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Closely allied to H. gracillima, but differing from it in having the lobes of the 

 pronotum less elevated, and the anterior femora with two spines only beneath, these 

 being much larger than in H. gracillima, which bears three or four very small spines. 



3. Hormilia tolteca, Sauss. (Tab. XV. figg. 10-13.) 



Phylloptera tolteca, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xi. p. 203 (? ) (1859). 



Hormilia tolteca, Stal, Recens. Orthopt. 2, p. 28; Brmm. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. 

 p. 232. 2. 



H. intermedia simillima ; elytris longioribus, femora postica superantibus. Grisea, fusco-punctata et macu- 

 losa. Verticis rostrum basi subconstrietum, apice anterius crassiusculum, convexum, elongato-quadratum, 

 cum frontis fastigium sinuato-conjunctum. Pronotum disco ante medium constricto, cantbis acutissimis, 

 margine postico utrinque arcuato, in medio leviter sinuato. Lobi laterales altiores quam latiores, margine 

 infero postice rotundato, antice oblique truncato, ascendente, angulo antico obtuso, rotundato ; marginibus 

 nigro-punctatis. Elytra sat longa, angustissima, parallela, apice nonnunquam subdilatata, oblique trun- 

 cata ; vena media furcata. Alee elytra minus longe superantia quam in prsecedente, apice spurcatse vel 

 hyalinse ; vena ulnari biramosa. Femora antica et intermedia superne tota carinata, in dentem nullum 

 terminata, lobis genicularibus productis, subacutis ; margine antico subtus dentibus 2 armato. Tibiae 

 luteae, fusco-irroratse. Femora postica minus gracilia, subtus extus spinulis 4-5 remotis, intus 1-2, 

 armata. Abdomen .ut solitum macula magna nigra. 



$ . Cerci crassi, breves, truncati, apice intus submucronati. 



$ . Long. corp. 16-5 ; pronot. 3*6 ; elytr. 21'7 ; alar. 23 ; femor. post. 18-5 ; ovipos. 4-2 millim. 



S . Long. corp. 15 ; pronot. 3*6 ; elytr. 23 ; alar. 25'5 ; femor. post. 17 millim. 



Figures. — Fig. 10, the female insect. — Fig. 11, the end of the abdomen, $ . — Fig. 12, the he; d and pronotum, 

 from above, $ . — Fig. 13, an anterior leg (anterior side), $ . 



Hah. Mexico {Mus. Holm.), Cordova (Saussure, Hughes), Atoyac in Vera Cruz 

 (Schumann), Orizaba (M Trujillo), Teapa in Tabasco (H. II. Smith) ; Guatemala, Las 

 Mercedes and Torola (Champion); Costa Rica, San Jose (Biolley); Panama, Volcan de 

 Chiriqui (Champion). 



4. Hormilia intermedia, Brunn. 



Hormilia intermedia, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. p. 232. 3. 



Elytra femoris postici apicem haud attingentia, apicem versus dilatata ; vena media furcata ; femoribus anticis 



apice haud mucronatis ; omnibus subtus inermibus vel spinulis 2-3 armatis. 

 Var. Elytra longiora, apicem femorum posticorum fere attingentia. — [Guatemala.] 



Hal. Mexico, Orizaba (Saussure) ; Guatemala (Mus. Genavense), Capetillo, San 

 Geronimo (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers). 



5. Hormilia prasina, sp. n. (Tab. XV. fig. 14, <? .) 



Major, tota prasina. Antennse subtus fuscse. Pronotum anterius valde constrictum, disco postice lato, antice 

 valde angusto, canthis valde acutis, valde convergentibus, anterius fortiter ad exteriorem decurvis ; 

 margine posteriore arcuato, haud inciso ; lobis lateralibus aeque longis ac altis, rotundatis, sinu humerali 

 profundo. Elytra pro genere latissima, apice breviter dilatata, oblique truncata ; vena media furcata. 

 Alffi in requiete longe prominulae, apice subacutse, hyalinae, apice leviter virescentes ; vena ulnari biramosa. 

 Femora l m -2 m supra tantum apice brevissime carinata, in dentem trigonalem terminata, margine inferiore 



