PHORASPIS.— EPILAMPRA. 61 



3. Phoraspis bicolor, sp. n. 



$ . Fusco-nigra, vertice, occipite et antennis brunneis. Pronotum pellucente-testaceum, sat grande, transverse 

 convexum ; margine anteriore subreflexo, valde arcuato, scilicet magis arcuato quam in reliquis speciebtis 

 (atomaria, flavipes), caput valde superans ; margine posteriore triangulato, quam margo anterior haud 

 arcuatiore ; parte postica disci macula transverse quadrata fusca. Elytra brunnea, sulco anali nullo. Alae 

 infuscatae. Pedes fusco-nigri. 



Long. 16*5 ; elytr. 15-25, lat. elytr. 8*6, pronot. 6, latit. pronot. 9*6 millim. 



Sab. Central America \ (Mus. Genavense). 



The elytra are almost chocolate in colour, and the pronotum is very transparent. 



EPILAMPEA, Burm. 



Epilampra, Burmeister, Handbuch, ii. p. 504 ; Brunner de W. Syst. Blatt. p. 166 ; Saussure, Miss. 



Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 80; Stal, Rech. sur le Syst. des Blattaires (Bihang ii. no. 13),, 



p. 12. 

 Poeciloderrhis*, Stal, Rech. sur le Syst. des Blattaires (Bihang ii. no. 13), p. 12. 



Metatarsi postici subtus carinati, serrulati, tantum apice planta plana nuda minuta vel vix ulla t. 



Synopsis specierum. 



I. 



a. Species majores. 



b. Lamina supra-analis transversa, haud prominula. 



c. Crassa, pronoto majore. Elytra ? abdomen vix superantia. Oculi mvicem valde 



remoti. — 1. crassa, Sss. 

 cc. Gracilior, pronoto minore. Elytra abdomen valde superantia. Oculi minus remoti. — 

 [2. imitatrix, sp. n.] 

 bb. Lamina supra-analis prominula, incisa. Species graciles, elytris ? $ abdomen superantia. 

 c. Oculi invicem haud plus quam eorum latitudine remoti. Elytra ? abdomine valde 

 longiora. Lamina supra-analis longe prominula, bilobata. 

 d. Oculis quam eorum latitudine minus remoti. Elytra conspersa. Alae fusco- 

 nebulosse. — 3. mexicana, Sss. 

 dd. Elytra nebulosa vel tenuissime rufo-tessellata. Alee ferruginescentes. — 5. con- 

 spersa, Burm., (J . 

 cc. Oculi plus quam eorum latitudine remoti. Lamina supra-analis : 



d. modice prominula, fissa. Abdomen luteo-marginatum. — [4. fallax, sp. n.] 

 dd. valde prominula, bilobata. Abdomen haud marginatum. — 5. conspersa, Burm., ? . 



aa. Species minores. Vertex inter oculos : 



b. quam oculorum latitudo paulo latior. Elytra et alae longiora. Alae apice area membra- 



* This genus cannot be maintained, the transitions connecting it with Epilampra. Besides, both types are 

 to be found in the American and in the Oriental species. 



t Stal has separated the Asiatic species which have the carina of the metatarsus without spinulae : — meta- 

 tarsi postici subtus rotundato-carinati, carina glabra haud serrulata. Genus Molytria, Stal. 



