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species which is described us Allotettix prolonyatus ho identified 

 as the same as his jx-riirlaiiii^. The latter is quite unlikely, as 

 a careful comparison will show. 

 Al'otettix, gen. nov. 



Body rugose, tii bercu late, face oblique, as seen in trout, narrow. 

 Vertex narrower than an eye, middle carinate,sulcate on either side, 

 the t-rown very short, the vertex on a higher plane than the occiput, 

 which slopes backwards, and in front not advanced to the anterior 

 border of the eyes; in prolile not visible. Anteriorly subtruncate, 

 passing laterally into little short convextd flexures. Eyes promi- 

 nent. Frontal costa narrowly divided. Antenna 1 inserted a little 

 below the anterior inferior border: filliform rather short, consist- 

 ing of fourteen articles, the superior ocelli scarcely perceptible in 

 protile at the middle of the anterior border of the eyes. Pronotuin 

 depressed, truncated in front, strongly prolougatecl posteriorly, 

 ending in a sharp apical process, median marina scarcely elevated, 

 humeral angles obtuse, posterior median lobule of lateral lobes 

 feeblyideveloped, the subhumeral sinus shallow, the posterior angle 

 directed obliquely downward and backwards. Elytra elongate 

 The first and third articles of the posterior tarsus about equal in 

 length . 

 Allotettix prolongatus, sp. nov. 



P>ody strongly prolongate, rugose tubeivulate, fuscus. narrow, 

 above depressed, tibia? annulated with flavus. Vertex a little nar- 

 rower than an eye, snbuarrowcd in front, feebly carinated in the 

 middle, on either side sulcate. anteriorly subtruncate. passing lat- 

 erally into little convexed flexures, ending abruptly near the ante- 

 rior inner border of the eye; not advanced as far as the anterior 

 border of the eye, in protile not visible, being obscured by the 

 prominent eyes ; frontal costa depressed between the eyes, a little 

 protuberant opposite the antenna 1 , about on a line with their ante- 

 rior border, the forks as seen in front gradually but narrowly sepa. 

 rated, diverging to the middle ocellus. Pronotum anteriorly trun- 

 cate, posteriorly strongly prolongate, subulate and acuminate, fre- 

 queutly extending within one millimeter of twice the length of tin- 

 post erior femora,' median carina sea reel yelevaied, sinuate more or less 

 tnberculate in its backward course, dorstim between the shoulders a 

 little unevenly swollen, rugose papillate, just behind strongly de- 

 pressed, dorsal surface of the apical process rugose, uneven and cov- 

 ered with numerous longitudinal tubercuhc. lateral angles obtuse, 

 posterior angle of the lateral lobe obtuse, rounded. Elytra elong;i!e. 

 impresao- punctate, with the apex snbacutely rounded: wingsabotit 

 as long as the process or scarcely longer. Femora 1 uu modified. slen 

 der, the posterior femora narrow, the carina'of tibia with rather 

 small and scarcely more than five or six spines, on the inner carina 1 

 as few as three or four bevond the middle: the tirsi nrtick- of the 



