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short spines ; veins pale red, black towards the lips ; first and second 

 cross-veins clouded with brown ; a row of small brown spots on the 

 tips of the longitudinal veins or the marginal areolets ; primitive 

 areolet tinged with pale tawny ; fore-flaps pale green ; veins of the 

 hind-wings pale green, black towards the tips : flaps whitish at the 

 base, clouded with pale brown along the fore border. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines, 



a. Cuba. 



85. CioADA suiiTiNCTA, Fem. 



Neruus transversm I«J suhcurvus, subnbUquus, angulum subohtii- 

 sumfin</ens,2o Iriplbejus longiludine divisus ; 2us suhcurvus, 

 obliquus, unguium oblusum jingens, 1i lotigitudine ; 3us un- 

 dalus, valde obliquus, angulum acutumfingens ; Aus sxihcurvus, 

 subobliquus, angulum reelum fingens, Zo multb brevior. 

 Second marginal areolet nearly scven-eighlhs of the length of 

 the first : first cross-vein slightly curved, very slightly slanting, 

 forming a very slightly obtuse angle, parted jiom the second by thrice 

 its length; second very slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse 

 angle, as long as the first ; third waved, very slanting, forming an 

 acute angle ; fourth very slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming 

 a right angle, very much shorter than the third ; fifth straight, slight- 

 ly slanting, forming an obtuse angle. Body rather short and broad : 

 head pitchy above, narrower than the fore-chest, with two green 

 reversed C-shaped marks approaching each other on the region of 

 the eyelets; face convex, green, with a large black spot near the 

 base of the mouth which is tawny with a black lip, and reaches be- 

 yond the hind-hips: eyes prominent: fore-chest green ; disk of the 

 scutcheon mostly lawny ; fore border and hind border black ; hind- 

 scutcheon green, lawny along the fore border, adorned with two 

 brown spots, slightly notched and armed with an extremely small 

 tooth on each side: scutcheon of the middle-c'liest green, tinged with 

 tawny, adorned with irregular black stripes, part of which commu- 

 nicate with a large transverse black spot on the hiud part ; hind 

 border slightly excavated : breast green mingled with lawny : abdo- 

 men ferruginous, hardly longer than the chest ; hind borders of the 

 segments black: legs greenish-black; tips of the shanks, of the 

 feet and of the fore-thighs black ; claws black, tawny towards the 

 base ; fore-thighs armed with two acute teeth ; spines of the hind, 

 shanks black : wings colourless, brown at the base ; a very slight 

 brown tinge at the tips of the fore-wings; veins lawny wilh broad 



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