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( M. Trujillo) ; . Guatemala, Senahu and San Geronimo in Vera Paz (Champion) ; 

 Nicaragua, Chontales (Jansori) ; Costa Eica. 



3. Paroecanthus guatemalsB, Sauss. 



Paroecanthus guatemala, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 475. 7 ( ? <J). 



Statura P. mexicani, eapite supra paulo convexiore. Antennae haud vel parum fusco-annulatae, concolores, 

 frequenter basi obscurae. Pronotum paulo magis cylindricum. Caput et pronotum frequenter fuseo- 

 irrorata. Elytra haud nigro-maculosa, at vena humerali frequenter nigra. Tibiae anticae graeiles, latere 

 interno tympano translucido nullo, in loco ejus depressione longitudinali vel sulco instructae. Tibiae 

 posticae diverso-modo nigro-punctatae et irroratae. — Elytra $ abdominis apicem liberantia, <$ abdominis 

 longitudine; area apicali brevissima, transversa, rotundata. Alae in utroque sexu elytris breviores, 

 absconditae. 



2 . Long. corp. 15 ; pronot. 3*8 ; elytr. 9 ; femor. post. 9*3 ; ovipos. 6'5 millim. 



cJ . Long. corp. 14 ; pronot. 3 ; elytr. 11*5 ; femor. post. 9 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala 

 (Rodriguez, in Mus. Genavense), Capetillo, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Similar to P. niger, but different in colour ; also somewhat smaller and with the 

 elytra a little shorter. 



4. Paroecanthus sulcatus, sp. n. (Tab. xill. figg. 12, 13.) 



cJ . Eulvo-testaeeus. Statura intermedia inter P. aztecum et P. meocicanum. Tibiae anticae extus tympano 

 elliptico, intus foramine nullo, tantum sulcum elongatum, clausum obferentes. Caput et pronotum 

 obscure rufa. Elytra basi vitta transversa nigra ; speculo antice et postice nigro-limbato vittaque arcuata 

 inter venas anales nigra ; area apicali breviuscula. Alae vix caudatae. 



cJ . Long. corp. 13-5 ; pronot. 3-5 ; elytr. 15 ; femor. post. (?) millim. 



Figttres. — Eig. 12, tbe male insect, from above. — Fig. 13, ditto, in profile. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



One male example. This insect closely resembles P. guatemalce, and may be a variety 

 of that species. 



5. Paroecanthus mexicahus, Sauss. 



Paroecanthus mewicanus, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 317 (?) ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. 



p. 472. 3, t. 8. figg. 33-36 (?<?); Walk. Cat. Derm. Salt. i. p. 114. 1 (1869). 

 Orocharis signatus, Walk. loc. cit. p. 61. 2 {<$). 

 Orocharis scitulus, Walk. loc. cit. p. 62. 3 {<$). 

 P. azteco simillimus, at minor ; alis haud vel vix caudatis. Tibiae anticae graeiles, haud tumidae, tympano 



* interno lineari, nonnunquam sulciformi. 

 Varietates colore sicut in specie laudata. 



$ . Long. corp. 16 ; pronot. 4; elytr. 14-5 ; femor. post. 9-7 ; ovipos. 6 millim. 

 cJ . Long. corp. 13 ; pronot. 2'9 ; elytr. 12-3 ; femor. post. 8-5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Tampico (Saussure), Cordova and Mirador (Samsure, Hoge), Atoyac 

 in Vera Cruz (Schumann), Orizaba (H. H. Smith and F. D. Godman), Vera Cruz, 

 Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 



