270 PROCEEDIIsTGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [May-Oct., 



Phylloptera spinulosa Brunner. 



1878. Ph[ijlloptera] spinulosa Brunner, Monogr. der Phaneropt., p. 314. 

 [Ypanema, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.] 



Rio Verde, State of Goyaz. One female. [Hebard Cln.] 



Goyaz, State of Goyaz. One male. [Hebard Cln.] 



Corumba, State of Matto Grosso. March and April. (H. H. 



Smith; highland.) Three females. [U. S. N. M.] 



These specimens show a great amount of size variation, which 



appears to have some geographic correlation. 



The Corumba specimens are of a uniformly medium size, while the 



Rio Verde female is quite large, and the Goyaz male the smallest 



individual of the species we have seen, much smaller than a Sapucay 



male, the only other individual of that sex at hand. The tegmina 



of one Corumba individual are unmarked, of another with a single 



small ocellar spot on the ulnar vein at the base of its first ramus, 



and the third with a relative large greenish-white ocellar spot in the 



same position. The Rio Verde female has no tegminal spots, and 



the Goyaz male is similar in this respect to the second Corumba 



individual mentioned above. There is considerable variation in 



the relative width of the tegmina, which is apparently individual 



in character. 



The species is now known to range from the State of Goyaz west 



to at least Corumba, south to Sapucay, Paraguay and the Misiones, 



Argentina. 



Pycnopalpa bicordata (Serville). 



1825. L[ocusta] bicordata Serville, Encycl. Method., Ins., X, p. 343. [Bra- 

 zil.] 



Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro. November and Decem- 

 ber. (H. H. Smith.) Two males. [U. S. N. M.] 



These specimens show some difference in size, but are clearly 

 identical. Bruner has recorded the species from this locality. 



Pycnopalpa rubiginosa (Brimer). 



1915. Topana rubiginosa Bruner, Ann. Carneg. Mus., IX, p. 330. [Cha- 

 pada, Matto Grosso, Brazil.] 



Chapada, State of Matto Grosso. July. (H. H. Smith.) One 

 male. [U. S. N. M.] 



This specimen fully agrees with the original description except 

 for its faintly smaller size. We feel that Bruner was not correct in 

 placing this species in Topana, as a careful comparison of it with 

 the genotypes of Topana and Pycnopalpa shows more features of 

 agreement with the latter than with the former. The cingulate 

 disk of the pronotum, the form of the palpi, the number of spines 



