122 TETTlGIDAi OF NORTH AMERICA 



rather lightly fossulate longitudinally on each side of median 

 carina. Frontal costa in profile appreciably advanced before 

 the eyes, subdepressed, very little protuberant ojiposite anten- 

 n.-E, viewed in front strongly furcate, rami straight, evenly 

 divergent. Pronotum truncate anteriorly, posteriorly abbre- 

 viated, extended nearly to apex of posterior femoral knees; 

 dorsum between the shoulders transversely a little convexly 

 elevated; median carina distinct throughout, subconiprcsscd 

 anteriorly. Anterior femora below feeblv lobate at outer 

 third; middle femora rather broad, below lobate little beyond 

 the middle part; jjosterior femora ambliate, external pagina 

 rugose scabrous, pulvilli of posterior tarsi straight below, first 

 article distinctly longer than the third. 



Length of body, 5, 10.2 mm.; pronot., g mm.; post, 

 fern., 6.2 mm. 



Locality, Yellowstone Park, Wyo., (Baker) Hancock. 



P.^RATETTIX FKEV-GESSXERI, BOL. 



Vertex equal in width to one of the eves, not narrowed 

 anteriorly; frontal costa behind the antenn;e obliquely 

 depressed, not advanced before the eyes, below the median 

 ocellus smoothly excised. Pronotum anteriorly truncate more 

 or less coarctate, posterior angle of lateral lobes with ajiex 

 narrowly rounded. Elytra oblong, apex widely rounded. 

 Anterior femoral margin below more or as much undulate as 

 the superior; the third pulvillus of posterior tarsi shorter than 

 the first and second together. 



Length of body, $ 5, 7-10 mm.; pronot., 9-10.5 mm.; 

 post, feni., 4.5-6 mm. 



Locality, Cuba (Bolivar). 



Paratettix frey-gessneri, Bolivar, Ann. .Soc. Ent. Belg., 

 xxxi., 282 (1S87); Scudder, Index N. Am. Orth.. 241 (1901). 



1>.\RATETTIX nUKUS, .MORSE. 



Verte.x truncate, wider than one of the e\"es, transverse, 

 narrowed anteriorly, mid-carina little produced. Eyes promi- 

 nent, oblong. Facial costa rather wideU' sulcate, rami evenly 



