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In the Guianan material the interocellar area is not dark, being 

 as pale as, or paler than, the face; in the specimens of noctivaga the 

 interocular area, to slightly below the ocelli, is very dark, darker 

 than the face in paler examples, as dark as the face when the face 

 is very dark. The dorsal surface of the abdomen is comparatively 

 pale, darkening slightly caudad, without striking markings. In 

 the males the supra-anal plate differs. 



Length of body d" 30, 9 36; length of pronotum cf 8.3, 9 10; 

 width of pronotum d^ 12.8, 9 14.1; length of tegmen cf 37.5, 9 

 38.6; width of tegmen cf 13.9, 9 15 mm. 



Paratropes elegans (Burmeister) 



1838. Ph[oraspis] elegans Brumeister, Handb. Ent., II, Abth. II, Pt. I, p. 

 493. [Surinam?] 



La Forestiere, upper Maroni River, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



EPILAMPRINAE. 



Epilampra azteca Saussiare. 



1868. Epilampra azecta Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., (2), XX, p. 356. 

 [cf, Mexico.i^] 



Nouveau Chantier, French Guiana, 1 cf . 



Epilampra grisea (De Geer) 



1773. Blalta grisea De Geer, Mem. I'liist. Ins., Ill, p. 540, pi. 44, fig. 9. 

 [Surinam. ] 



Charvein, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



Epilampra abdomen-nigrum (De Geer) 



1773. Blatta ahdomen-nigrum De Geer, Mem. l.'hist. Ins., Ill, p. 538, pi. 44, 

 fig. 5. [[cf], Surinam. ] 



St. Jean du Maroni, French Guiana, Icf, 19. 



Epilampra maculicollis (Serville) 



1839. Blalta maculicollis Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 92. [ 9 , 

 Brazil. ] 



La Forestiere, upper Maroni River, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



Epilampra conspersa Burmeister 



1838. E[pilampra] conspersa Burmeister, Handb. Ent., II, Abth. II, Pt. I, 

 p. 505. [Para, Brazil.] 



St. Jean du Maroni, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



Nouveau Chantier, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



Tollinche, Maroni River, French Guiana, 1 9 . 



15 The Cuban material, originally included, represented a distinct species. 



