1877.] 85 [Scudder. 



and the upper carina more or less distinctly testaceous in the male; 

 hind tibia? green with a plumbeous tinge, the spines black tipped. 

 Abdomen obscurely punctate on the basal half, with small indistinct 

 dorso-pleural spots of mingled white and blue-black dots on the 

 posterior extremity of the segments, which in the male lie at the 

 outer limit of a broad dorsal testaceous stripe which is bordered ex- 

 ternally with blackish and so obscures the spots. 



Length of body, d 17 mm., ? 25 mm.; of antennae, d 7 mm., ? 7 

 mm.; of tegmina, d 3 mm. ? 4 mm.; of hind femora, d 10 mm., ? 

 11.25 mm. 



8 cf, 4 ?, Ft. Eeed, April 8-28. I have also received the species 

 from Jacksonville, Fla., collected by C. J. Maynard in April. 



Aptenopedes rufovittata nov. sp. Green, more or less infus- 

 cated above. Face minutely and rather sparsely dotted with black- 

 ish fuscous, the mouth-parts and the lower part of the face often de- 

 cidedly pink; antennas with the first two joints green, beyond either 

 dull green, more or less infuscated (d), or with the basal half reddish 

 or pinkish brown and the apical half olivaceo-fuscous (?); eyes as in 

 A. sphenarioides. Pronotum rugulose, much more heavily in the d 

 than in the 2, and the dorsum of the other thoracic joints and the 

 basal abdominal joints similarly marked ; pronotum with a distinct 

 (?) or inconspicuous (d) median carina, obscurely infuscated in the 

 d, generally marked distinctly but narrowly with testaceous in the 

 ? , the surface of the whole pronotum with a few scattered hairs, 

 even more sparsely distributed than in A. sphenarioides; position of 

 the lateral carinas (which are wanting) marked by a slender black 

 stripe, followed above by a somewhat broader rufous band, fading to 

 yellowish and narrowed in the female ; this stripe does not extend 

 upon the head. Tegmina wanting in the d, very slender, linear, 

 straight and green in the ?. Legs green, the hind femora tipped, at 

 least in the male, with rufo-testaceous and black, the hind tibiae 

 glaucous, hind tarsi red with black-edged pad and black-tipped red 

 claws. Abdomen with an obscure testaceous medio-dorsal stripe in 

 the female, extending onto the thorax, and on the abdomen followed 

 by an obscure pleuro-dorsal [series of small dark spots, or with a 

 similar distinct stripe in the d, bordered by a more or less distinct 

 narrow or broad edging of black, fading laterally into fuscous; 

 analcerci of d tapering almost uniformly, while in A. sphenarioides 

 they taper only on the basal half and beyond are equal. 



Length of body, d 15.5 mm., ? 20.5 mm.; of antennae, d 6.5 mm.; 



