PYEGOCOEYPHA. 387 



2. Pyrgocorypha rogersi, sp. n. (Tab. XIX. figg. 13, 14.) 



2 - Viridis. Verticis rostrum quam in P. sallei angustius ac longius, acutissimum, superne deplanatum 

 rugosum, apice brevissime leviter decurvum, subtus nigrum, marginibus subcarinatis, basi luteis. Faeies 

 viridis, obsolete crasse punctata ; mandibulis flavidis. Pronotum antice supra truncatum, totum crasse 

 punctatum, dorso planato ; canthis utrinque leviter explicatis, margine postico utrinque minus rotundato 

 quam in P. sallei. Elytra apice valde attenuata ; ejus vena media paulo ante medium oriens, apice 

 biramosa, ad basin venae ulnari contigua; vena ulnaris triramosa. Alas apice obtusiusculae, quam in 

 P. uncinate minus acutae ; vena media triramosa. Femora antica in margine antico apice 2-spinosa ; 

 intermedia 3 : 4-, postica 3 : 8-spinosa, spinis brevibus. Pectus haud nigrum. Lobi metasternales 

 trigonales. Segmentum anale apice trigonali-depressum, basi sulcatum, lobo depresso breviter rotundato ; 

 lobi trigonales subacuti. Cerci apice leviter incurvi. Ovipositor brevis, vix arcuatus, subacutus, ultra 

 medium subdilatatus. 



$ . Long. 28 ; pronot. 7'5 ; rostr. 4 ; elytr. 29 ; femor. post. 14*5 ; ovipos. 9 millim. 



Figubes : — Fig. 13, the female insect, magnified. — Fig. 14, tbe end of the abdomen, with the ovipositor. 



Hal. Costa Eica, Cache (Bogers). 



3. Pyrgocorypha uncinata, Harr. 



Conocephalus uncinatus, Harris, Treat, on some Ins. of New Engl. p. 132 (1842); Treat, on some 



Ins. inj. to Veget. p. 164 (1862) ; Scudd. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 450 (1862). 

 Pyrgocorypha uncinata, Redt. Monogr. der Conoceph. p. 59. 



Hdb. North Ameeica, N. Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas. — Mexico, Jalapa 

 (Mus. Hamb.), Orizaba, Yucatan (Saussure); Guatemala. — Antilles, Cuba. 



The specimens before us from Cuba, as well as those from Louisiana and Carolina, 

 are of larger size than those from Central America, as shown by the following 

 measurements : — 



Central- American form : 



2 . Long. 32 ; pronot. 9*5 ; elytr. 46 ; femor. post. 20 ; ovipos. 21 millim. 

 c? . Long. 30 ; pronot. 10-5 ; elytr. 42 ; femor. post. 19*5 millim. 



Cuban form : 



$ . Long. 33 ; pronot. 10*5 ; elytr. 47 ; femor. post. 21 ; ovipos. 22 millim. 

 £ . Long. 36 ; pronot. 12 ; elytr. 47 ; femor. post. 22 millim. 



4. Pyrgocorypha hamata, Scudd. 



Conocephalus hamatus, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 87 (1879). 

 Pyrgocorypha hamata, Redt. Monogr. der Conoceph. p. 59, t. 3. fig. 21. 



Hob. Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (H. H. Smith), Michoacan; Guatemala*; 

 Salvadoe. 



5. Pyrgocorypha inermis, sp. n. (Tab. XIX. fig. 17.) 



Viridis, graciusculus. Verticis rostrum breviusculum, mitriforme, marginibus lateralibus arcuatis, apice 

 hebetato, uncino nullo, subtus haud acute carinatum. Faeies remote punctata, nitida. Labrum et 



* Mr. Scudder gives Guatemala ( Van Patten) : tbis is probably a mistake for Costa Baca. 



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