42 SUPPLEMENT. 



with a row of stout curved spines; hind femora rather shorter than the 

 body ; knees with a stout spine ; hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind 

 femora, with two rows of stout spines above and with two rows of minute 

 spines beneath. Wings rudimentary. Length of the body 13 lines. 



Much stouter than V. melaleuca. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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MlCROCENTRUM VIVIDUM. 



Fcem. Saturate viride, subtus iestaceum ; fastigium obtusum, sulcatum, 

 subtus fuscum ; antenna fuscee ; prothoracis margo posticus rufo- 

 fuscus; ovi due tus arcuatus, abdominis dimidio brevior ; alee anticee 

 corpore plus duplo longiores, costa subrotundata, margine posiico sub- 

 angulato ; alee posticce diaphana, apice virides. 



Female. Grass-green. Head and under side mostly testaceous. 

 Head short, narrower than the prothorax ; tip of the vertex obtuse, longi- 

 tudinally furrowed ; front slightly oblique, emitting a short spine to the 

 brown part of the tip. Eyes brown, round, prominent. Antennas brown. 

 Prothorax narrower in front; disk flat, with a very slight longitudinal 

 impressed line and a few very slight transverse impressed lines, these 

 excepting one are angular ; a dark reddish brown band on the hind border ; 

 lateral keels sharply defined ; sides much rounded. Oviduct curved, less 

 than half the length of the abdomen. Hind tibiae with three keels, which 

 are armed with very short spines. Fore wings a little more than twice the 

 length of the body; hind border forming an extremely obtuse angle at a 

 little before one-third of the length from the base ; costa slightly rounded. 

 Hind wings pellucid, green about the tips, extending rather beyond the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore Wings 

 60 lines. 



The broad black hind border of the prothorax distinguishes it from 

 the other species of the genus. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



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 Phylloptera lanceolata. 

 a, b. Brazil. From M. Brunner de Wattenwyl's collection. 



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 Phylloptera Forstenii. 

 a, b. Java. From M. Brunner de Wattenwyl's collection. 



Phylloptera intacta. 



Mas. Testacea, fusco bivittata ; fastigium breve, sulcatum, truncatum ; 

 alec anticce corpore duplo longiores, areolis inordinatim dispositis ; 

 alee postica? diaphana, apice teslaceee. 



