102 TF/rriGlD.E OF NORTH AMERICA 



n;L-, shallowlv excavate oj;posite the eyes. Pronotuni obtusely 

 tcctiforni, anterior margin truncate, apex cuneate, not passing 

 the hind femora; mid-carina elevated, subcristate anteriorly 

 and sinuate on the shoulders, undulate behind them. Anterior 

 femora with the margins entire or slightly undulate. Middle 

 femora stout, the margins slightly sinuate, with three small 

 lobes above and two below. Posterior femora robust; |jos- 

 terior tarsi with the pulvilli flat or rounded below. 



Total length, ,/, 7.5-8 mm., 5, 8.3 mm.; pronotum, ,?, 

 6.7-7.4 mm.j post, fern., J, 4.5 mm., 5, 4.8 mm.; antennae, 

 $, 2.5 mm. 



Locality. Ayotla. Mexico (Barrett) Hancock; Mexico City 

 (Bruner, H. II. Smith 1. 



Two males obtained by Mr. H. H. Smith and a female in 

 Professor l^runer's collection. 



This species bears a striking resemblance in profile to Para- 

 tcttix sinuatns. Morse describes a female which had a mal- 

 formation of the pronotum in the shape of a convex elevation 

 running transversely across the middle of the hind process. 



Tettix (?) tectus, Morse, Biol. Cent. Am. Orth., ii., 11 

 (igoo): Scudd., Index N. Am. Orth.. 321 (igoi). 



APOTETTIX EURYCEPH.ALUS, SP. N. 



Plate VII., Figs. 4-4a. 



Body moderately small, rugose-granulate, grayish fuscous. 

 Verte.x about one and two-thirds as wide as one of the eves, 

 advanced barely beyond their anterior border, viewed in pro- 

 file rounded or rounded-subangulate, advanced a little beyond 

 the eyes; median carina of vertex conspicuous, in [profile 

 arched a little higher than the eyes. Frontal costa very little 

 depressed before the eyes, between the antenn.Te convex, 

 viewed in front the rami rather moderately and gradually 

 divergent. Eyes distinctly globose, rather small. Antennre 

 short and stout. Pronotum anteriorly truncate, posteriorly 

 subulate, median carina distinct, elevated before the shoulders, 

 between the shoulders de[jressed; dorsum rugose-granulate, 

 between the shoulders transversely scarce! v convex, strongly 



