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culo oceUigero instructum. Genae laeves, nec granulosae, nec rugosae. Pro- 

 notum constrictum, sulcis duobus transversis distincte impressis; löho postico 

 piano, margine postico rotundato-truncato. Elytra alaeque ahdomen superantia. 

 Femora omnia subtus spinis parvis armata; lohi geniculares femorum posticorum 

 utrinque spinosi, femorum 4 anteriorum inermes vel subacuminati. Tibiae inter- 

 mediae superne iner^nes. Prosternum muticum. Lobt mesosternales acuminati 

 vel rotundati, lobi metasternales 7'otundati vel obliterati. Ovipositor abdomine 

 brevior, rectus vel mcurvus. 



Exocephala Serville, 1839, Hist. nat. d. Ins., Orthopt., ]). 507. 

 Exocephala Serville, 1831, Revue method., p. 160. 

 Exocephala Burmeister. 1839, Handb., II, S. 723. 

 Exocephalus Blanchard, 1840, Hist. nat. d. Ins., Tom. III, p. 26. 

 Moncheca Walker, 1860, Catalogue of the Brit. Mus., II, p. 289. 

 Vestria Stäl, 1874, Recensio Orth., II, p. 97 und 105. 



Dieses Genus schliesst sich durch die Form des Kopfgipfels an Copiophora 

 brevirostris, unterscheidet sich jedoch von dieser durch die glatten Wangen, die 

 tiefen Querfurchen des Pronotums, die schwachen Dornen an den Schenkeln und 

 die kurze Legeröhre des 9 • 



Dispositio specierum. 



1. Fastigium verticis articulum primum antennarum vix superans. 



2. Fastigium verticis superne utrinque granulatum. Ovipositor rectus. 



1. Ex. bisulca Serv. 

 2 2. F'astigium verticis superne liaud granulatum. Ovipositor incurvus. 



3. Frons nigra 2. Ex. nigricauda Stäl. 



3 3. F'rons concolor 3. Ex. viridis m. 



1 1. Fastigium verticis antennarum articulum primum duplo superans. 



4. Ex. punctata m. 



1. Exocex^hala bisulca SerT. (Fig. 7.) 



Olivaceo- flavescens, versicolor, colore valde varians. Caput viride vel 

 flavescens, fronte plerumque nigra nitida vel castanea, laevi. Clypeus cum 

 labro, mandibulisque ferrugineus. Fastigium verticis breve, trituberculatum nec 

 non superne granulis parvis, biseriatim positis instructum. Antennae late nigro- 

 et albido-annulatae. Pronotum unicolor testaceum vel virescens, saepe sulcis 

 transversis infuscatis vel inter sulcos infuscatum vel parte anteriore necnon 

 margine postico fusco-nigro. Elytra virescentia, prope basin flavo-maculata, vel 

 fusca, in medio nigro-violacea vel fusco-purpurea, pallide-reticulata, area antica 

 late sulfurea vel albido-testacea, margine postico saepe pallide testaceo vel 

 beryllino. Alae hyalinae, margine antico vel totae beryllinae. Pedes virides vel 

 flavescentes, saepe partim vel totae infuscatae vel nigronitidae vel purpuras- 

 centes. Femora 4 anteriora subtus in margine anteriore 5-spinosa, femora postica 

 extus spinis 12, intus 2 — 3 armata. Lobi geniculares femorum 4 anteriorum 



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