386 OETHOPTEEA. 



Os et facies inferius nigra. Pronoti lobi laterales eb metazona rugulosi. Elytra abdomen longe supe- 

 rantia viridi-thalassina. AlaB hyalinee. Femora antica subtus spinis 5 : 3, intermedia 5:6; postica intus 

 spinalis rarioribus, minutis. Cerci longiusculi, acuti. Ovipositor femoris longitudine, arcuatus, niger 

 (vel basi pallidus). 

 $ . Long. 33-38 ; pronot. 8-5-9 ; elytr. 53-54 ; femor. post. 17'5 ; ovipos. 14-15-5 millim. 



Figures : — Fig. 11, the head and pronotum from above, magnified. — Fig. 12, the end of the female abdomen, 

 with the ovipositor. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne (Portal).'] 



PYRGOCORYPHA, St&l. 



Pyrgocorypha, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forhandl. 4, p. 50 (1873) ; Recens. Orthopt. 2, pp. 98, 107 



(1874) ; Redtenbacher, Monogr. der Conoceph. p. 57. 

 Marium tympana in elytro sinistro coriaceo ; in elytro dextro speculo membranaeeo. 



Of this genus six species only are known to us, all very distinct, of which two are 

 Asiatic, and the others Central-American, one of them, P. uncinata, extending to the 

 southern portion of the United States. 



Synopsis specierum. 



a. Verticis rostrum longissimum, acutum, a latere visum rectum, subtus nigrum. Mandibulae 

 luteae. 

 b. Major. Capitis facies nigra, crasse punctata. Pronoti canthi rotundati. Vena ulnaris 

 elytri 4 : 5 ramosa. Lobi sternales nigri. Femora postica crassiuscule spinosa. Lobi 

 apicales segmenti analis prominuli. Ovipositor mediocris, apice hebetatus. — 1. sallei, Sss. 

 bb. Minor. Capitis facies viridis, profunde punctata. Pronoti canthi distincti. Vena ulnaris 

 elytri biramosa. Lobi sternales concolores. Pemora postica minute spinosa. — 2. rogersi, 

 sp. n. 

 aa. Verticis rostrum brevius, variabile, hamatum vel hebetatum. Femora postica crassiuscule 

 spinosa. Mandibulae nigrse. Ovipositor longiusculus, acutus. 

 b. Verticis rostrum apice acute hamatum. 



c. Verticis rostrum longiusculum, a supero acutum ; facies obsolete punctata. — 3. uncinata 

 Harr. 

 cc. Verticis rostrum breviusculum, a supero trigonale; facies crasse punctata. — 4. hamata, 

 Scudd. 

 bb. Verticis rostrum breviusculum, apice hebetatum. — 5. inermis, sp. n. 



1. Pyrgocorypha sallei, Sauss. (Tab. XIX. figg. 15, 16.) 



Conocephalus sallei, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xi. p. 207 (1859). 



Pyrgocorypha sallei, Redt. Monogr. der Conoceph. p. 58. 



Figures : — Fig. 15, the female insect, natural size. — Fig. 16, the head from in front. 



Hab. Mexico (coll. Brunner), Cordova (Hoge), Vera Cruz (Saussure). 



