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TETTIGIDEA MCARAGUAE, BRUNER. 



About the size of T. lateralis, Say, but without the longi- 

 tudinal ridijes upon the dorsum of pronotum as in that species. 

 Its general color much darker than in any described species 

 except T. miilticostata, Bolivar, from Brazil. Eyes a little 

 larger and more prominent than usual in the genus, separated 

 by a space about equal to their diameter, the vertex more 

 bulging than in the described known species, viewed from 

 the side projecting considerably above the upper edges 

 of the e3-es, but little constricted in the middle, the front 

 angles broadly rounded and onlj- slightly carinated just in 

 advance of the constriction; median carina prominent and 

 forming with the frontal costa a well rounded projection in 

 advance of the eyes when viewed from the side; the frontal 

 costa quite wide, sulcate from the fastigium to the ocellus and 

 tuberculate as in the rest of the face. Pronotum with its 

 front edge well rounded and advanced upon the occiput, the 

 lateral angles of shoulders broadly rounded and the posterior 

 edge long and acutely produced, extending beyond the tips 

 of the hind femora, the median carina sharp and prominent 

 throughout, the dorsal surface rather coarsely granulate and 

 lacking the usual longitudinal ridges found in the other species 

 of the genus. Posterior femora moderateh' heavy and slightly 

 surpassing the tip of abdomen in both sexes. 



General color, dark brown, inclining to dull black. The 

 legs and slender apical portion of pronotum mottled with 

 lighter and darker shades, the former with a decidedly banded 

 appearance. 



Length of body, -T, 9.5 mm., 5, 13.5 mm.; jjronot., $, 

 10.25 rnrri-i $. 15 mm.; post, fem., -?, 5.3 mm., J, 7.85 mm.; 

 width of pronotum, $, 2.5 mm., 5, 3.5 mm. (Bruner). 



Locality, Nicaragua. Central America (Bruner); Mexico 

 (Morse). 



Tettigidea nicaraguae, Brun., Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. 

 Iowa, iii, pt., 3, 62, 63, figs. (1895); Morse, Biol. Cent. Am. 

 Orth., ii, 15, 16 (1900). 



Morse says of this species: "This is the largest species of 



