368 OKTHOPTEEA. 



Synopsis specierum. 



a. Canthi laterales pronoti subintegri, in prozona tantum per sulcum anticum plus minus incisi ; 

 in metazona nigri. 

 b. Canthi laterales prozonse de reliquo integri. Pronoti discus angustior, marginibus subrectis 

 anterius convergentibus. 

 c. Elytra tota prasina. 



d. Pronoti limbus posterior concolor vel linea nigra marginatus. — 1. marginella, Serv. 

 dd. Pronoti limbus posterior vitta latiuscula nigra marginatus. — 2. tolteca, Sss. 

 cc. Elytrorum vena analis (seu canthus externus campi dorsalis) nigra. Pronotum eodem 

 modo pictum quam in S. marginella ; tibiis posticis supra latioribus. — 3. azteca, 

 Sss. 

 bb. Canthi laterales prozonse leviter crenulati. Pronoti discus latior, canthis anterius arcuatis. 

 — [5. ovalifolia, sp. n.] 

 aa. Canthi laterales pronoti subcristati, in prozona profunde trilobati, postice rotundato-crenulati. 

 —[4. incisa, Brunn.] 



1. Stilpnochlora marginella, Serv. 



Phylloptera marginella, Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Orthopt. p. 405 (1839). 



Stilpnochlora marginella, Stal, Eecens. Orthopt. 2, p. 44 ; Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. 



p. 359. 1, t. 8. fig. 108. 

 Phylloptera thoracica, Burm. HaDdb. d. Ent. ii. p. 693. 

 Micrucentrum thoracicum, Scudd. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 447. 

 Phylloptera couloniana, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xiii. p. 128 ( ? ) (1861). 



2 . Campus dorsalis dexter intus late hyalinus, in secunda vena axillari venulis perpendicularibus (extends 



ramosis) dense reticulatus. 

 <S . Vena stridulans elytri sinistri unica, crassissima, nonnunquam tamen secundam venam transversam tenuem 



prsebens. In elytro dextro vena transversa basi incrassata ; specula grandia, hyalina. 

 2 . Long. corp. 35-39 ; pronot. 11-12 ; elytr. 65-70, lat. 23-27; femor. post. 34-40 ; ovipos. 7 millim. 

 <S . Long. corp. 30 ; pronot. 8-9 ; elytr. 55-60, lat. 18-20 ; femor. post. 2'3 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, San Bias (Schumann), Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith), Temax in 

 N. Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, San Isidro (Champion); Nicaragua, Chon tales 

 (Janson) ; Costa Eica (Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). — South 

 America, Colombia, Guiana, Peru, Brazil ; Antilles, Cuba. 



2. Stilpnochlora tolteca, Sauss. (Tab. XVII. figg. 19, 20, $ .) 



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

 Stilpnochlora tolteca, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. p. 360. 2. 



5 . Pars membranacea campi dorsalis elytri dextrintrinque ad venam axillarem 2 m venulis transversis pectinata, 



his intus ad marginem perpendicularibus, extus obliquis. 



6 . Elytrum dextrum vena transversa unica, vel secundam subtilem prsebens. Elytri dextri vena transversa 



apice crassa, dehinc in margine externo speculi attenuata, hoc a medio subtili. Vena post axillaris 2 a 



(margo internus speculi) crassissima. Speculum trigonale partim coriaceum. 

 2 . Long. corp. 29-32 ; pronot. 9 ; elytr. 64-70, lat. 21-23 ; femor. post. 33-40 ; ovipos. 6 millim. 

 d . Long. corp. 27 ; pronot. 8 ; elytr. 55, lat. 17 ; femor. post. 32 millim. 



Figures : — Fig. 19, elytron and wing of the female. — Fig. 20, anterior part of the body, 2 • 



