ACRIDIDJE. 581 



interior border. Length of the body 23 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 48 lines. 



The dorsal ridge of this species is higher than that of A. scuteilare, 

 and is notched by the transverse impressed lines. 



o. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



West Indies. 



14. ACRIDIUM VAR1PES. 



Fceuo. Fulvum ; vertex fusco bistrigatus, antice hexagonalis ; prothorax 

 pallido trivittatus ; proslerni spina teslacea, robusta, subobliqua ; 

 femora postica nigro notata ; tibia posticce rufescentes^ spinis albidis ; 

 alee anticce diaphance, guttis subcostalibus maculis discoidalibus aut 

 fasciis in deter minatis nigro-venosis ; alee posticce nigro venoste. 



Female. Tawny. Head smooth ; vertex with a brown oblique streak 

 on each side, its fore part hexagonal ; front with four well-detined keels, 

 the inner pair parallel, the outer pair slightly diverging. Eyes piceous, 

 elongate-elliptical. Prothorax scabrous, with three paler "abbreviated' 

 stripes, wiih a slight dorsal keel and with the usual transverse impressed 

 lines; fore border slightly rounded; sides nearly straight; hind border 

 rounded. Prostemal spine testaceous, stout, straight, slightly oblique. 

 Hind femora with some black marks on each side, as long as the abdomen, 

 a litile longer than the hind tibia3. Hind tibiae reddish; spines whitish, 

 with black tips. Fore wings a little shorter than the body, pellucid, with 

 several subcostal dots and discoidal spots or incomplete bauds which are 

 distinguished by black veins; veins elsewhere pale testaceous. Hind 

 wings pellucid; veins black. Length of the body 23^ lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 44 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



South America. 



15. ACRIDIUM LONGIPENNIS. 



longipenne, Barm. Handb. Ent. ii. 632. 

 Bl-azil. 



16. ACRIDIDM FLAVOFASCIATUM. 



flavofasciatum, Deg. Ins. iii. 488, pi. 40, f. 8. Serv. Hist. Orth. 663 

 vitlatum, Oiiv. Enc. Meth. vi. 221. 



South America. 



17. ACRIDIUM CARNEIPES. 

 carneipes, Serv. Hist. Orth. 665. 

 Brazil. 



