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lateral carina distinct, posterior inferior angle of the lateral 

 lobes strongly rounded below, somewhat obliquely reflexed, 

 the median lobule posteriorly widely convex, the superior or 

 posterior elytral sinus shallow. Elytra subacuminate towards 

 the apex; wings considerably passing the pronotal [jrocess. 

 Anterior femora a little compressed, inferior margin beyond 

 the middle a little sublobate with minutely dentate margin; 

 middle femora com])ressed, undulate above, inferior margin 

 frequently triundulate, the middle undulation decidedly lobate 

 with dentate margin; superior margin of posterior femora pro- 

 vided with a small tooth before the knee and genicular spine, 

 first article of posterior tarsi a little longer than the third, 

 first and second pulvilli acutely cuspidate, the first and second 

 together are about as long as the third, the third being 

 more straight below. 



Length of body, 5, 14 mm.; pronot., 10. 8 mm.; [)ost. 

 fem., 6 mm.; wings pass pronotal process 2 mm. 



Locality, Rio Cocula, Mex. (Barrett) Hancock. 



Tettix mexicana Sauss., Rev. et. Mag. Zool. (Orth. Nova 

 Am.), 400 (1S61); Paratettix mexicanus, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Belg., xxxi., 275 (1887); Paratettix caudatus, Bruner, 

 Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa, iii.. No. 3, 62 (1895). 



Distribution, Central America, Mexico, California, and 

 Arizona, and possibly some of the other Southern states. 



This species is also recorded from the following points in 

 Mexico: Savanito and Sierra Nola (Scudder); Cuernavoca, 

 Teapa (Smith); Atoyac (Smith, Schumann); San Rafael, Vera 

 Cruz(Heyde, Bruner, and Smith); San Lorenzo, near Cordova 

 (M. Trujillo) Morse; from Guatemala (Champion) Morse; from 

 Nicaragua (Bruner) Costa Rica; Cache, Volcan de Irazu (Rog- 

 ers) Morse. Bolivar records Paratettix mexicanus from Tex., 

 Geo., N. C, and Mex.; Riley mentions it from California. 



Paratettix mexicanus, Bol., Riley, N. Am. Faun., vii., 

 251 (1893); Brun., Publ. Nebr. Acad. Sc, iii., 29 U893); 

 Townsend Insect Life, vi., 31 (1893); Brun. Ann. Rept. Bd. 

 Agric, 1896, 138 (1897); Scudd., Cat. Orth. U. S., 17 (1900); 

 Morse, Biol. Cent. Ann. Orth.. ii., 12, 13 (1900); Scudd., 

 Index N. Am. Orth., 241 (1901). 



