412 OKTHOPTEBA. 



Hdb. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica ( Van Patten) ; Panama, Chiriqui 

 {colls. Dohrn & Brunner), Isthmus of Darien (E. Festa). — Colombia, Medellin. 



Group PLATYPHYLLITES. 



Platyphylla, Brunner v. Wattenwyl, Monogr. der Pseudophyll. p. 136. 



PLATYPHYLLUM, Serv. 



Platyphyllum, Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. p. 145 (1831) ; Orthopt. p. 450; Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 

 Monogr. der Pseudophyll. p. 137. 



1. Platyphyllum luridum, Brunn. 



Platyphyllum luridum, Brunner v. W. Monogr. der Pseudophyll. p. 142. 

 Hah. Guatemala {coll. Dohrn). — Guiana, Surinam. 



Unknown to us. 



2. Platyphyllum toltecum, Sauss. (Tab. XX. figg. 33-35.) 



Acanthodis tolteca, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xi. p. 206 ( ? ) (1859). 

 Platyphyllum toltecum, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Pseudophyll. p. 142 ( ? ). 



"Validum, staturaB P. consanguinei, fulvo-testaceum. Pronotum sparse verruculosum, sulcis profunde impressis. 



Elytra angusta, campo marginali basi quam in P. consanguineo minus dilatata, apice rotundato-acuminata. 



Alae fuscae, irregulariter reticulata, venis aggregatis, transverse pallide tessellatse. Femora antica 



haud compressa, gracilia, supra teretes, subtus spinis 3 ; intermedia spinis 4 ; postica spinis numerosis, 



concoloribus. Tibiae intermedise prope basin spina unica armatse. 

 $ . Lamina supra-analis excavata, apice incisa, bidentata. Valvulse anales apice spinula vel processu minuto 



obtuso instructae. Ovipositor quam in P. consanguineo gracilior ; parte apicali nigra, margine superiore 



recto. 

 $ . Long. corp. 51*5 ; pronot. 10 ; elytr. 51 ; femor. post. 34 ; ovipos. 25 millim. 



JFigures : — Fig. 33, the pronotum, 5 , from above, magnified. — Fig. 34, ditto, in profile. — Fig. 35, the 

 ovipositor. . . 



Hdb. Mexico, Vera Cruz {Saussure). 



[3. Platyphyllum consanguineum, Serv. (Tab. XX. figg. 36, 37.) 



Acanthodis consanguinea, Serville, Orthopt. p. 454 (1839). 



Platyphyllum consanguineum, Stal, Recens. Orthopt. 2, p. 81 ; Bolivar, Artrop. del Viaje al Pacifico, 



p. 62 j Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Pseudophyll. p. 141. 

 Acanthodis regina, Sauss; Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xi. p. 207 ( ? ) (1859) . 



Figures. — Fig. 36, the female insect. — Fig. 37, the apex of the male abdomen, from below : c, cerci ; s, infra- 

 genital plate. 



Hah. Gujana, Cayenne.] 



