 

 Gryllus verrucosus, Stall, Saut. et Grill.pl 11 b., f. 3, 4, 6 Gryllus 

 morbillosus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 50 Acrydium morbillosum, Oliv. 

 Enc. Meth. vi. 218 Phymateus '.morbillosus, Thunb. Mem. Acad. 

 Imp. St. Pet. vii. 257. Serv. Hist. Orth. 235 Posciloeera rnorbillosa, 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 622. 



a c. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



d /. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



g i. South Africa. Presented by Major- Geu. Hardwicke. 



j t k. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



/. Madagascar. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



2. PHYMATEUS MILIARIS. 



Gryllus (Locusta) miliaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 700. Stall, Saut. et Grill. 

 pi. 22 b., f. 83 Gryllus miliaris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 50 Gryllus 



cosum, Deg. Ins. iii. pi. 40, f. 6 Acrydiura punctatum, Oliv. Enc 



