818 CATALOGUE OF 



part lanceolate, extending much beyond the hind femora and more beyond 

 the abdomen. Hind femora stout; hind tarsi with two white bands. Hind 

 wings blackish. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



37. TETT1X ZONA.TA. 



Foem. Nigricans, robusta ; fastigium subconicum, bicarinalum ; carina 

 frontalis f areata ; antenna gracillima, fulvo fasciata ; prothorax 

 tuberculatus, tricarinatus, luteo late unifasciatus, lateribus angulatim 

 dilatatis luteo uniplagiatis, postice lanceolatus abdomen paitllo 

 superans ; pedes breves, femoribus quatuor anterioribus subtus lami- 

 natis, femoribus posticis incrassatis testaceo notatis, tibiis testaceo 

 fasciatis. 



Female. Blackish, stout, nearly elliptical. Head very much narrower 

 than the prothorax; tip of the vertex slightly prominent; two slightly 

 diverging keels extending from the tip to the middle of the front, where 

 there is an anterior keel which is forked towards the face. Eyes prominent. 

 Antennae very slender, with tawny bands. Prothorax with a broad luteous 

 band adjoining the base of the fore wings; fore part tuberculate, with a 

 keel which is most apparent towards the fore border, and with two short 

 lateral keels which diverge towards the base of the fore wings ; a luteous 

 patch on each side, which is dilated and angular; hind part lanceolate, 

 slightly tuberculate and with a slight interrupted keel, extending a little 

 beyond the tip of the abdomen, but not beyond the hind femora. Pectus 

 tawny. Legs short, stout; four anterior femora with a pale testaceous 

 notched membrane beneath ; hind femora very thick, with a few small pale 

 testaceous marks above and beneath; four anterior tibia? with three pale 

 testaceous bands ; hind tibiae with two pale testaceous bands ; hind tarsi 

 pale testaceous, with black tips. Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



The bend on the prothorax distinguishes it from T. lobulata. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Africa. 



38. Tettix telifera. 



Mas. Picea, gracilis ; prothorax subtricarinatus, spinis duabus laterali- 

 bus longis acutis, postice lanceolatus gracillimus abdomen longissime 

 superans ; pedes sat graciles, tibiis posticis inermibus ; alec postica 

 cinereo hyalina, vitta costali nigra, margine posiico nigricante. 



Male. Piceous, slender, allied to the genus Scelymene. Head 

 small, much narrower than the prothorax, protuberant between the antenna?, 

 where the keel, which extends from the vertex, forms two diverging keels ; 

 an anterior keel, forked towards the face. Eyes prominent. Prothorax 

 with three slight keels ; lateral keels abbreviated towards the face, diverging 

 to the base of the fore wings, converging from thence to the tip ; a long 

 acute spine extending horizontally and directly on each side; hind part 

 lanceolate, compressed, very slender, extending for near two-thirds of its 



