420 OKTHOPTEBA. 



14. Grongrocnemis brevicauda, sp. n. (Tab. XX. fig. 7.) 



Statura media vel minor. Fulvescens, tota valde fusco-marmorata. Antennae fuscae, haud annulatae. Frons 

 pallida; vertice infuscato. Pronotum fusco-vittatum, verruculosum ; margine antico arcuato, hand 

 tuberculato ; metazona postice punctulata, margine postico parum arcuato, nigro-vario. Elytra acumi- 

 nata, venis nigris ; vena discoidali concolore ; areolis f ulvo-griseis. Alae fumosae. Femora antica subtus 

 spinis 5 ; intermedia spinis 4-5 ; postica 6. Spinae omnes nigrse ; ilia© tamen femorum posticorum postice 

 pallidae. Tibiae anticae inter foramina leviter tumidae. Tibiae intermediae supra spinis 2 pallidis, apice 

 nigris ; posticae multispinosae, spinis basi macula nigra et apice nigro. 



$ . Ovipositor brevis, rectus, basi latiusculus, a basi regulariter attenuatus, apice nigro. 

 $ . Long. corp. 34-5 ; pronot. 9 ; elytr. 29*5 ; femor. post. 24*5 ; ovipos. 16 millim. 



Figure : — Fig. 7, the ovipositor of the female. 



Eab. Costa Eica, La Uruca (Biolley). 



Very like G. munda, Brunn., from which it differs in having the spines of the legs 

 black. It resembles also G. accola and G. nigrospinosa, Brunn., but the wings are not 

 tessellated with pale lines as in those species ; the pronotum is strongly granulated 

 (while in G. accola it is only rugulose) ; the ovipositor (instead of being long and 

 slender) is short and wide at the base, wider than in Lichenochrus variabilis, Brunn. 

 The elytra are adorned with pale spots, which are arranged in a mosaic pattern, much 

 as in G. pallidespinosa and G. fissa. 



15. Gongrocnemis danielis, Griff. 



Gongrocnemis danielis, Griff. Bollett. dei Mus. di Zool. di Torino, xi. no. 232, p. 17 (1896). 



Testacea, parum flavo-variegata. Epistoma flavidum. Verticis rostrum basi utrinque subtuberculatum. Frons 

 sensim depresso-concava. Antennae subannulatae, articulo primo mutico. Pronotum granulato-rugosum, 

 supra laete flavum ; sulcis duobus optime impressis, sulco postico parum ante medium sito ; margine 

 anteriore arcuato, supra occiput sensim producto, minute tuberculato, mesozona et metazona utrinque 

 tuberculis minutis praeditis. Lobi laterales subobliqui, longiores quam altiores, testaceo-castanei, margine 

 infero late limbato et in medio subtuberculato. Elytra testacea, parum nitida, venis concoloribus, maculis 

 parvis nigris notatis ; venulis transversis hinc illic appositis. Alae dense infumatae, venis flavidis haud 

 pallide circumdatis. Foveolae metasternales inter se aeque remotae quam a margine laterali, sulco 

 subcurvato conjunctae. Pedes robusti ; femora antica vis compressa, subtus 4-spinosa ; postica basi valde 

 incrassata, spinis nigris 9 et basi spinulis 3 armata. Lobi geniculares excepto lobo intern o femorum 

 intermediorum obtusi ; sub geniculo femorum posticorum tamen utrinque spina obtusa nigra appressa 

 adest. Tibiae anticae infra foramina haud incrassatae, intermediae supra bispinulosae. Basis coxarum 

 extus superne nigrescens. 

 5 . Ovipositor testaceus, rectus, apice parum fuscior, acutus, marginibus minute serrulatis. 

 <j> . Long. corp. 35 ; pronot. 9*8 ; elytr. 40 ; femor. post. 28 ; ovipos. 22 millim. 



Rah. Panama, Isthmus of Darien. 



The author points out that this species is intermediate between Gongrocnemis 

 and Lichenochrus : the depressed forehead and the genicular spines of the hind 

 femora are characters of Lichenochrus, but the metasternal foveolee are placed as in 

 Gongrocnemis. 



