PHANEEOTUKIS.— CHLOEALTIS. 89 



Hab. Guatemala (Mus. Geneva : no. 1082). 



This insect is certainly one of the most remarkable that has ever come to the writers 

 notice, and is fully as aberrant for the subfamily to which it belongs as is Scolocephala 

 mirabilis, Bruner, to be described on a succeeding page. A careful search should be 

 made for additional specimens and, when found, notes taken regarding their habits, 

 which, when ascertained, will no doubt prove interesting. The type bears a green 

 label with a heavy black border, on which is written the locality " Guatemala." 



[CHLOEALTIS, Harris. 



Locusta (Chloealtis), Harris, Treat. Ins. Inj. to Veg. p. 160 (1852) ; ibid. Flint ed. p. 184 (1863) 



(part.) . 

 Chloealtis, Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 456 (1862) ; Thomas, Ninth Rep. Ins. Illinois, 



p. 84 (1880) ; Brunner, Rev. Syst. Orthopt. p. 119 (1893) (part.). 

 Chloealtis, Morse, Psyche, vii. pp. 327, 419, figg. 11, 11 a (1896) ; McNeill, Proc. Dav. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. vi. pp. 227, 228 (1896). 

 Chrysochraon, Thomas, Syn. Acrid. N. Amer. p. 74 (1873) (part.). 

 Stenobothrus, Scudder, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 456 (1862) (nee Fischer) (part.). 

 Truxalis, Thomas, Bull. Illinois Mus. Nat. Hist. i. p. 61 (1876) (part.). 



The insects of this genus are naturally confined to the cooler portions of temperate 

 North America, either by a northern or alpine distribution. Chloealtis is therefore to 

 be looked for in alpine regions of Northern Mexico. Two species are known to inhabit 

 North America. 



Table for separating the Species of Chloealtis. 



A 1 . Posterior margin of the disc of the pronotum straight; the lateral 



lobes in the $ black 1. conspersa, Harr. 



A\ Posterior margin of the disc of the pronotum obtusely rounded ; the 



lateral lobes in the $ not black 2. abdominalis, Thorn. 



1. Chloealtis conspersa, Harris. 



The synonymy of the species is rather extensive and need not be given here. It has 

 also been described under the additional names of C. abortiva, Harris, and C. melano- 

 pleurus, Scudder, 



Hab. North America, from Lake Winnipeg to Texas, and possibly to the northern 

 tablelands of Mexico. 



Not contained in any of the Mexican collections examined. 



2. Chloealtis abdominalis, Thomas. 



Chrysochraon abdominalis, Thomas, Syn. Acrid. N. Amer. p. 74 (1873) L ; Bruner, Third Kep. U.S. 

 Ent. Comm. p. 55 (1883) \ 

 biol. centr.-amer., Orthopt., Vol. II., April 1904. Nff 



