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superne incrassata. Tibiae anticae compressae, basi intus tympano instructs, extus foramine nullo. Tibiae 

 posticae quam femora sensim breviores, valde denticulatae ; apiee spinis 3 : 3 instruct®, ac inter spinas 

 denticulis 1 : 2 crenatae. Calcaria externa brevia ; interna 2 elongata ; supero arcuato, quam intermedium 

 paulo crassiore, dimidium metatarsum vix aequante. Metatarsus elongatus, supra extus denticulatus. 

 Abdomen concolor. Lamina supra-analis trigonalis, apice rotundata, supra plana, utrinque oblique carinata, 

 impressionibus 4 crueem in medio interruptam formantibus notata. Cerci longissimi, § ovipositorem 

 valde superantes. Lamina infra-genitalis sub trigonalis, apice arcuatim excisa. 



5 . Elytrorum campus dorsalis venis oblique longitudinalibus, in margine suturali desinentibus percursatus. 

 Vena discoidalis basi flexuosa, dimidia parte apicali 5-ramosa ; arese inter ejus ramos jacentes et area 

 medio-discoidalis basi irregulariter reticulatae ; arese reliquse transverse venulosae. Campus lateralis ad 

 inferum reflexum involvens ; vena mediastina 7-8-ramosa. Tibiarum posticarum calcaria normalia ; 

 internum superum arcuatum, quam intermedium paulo crassius ac valde brevius ; intermedium 3 metatarsi 

 aequans. Ovipositor quam femur paulo longior vel illo aequilongus, rectus vel apice deflexus ; ejus valva3 

 apicales breviter lanceolatae, apice parum acutae; inferae rectse, graciles, apice subbebetatae, subtus 

 subcrenulatae ; superse acuti ores, basi latiores, styliformes, subtus sinuatae ac involventes, superne distincte 

 regulariter obtuse denticulatae. 



d . Elytra in dorso simul sumpta marginibus lateralibus usque ad speculum subrectis, postice leviter diver- 

 gentibus ; venis obliquis 6-7 ; speculo paulo latiore quam longiore, obtusangulo, transverse elliptico, per 

 venas arcuatas 5-6 diviso ; vena postanali angulata ; v. postaxillari l a sigmoidalis ; 2 a arcuata, cum 3 a 

 apice confluente. Margo suturalis in sinu venarum analium macula fusca notatus. Campus lateralis 

 valde involvens ; vena mediastina ramis circiter 18 (6-7 primis sigmoidalibus). Tibiarum posticarum 

 calcar supero-internum (fig. 15, c) crassissimum, rectum, dilatatum, in utroque latere convexum, quam 

 calcar intermedium paulo longius vel illo aequale, in unguiculo minuto acuto terminatum. Lamina supra- 

 analis (fig. 6) grandis, trigonalis ; ejus dimidia pars apicalis depressa, basi in medio bicarinulata ; ejus 

 dimidia pars basalis (Z) tuberculos 2 unciniformes depressos praebens, processus 2 longissimos (it), graciles, 

 laminam infra-genitalem (i) longitudine aequantes, emittentes. 



Var. a. Fulvescens, brunneo-varius. — b, 3 . Elytra supra bic illic fusco-umbrata. 



$ . Long. corp. 19-5 ; pronot. 4'5 ; elytr. 19 ; fern. post. 17'2 ; ovipos. 19*5 millim. 



tf . Long. corp. 21 ; pronot. 4-7 ; elytr. 18 ; latit. campi dorsalis 9 ; fern. post. 18 millim. 



Figures : — Fig. 2, tbe female insect. — Fig. 3, tbe end of tbe ovipositor, its valvae being separated. — Fig. 4, the 

 elytron of tbe male. — Fig. 5, the end of the hind tibia from the inner face ; t, tibia ; c, its superior large 

 spur ; i, its middle spur ; s, its inferior spur ; m, metatarsus. — Fig. 6, the end of the male abdomen from 

 above ; I, the basal part of the supra-anal plate ; u, its processes ; 0, the apical part of the supra-anal 

 plate, depressed in a lower plane, with its two carinulae ; i, the infra-genital plate. — Fig. 7, the terminal 

 joints of the maxillary palpus. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith) ; Costa Rica (Biolley). — Brazil. 



[2. Paragryllus rex, Sauss. 



Paragryllus rex, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 442. 1 ( <$ ) ; M6lang. Orthopt. 6 e fasc. 

 p. 553. 1, t. 16. fig. xli., 1 (<J). 



5 . Fulvo-rufescens ; pedibus fusco-annulatis ; scutello faciali in longitudinem testaceo 4-fasciato vittaquo 

 interoculari pallida. Pronotum gibberosum, fuscum, testaceo-lineato-picturatum ; lobis lateralibua 

 anterius angulatis. Elytra abdominis longitudine; vena media 4-ramosa; campus dorsalis venis liberis 5 

 (2 a basi incompleta), totus venulis transversis reticulatus. Tibiae anticae utrinque basi foramine elliptico. 

 Tibia? posticae compressae, spinis 4 : 4 instructae ; eorum calcaria apice arcuata ; interno-superum 

 crassiusculum quam intermedium brevius ; hoc dimidium metatarsum aequans. Metatarsus compressus, 

 carinatus, 1 : 7-dentatus, basi inermis. Ovipositor rectus, femoris longitudine. 



2 . Long. corp. 26 ; pronot. 4-3 ; latit. 5-1 ; elytr. 18-5 ; fern. post. 15-5 ; tibiar. 12-6 ; ovipos. 16-5 millim. 



Hab. Brazil, Pernambuco (coll. Brunner v. W. : no. 12,191). 



Only the male of this insect was previously known. P. rex differs from P. temulentus 



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