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OETHOPTEEA. 



2. Nemobius hastatus, sp. n. 



2 . Statura minuta JV". cubensis ; niger, pedibus flavo-variegatis ; antennis fuscis ; pronoto marginibus flavo- 

 punctatis. Elytra abbreviata, abdominis segmenta 2 tegentia, nigra, vitta humerali flavida. Metatarsus 

 posticus quam articuli 2 reliqui tarsi haud duplo longior. Alse nullae. Ovipositor rectus, femori postico 

 subsequilongus, subtus linea flavida limbatus, apice subtiliter denticulatus. 



Long. corp. 7 ; elytra 3 ; femor. post. 5 ; ovipos. 4*5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango 8100 feet (Forrer). 



This species is somewhat analogous to the var. vittatus of N". fasciatus, but it is very 

 much smaller. The black colour may not be constant. 



3. Nemobius distinguendus, Scudd. 



Nemobius distinguendus, Scudd. Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. iv. p. 101 (Sept. 1896). 



N. hastato simillimus, fere eadem pictura ; nigro-castaneus ; pedibus luteo-marmoratis. Differt a specie 

 laudata : statura majore ; capite ad oculos linea testacea ornato ; elytris paulo longioribus, testaceis ; 

 ovipositoris valvis apicalibus brevioribus, haud denticulatis. 



2 • Long. corp. 10 ; fern. post. 6*9 ; ovipos. 7 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Scudder). 



4. Nemobius cubensis, Sauss. 



Nemobius cubensis, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 384. 2, t. 7. fig. 5. 



c? . Alis abortivis. 



Long. corp. 7 ; femor. post. 4'7 miUim. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 



Alis caudatis. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saussure).— Cuba (Saussure). 



This species is frequently more or less testaceous in colour ; sometimes it is brown, 

 in Mexico as well as in Cuba. The Mexican specimens are somewhat smaller than 

 those from Cuba. It differs from N. neomexicanus in having the ovipositor more slender 

 and very finely denticulated at the tip, with numerous denticulations. A fuscous 

 variety from Cuba often has the elytra marked as in N. comanchus. 



5. Nemobius comanchus, sp. n. 



$ . N. cubensi paulo major, fulvo-flavus, fusco-pilosus. Caput supra et pronotum brunneo-umbrata. Elytra 

 fere abdominis longitudine, fusca, vitta humerali lutea. Alse longe caudatse. Tibiae anticae tympano 

 magno instruct*. Pemora postica obsoletissime brunneo-marmorata. Abdomen supra infuscatum. 

 Cerci brunnescentes. Ovipositor subrectus, femori postico longitudine plusquam § aequalis, apice 

 subtiliter denticulatus. 



Var. a. Elytra in area externa campi dorsalis lineolis transversis 3-4. — b. Verisimiliter elytris omnino 

 fuscis. 



Long. corp. 8 ; cum alis 14*5 ; elytra 6 ; femor. post. 5*2 ; ovipos. 3*8 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, States of Durango and Sinaloa (Forrer). 



Distinguished from N. cubensis by its size, and by the tympanum of its anterior 

 tibiae being somewhat larger, in the shape of an elongated ellipse. 



